Penelope Windust
Acting • Born 1945-07-13 – Died 2022-02-02
Biography
Penelope Marjorie Windust (July 13, 1945 - February 2, 2022) was an American television, film, and stage actress. She was known for her role as Kathleen Maxwell in the 1983 miniseries V. Windust began her career on Broadway, appearing in a 1967 production of Spofford with Melvyn Douglas, and in 1972 production of Elizabeth I. Windust has starred in many television movies. Her best-known film roles were in the movies Ghost Town and Bird in 1988. Her final movie appearance was You Don't Mess with the Zohan in 2008. She made many guest appearances on television, including Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Falcon Crest, Dallas, Matlock, Criminal Minds, ER, Third Watch and Boston Legal. She died on February 2, 2022, at the age of 76.
Filmography
37 credits
Children in the Crossfire
Movie • 1984
Bird
Movie • 1988
Bellevue Nurse
Ghost Town
Movie • 1988
Grace
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Movie • 1982
Bernadene Norris
The Keegans
Movie • 1976
Penny Voorhees Keegan
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
Movie • 1981
Gloria Beasley
The Nightman
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Fordyce
Death Ray 2000
Movie • 1981
Emma Blessing
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Movie • 2008
Second Woman in Cab
Iron Will
Movie • 1994
Maggie Stoneman
Scandal Sheet
Movie • 1985
The Call of the Wild
Movie • 1976
Rosemary
Cooperstown
Movie • 1993
Receptionist
Johnny Belinda
Movie • 1982
Dr. Harris
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Doctor Monroe
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Crazy Lady
Matlock
TV • 1986
China Beach
TV • 1988
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Dr. Sheila Cramer
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV • 1989
Mannix
TV • 1967
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Connie Thornton
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Lynette Giles
Wonder Woman
TV • 1975
Dr. Sylvia Stubbs
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Cover Up
TV • 1984
The Waltons
TV • 1972
ER
TV • 1994
Mrs. Martineau
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Martha Silver
Cop Rock
TV • 1990
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Nero Wolfe
TV • 1981
Laura Fromm
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Sales Lady
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Marlene Bekey
Finder of Lost Loves
TV • 1984
Mrs. Murdock
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Laura Bennett