Penelope Windust Obituary
July 13, 1945 - February 2, 2022 Penelope Marjorie Windust was born on July 13, 1945, in New York City and passed away peacefully after a long illness at home in Guilford, Connecticut, on February 2, 2022.
She was the daughter of stage and film director Bretaigne Windust and actress Irene Windust. Penelope, known by many as Penny, attended Beverly Hills High School and The Brearley School, and graduated from Carnegie Tech, later known as Carnegie Mellon University in 1967 with a BFA in Acting.
Penny will be remembered for her distinctive, infectious laugh and for the gracious and professional way she touched the lives of those she worked with as an actress. Even those with whom she shared one day on a set remember her warmth, humor, and giving nature. She always said that when moving to a new place, a library should be one of your first stops. She imparted her love of literature and the arts into her children and grandchildren through play - reading, storytelling, music, and crafts. She was an animal lover, an avid horsewoman, a writer, and an educator, working with people with intellectual and learning differences. She was passionate about the history of film and enjoyed many hours of robust dialogue about her favorite motion pictures. She was certified in flower arrangement, loved gardening, and was an accomplished cook and wonderful hostess who loved preparing and eating great food. She loved the beach and all things ocean, crochet and crafts, giving gifts, and spending time with her family. She followed the teachings of Science of Mind and maintained a rich spiritual practice.
Penny had a long career as a working actress. She began her career as a teenager in summer stock, appearing in Irene, Under the Yum Yum Tree, and The Enchanted. She toured as Marilyn in Silverplate, appeared in the national tour of America Hurrah, and as Christine Marlowe in Room Service with the Loretto-Hilton Repertory Company in St. Louis and Charlotte in Horatio at the Arena Stage, Washington DC. She was a silent partner on the production team of the original Godspell, which opened off-Broadway in 1971.
She made her Broadway debut in Spofford, fresh out of college, and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1972 for the title role in Elizabeth I. More theatrical roles included work with the 1973 San Diego Shakespeare Festival, playing Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Cordelia in King Lear. Other stage credits include Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Denver Center Rep, Closely Related, The Elephant Man and You Can't Take It With You at South Coast Rep and A Perfect Ganesh at the Arizona Theatre Company. She also appeared in projects at Los Angeles's well-known small theatres, Theatre Forty and Theatre West, as well as East Hampton's Hamptons Shakespeare Festival.
Penny's many guest appearances on television included Guiding Light, Wonder Woman, Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Falcon Crest, Dallas, Mannix, Matlock, Murder She Wrote, Macgyver, Nero Wolfe, Criminal Minds, ER, Third Watch and Boston Legal. She was known as Bernadine Norris on the TV special Mothers Day on Walton's Mountain and Kathleen Maxwell in the original miniseries V. Her best-known film roles included Grace in Ghost Town and Maggie Stone in Disney's Iron Will in 1994. Her most recent movie was You Don't Mess with the Zohan.
Penny is survived by her daughters Arcadia Conrad and Brittany Jones, and her beloved grandchildren Emily, Grady, and Luna. She will be tremendously missed.
Published by Los Angeles Times on Jul. 17, 2022.
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1976 The Keegans Pamela Voorhees Keegan Television film
1976 The Call of the
Wild Rosemary
1977 Tarantulas:
The Deadly Cargo Gloria Beasley Television film
1981 Death Ray 2000 Emma Blessing Television film
1982 Mother's
Day on Waltons Mountain Nurse
Norris Television film
1982 Johnny Belinda Dr. Harris Television
film
1982 The Tragedy of
Romeo and Juliet Lady Capulet
1984 Children
in the Crossfire TV Newswoman Television film
1985 Scandal Sheet — Television
film
1988 Bird Bellevue Nurse
1988 Ghost Town Grace
1989 Flying Blind Blonde Teacher Television film
1989 Naked Lie Alison Browning Television film
1992 A Woman
Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story Dr.
Miller Television film
1992 The Nightman Mrs. Fordyce Television film
1993 Cooperstown Receptionist Television film
1994 Iron Will Maggie Stoneman
2008 McBride:
Requiem Celeste Clayton Television film
2008 You Don't Mess
with the Zohan Second Woman in
Cab
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1975 Mannix Ruth O'Neill 1 episode
1975 Hawaii Five-O Dr. Sheila Cramer 1 episode
1975 Ellery Queen Anita Leslie/Cousin Lindsay 1 episode
1975 Emergency!
S5Ep8 Jane Larson 1 episode
1976 The Six Million
Dollar Man Marlene Bekey 2 episodes
1977 Delvecchio Estelle Richards 1 episode
1978 Husbands,
Wives & Lovers Mrs. Howard/Flo 2 episodes
1978 Wonder
Woman Dr. Sylvia Stubbs 1 episode
1978 Nero Wolfe Laura Fromm 1
episode
1981 The Waltons Bernadine Norris 1 episode
1982 Lou Grant Josephine Bowers 1 episode
1983 V Kathleen Maxwell 2 episodes
1983 Hotel Elizabeth Stanton 1 episode
1985 Cover Up Model 1
episode
1985 Finder of Lost
Loves Mrs. Murdock 1 episode
1982–85 Falcon
Crest Doctor 4 episodes
1986 Dallas Mrs. Crane 2 episodes
1987 MacGyver Connie Thornton 1 episode
1988 Matlock Donna Stewart 1 episode
1989 1st & Ten:
The Championship Rebecca 1 episode
1990 China Beach Jean Winslow 1
episode
1992 Doogie Howser,
M.D. Dr. Joanna Fields 1 episode
1992 Civil Wars Rita Sawyer 1
episode
1992 Married...
with Children Sales Lady 1 episode
1993 Reasonable
Doubts Elaine Curtis 1 episode
1993 Murder,
She Wrote Laura Bennett 1 episode
1996 High Incident — 1
episode
1997 ER Mrs. Martineau 1 episode
2002 Third Watch Crazy Lady 1
episode
2004 Boston Legal Martha Silver 1 episode
2005 Criminal
Minds Lynette Giles 1 episode
2006 Smith Dental Receptionist 1 episode
Stage credits
Year Title Role Director Notes
1967 Spofford Geneva Herman
Shumlin
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