Penelope Ann Miller Picture 1

Biography

The daughter of Mark Miller, an actor best known for his starring role on the mid-1960s TV sitcom Please Don't Eat the Daisies, actress Penelope Ann Miller was born in California and raised in Texas. After a year of attending Menlo College, Miller dropped out to train with acting coach Herbert Berghof. Her first role of note was as ditsy ingenue Daisy in the Neil Simon Broadway comedy Biloxi Blues, a role she would later recreate in the film version. For her role in Our Town she was nominated for a Tony award in 1989. In 1987, the blonde, saucer-eyed actress made her film debut in the wacked-out comedy Adventures in Babysitting, after which she costarred with popular leading men ranging from Pee-Wee Herman (Big Top Pee-Wee [1988]) to Al Pacino (Carlito's Way [1993]). Some of Miller's best known film roles have included that of Marlon Brando's enigmatic daughter in The Freshman (1990), a brief turn as silent film actress Edna Purviance in Chaplin (1992), and the svelte 1930s pulp heroine Margot Lane in The Shadow (1994).

Filmography

Scared Silent (2002) (TV) .... Kathy Clifson
Dead in a Heartbeat (2002) (TV) .... Dr. Gillian Hayes
Full Disclosure (2001) (V) .... Michelle
Along Came a Spider (2001) .... Elizabeth Rose
... aka Im Netz der Spinne (2001) (Germany)
Dodson's Journey (2001) (TV) .... Meredith
Woman's a Helluva Thing, A (2000) .... Zane
Killing Moon (2000) (TV) .... Laura Chadwick
Forever Lulu (2000) .... Claire Clifton
... aka Along for the Ride (2001) (USA: video title)
Famous (2000) .... Herself
... aka Lisa Picard Is Famous (2001) (USA)
Mary Kay Letourneau Story: All-American Girl, The (2000) (TV) .... Mary Kay Letourneau

Chapter Zero (1999) .... Cassandra
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero (1999) (TV) .... Herself
Rocky Marciano (1999) (TV) .... Barbara Cousins
Outside Ozona (1998) .... Earlene Demers
Break Up (1998) .... Grace
"Closer, The" (1998) TV Series .... Erica Hewitt
Little City (1998) .... Rebecca
Ruby Bridges (1998) (TV) .... Barbara Henry
Rhapsody in Bloom (1998) .... Lilah Bloom
Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997) (TV) .... Mary Hatch Bailey
Hired Heart, The (1997) (TV) .... Garnet Hadley
"Last Don, The" (1997) (mini) TV Series .... Nalene De Lena
... aka "Mario Puzo's The Last Don" (1997) (mini)
Relic, The (1997) .... Dr. Margo Green
... aka Relikt, Das (1997) (Germany)
Witch Hunt (1994) (TV) .... Kim Hudson
Shadow, The (1994) .... Margo Lane
Carlito's Way (1993) .... Gail
Chaplin (1992) .... Edna Purviance
... aka Charlot (1992) (Italy)
Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, The (1992) .... Betty Lou Perkins
Year of the Comet (1992) .... Margaret Harwood
Other People's Money (1991) .... Kate Sullivan
Kindergarten Cop (1990) .... Joyce Palmieri/Rachel Crisp
Awakenings (1990) .... Paula
Freshman, The (1990) .... Tina Sabatini
Flashback (1990)
Downtown (1990) .... Lori Mitchell

Our Town (1989) (TV) .... Emily Webb
Dead Bang (1989) .... Linda Kimble
... aka Dead-Bang (1989) (USA: poster title)
Miles from Home (1988) .... Sally
... aka Farm of the Year (1988)
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) .... Winnie
Biloxi Blues (1988) .... Daisy
... aka Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues (1988)
Adventures in Babysitting (1987) .... Brenda
... aka Night on the Town, A (1987) (UK: TV title)
"Popcorn Kid, The" (1987) TV Series .... Gwen
Hotshot (1987) (as Penelope Miller)