Date of birth: 13 January 1964,
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
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)
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