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Biography

Born Marianna Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and known as Dorothy McNulty, she was the daughter of an Irish-American newspaperman, Benny McNulty. She began her show business career as a child by singing at a silent movie theater, and toured in vaudeville as part of an act called The Kiddie Kabaret. She sang and danced with Milton Berle (whom she had known since childhood) and actor Gene Raymond, and appeared on Broadway in Jack Benny's Great Temptations. Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. ... Vaudeville was a style of multi-act theater which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Milton as Mad Man Mooney (right), with Sweetums in The Muppet Movie. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was a comedian, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the most prominent early stars of American radio and television. ...

She married a dentist, Lawrence Singleton, in 1937, and moved to Hollywood, where she later became billed as Penny Singleton. They had one child, a daughter, and divorced in 1939. She married Robert Sparks in 1941. They had one child, a daughter. Sparks died on July 22, 1963. July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

She appeared as a nightclub dancer in After the Thin Man (still credited under her real name). She was cast opposite Arthur Lake (as Dagwood) in the feature film Blondie in 1938, based on the comic strip by Chic Young. They repeated their roles on a radio comedy beginning in 1939, and in guest appearances on other radio shows. As Dagwood and Blondie Bumstead, they proved so popular that a succession of 27 sequels were made from 1938 until 1950 (the radio show ended the same year). Husband Robert Sparks produced a number of these sequels. Singleton dyed her brunette hair blonde for the rest of her life. After the Thin Man was the 1936 sequel to the film The Thin Man. ... Arthur Lake (April 17, 1905 - January 9, 1987) was an American actor. ... Dagwood Bumstead is a fictional character in the comic strip Blondie, who was introduced on February 17, 1933. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the comic strip. ... Chic Young (9 January 1901 - 14 March 1973) is the byname of Murat Bernard Young, the creator and original artist of the comic strip Blondie. ... Radio comedy, or comedic radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve sitcom elements, sketches or any other form of comedy found on other mediums. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

She was active in union affairs and was the first woman president of an AFL-CIO union. She led a strike by the Radio City Rockettes. The AFL-CIO is the largest labor union federation in the United States. ... The Rockettes are the best known precision dance company in the world, stationed out of the Radio City Music Hall. ...

She became familiar to television audiences as the voice of Jane Jetson in the animated series The Jetsons, which originally aired from 1962 until 1963, reprising the role for a syndicated revival which (from 1985 through 1988) and assorted specials, records, and Jetsons: The Movie. She also toured in nightclubs and roadshows of plays and musicals. The Jetsons was an animated prime-time television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1962 to 1963. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... The Jetsons was an animated prime-time television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1962 to 1963. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... In the entertainment and news industries, syndication is a method of making content available to a range of outlets simultaneously. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jetsons: The Movie (1990) is an animated film based on the cartoon series The Jetsons, where George Jetson becomes vice president of Spacely Sprockets and oversees the work at Spacelys Orbiting Ore Asteroid. ...

Singleton died in Sherman Oaks, California following a stroke at the age of 95, and was interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Sherman Oaks is a district of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. ... A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by occlusion (an ischemic stroke- approximately 90%of strokes) or by hemorrhage (a hemorrhagic stroke - approximately 10% of strokes). ... The San Fernando Mission Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese since 1800, and is located at 11160 Stranwood Avenue in the Mission Hills community of northern Los Angeles, California, near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...

Filmography

• Good News - 1930
• Love in the Rough - 1930
• After the Thin Man - 1936
• Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 - 1937
• Sea Racketeers - 1937
• Swing Your Lady - 1938
• Outside of Paradise - 1938
• Racket Busters - 1938
• Men Are Such Fools - 1938
• Mr. Chump - 1938
• Boy Meets Girl - 1938
• Secrets of an Actress - 1938
• Campus Cinderella - 1938
• Garden of the Moon - 1938
• Mad Miss Manton, The - 1938
• Hard to Get - 1938
• Blondie - 1938 - her first appearance on film as Blondie Bumstead
• Blondie Meets the Boss - 1939
• Blondie Takes a Vacation - 1939
• Blondie Brings Up Baby - 1939
• Blondie on a Budget - 1940
• Blondie Has Servant Trouble - 1940
• Blondie Plays Cupid - 1940
• Blondie Goes Latin - 1941
• Blondie in Society - 1941
• Go West, Young Lady - 1941 (a non-Blondie film)
• Blondie Goes to College - 1942
• Blondie's Blessed Event - 1942
• Blondie for Victory - 1942
• It's a Great Life - 1943
• Footlight Glamour - 1943
• Leave It to Blondie - 1945
• Young Widow - 1946 (a non-Blondie film)
• Life with Blondie - 1946
• Blondie's Lucky Day - 1946
• Blondie Knows Best - 1946
• Blondie's Big Moment - 1947
• Blondie's Holiday - 1947
• Blondie in the Dough - 1947
• Blondie's Anniversary - 1947
• Blondie's Reward - 1948
• Blondie's Secret - 1948
• Blondie's Big Deal - 1949
• Blondie Hits the Jackpot - 1949
• Blondie's Hero - 1950
• Beware of Blondie - 1950
• Jetsons: The Movie - 1990

Good News is a musical comedy which opened on Broadway in 1927, set on the campus of the fictional Tait College. The book was by Buddy DeSylva and Laurence Schwab, lyrics by Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson. ... After the Thin Man was the 1936 sequel to the film The Thin Man. ... Boy Meets Girl is a band consisting of keyboardist and vocalist George Merrill and singer Shannon Rubicam. ... Blondie is a 1938 movie based on the Blondie comic strip, that was directed by Frank Strayer. ... Jetsons: The Movie (1990) is an animated film based on the cartoon series The Jetsons, where George Jetson becomes vice president of Spacely Sprockets and oversees the work at Spacelys Orbiting Ore Asteroid. ...

External links

• Penny Singleton at the Internet Movie Database