Penelope Sudrow

Penelope Sudrow (born 1966) is an American actress who has appeared in films and on television. She is perhaps best known for her role in the 1987 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Jennifer Caulfield. Her character is killed by Freddy Krueger as she is watching television. Just before Freddy slams her head into the television set, he says "This is it, Jennifer: your big break in TV. Welcome to prime time, bitch!!"^[1]

Sudrow was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.

Her father, Lyle Sudrow, was the original star of the Guiding Light soap opera, in New York, both in radio and on live television for a total of eleven years. He played 'Bill Bauer' on the show, as well as performing in hundreds of radio shows also in New York in the 1940s and 1950s.

Her mother, born of Swedish nobility, was a professional dancer also in the 1950s in New York who headlined at the Copacabana for several years and was also a June Taylor dancer on the Jackie Gleason Show.

Following in her mother's foot-steps, Penelope started dancing at age three, and made her stage debut at the Hollywood Bowl at the age of five, headlining as 'Twiggy' in a Musical Review of the '20's for A.N.T.A., a performing arts school for children in Studio City.

She appeared in her first commercial, for Oscar Mayer Wiener, at age six. At ten, she was asked to join the Danny Daniels Dance America Tap company. As the only child member of the group and their featured soloist, she toured the Western United States with the Co. in 1976 at the age of 10.

This was followed by performances on many television variety shows in the 1970s, including The Rich Little Show, Shields & Yarnell, The John Denver Show, and The Gene Kelly Special, "An American In Pasadena".

Sudrow continued to work in television and film until the early 1990s.

Filmography

• The Heart of No Place (2009)
• After Midnight (1989) MGM.
• Dead Man Walking (1988) Metropolis Films.
• Mr. Fixit (1987) Chanticleer Films. Short film.
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Newline.
• Fire with Fire (1986) Paramount.

Television Episodes :

• Honor Thy Mother (1992) (TV)
• Mama's Family (1987)
• Down Payment on Murder (1987)
• Thirtysomething Pilot episode.
• Bronx Zoo
• A Desperate Exit (1986) (TV)
• Amazing Stories Universal / Steven Spielberg Productions. (1986)
• The Edge of This World After School Special.
• Rags to Riches Pilot episode.
• Free-Style Series regular, K-CET.
• Friends Series regular, (70's, kid show).
• Crash Island Pilot episode.
• Fallen Angel (1981) (TV) MOW.
• The Incredible Book Escape (1980) (TV) (voice)
• Starsky and Hutch
• The Waltons
• One Day at a Time'
• Crickett Series regular, kids show, 1970s.

Television Live Guest Appearances in Dance :

• "Shields & Yarnell Show"
• "Shields & Yarnell Christmas Special at Walt Disney World" (1978)
• "Rich Little Show" Featured w/ Bernadette Peters.
• "John Denver Show" Featured w/ John Denver.
• "John Denver Special" Featured w/ Danny Kaye.
• "An American In Pasadena" Featured w/ Gene Kelly.

Theatre :

• "Tie Off" Lead - Tamarind Theatre - (1988)
• "Power Plays / Playing For Real" - Whitefire Theatre - 1987)
• "Danny Daniels Dance American Co." Company member & Western States Tour.

References

External links

• The Official Penelope Sudrow Site (http://www.penelopesudrow.com)
• The Official Penelope Sudrow Facebook Page(https://www.facebook.com/officialpenelopesudrow)
• Penelope Sudrow at the Internet Movie Database