Penny Singleton

Birth Name:

Mariana Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

In 1974, she received an honorary degree from St․ John's University
In Janurary 1941, she got married to producer Robert Sparks
Was best known for portraying the character Blondie Bumstead
In 1966, she led a strike of the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes
In 1969, she became president of the American Guild of Variety Artists
Made her Broadway debut in the 1925 musical "Sky High․"
Was the first female president of an American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) union

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