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Penelope is a 2006 fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Mark Palansky and starring Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, and Reese Witherspoon (who also produced the film). [2]
Penelope is a 1966 American comedy caper film directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Peter Falk, Jonathan Winters, and Dick Shawn. George Wells' screenplay was based on the 1965 novel of the same title, written by Howard Melvin Fast under the pseudonym E.V. Cunningham.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 86% based on 14 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10.The website's critics consensus reads, "A gorgeously shot wish-fulfillment fantasy for anyone who has ever wanted respite from modernity, Penelope is a distinctive and refreshing addition to the YA genre."
Margery & Gladys is a one-off television drama film, first broadcast on 21 September 2003. Starring Penelope Keith and June Brown as the title characters, it was produced by Carlton Television for ITV and directed by Geoffrey Sax. [1] Upon first broadcast, it was watched by a total of 7.91 million viewers. [2]
The character also appears in the film sequels Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) and Thunderbird 6 (1968), the 2004 live-action film Thunderbirds and the CGI remake series Thunderbirds Are Go. In the world of Thunderbirds , Penelope is employed by the secret organisation International Rescue as its London field agent.
Penelope (/ p ə ˈ n ɛ l ə p i / [1] pə-NEL-ə-pee; Ancient Greek: Πηνελόπεια, Pēnelópeia, or Πηνελόπη, Pēnelópē) [2] is a character in Homer's Odyssey. She was the queen of Ithaca and was the daughter of Spartan king Icarius and Asterodia . [ 3 ]
She made her acting debut at the age of 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in the romantic tragicomedy Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Belle époque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000).
In 2011, Jacobsen made a cameo appearance in the Two and a Half Men episode "People Who Love Peepholes" as Charlie's former girl friend, Penelope. In 2012, she appeared in the 2012 detective thriller film Alex Cross (as played by Tyler Perry), as the businesswoman Fan Yau Lee, who becomes the first victim of the antagonist Picasso (Matthew Fox).