Penelope Windust

Biography

Penelope Marjorie Windust was an American television, film, and stage actress. She was known for her role as Kathleen Maxwell in the 1983 miniseries V.

Windust began her career on Broadway, appearing in a 1967 production of Spofford with Melvyn Douglas, and in 1972 production of Elizabeth I. Windust has starred in many television movies. Her best-known film roles were in the movies Ghost Town and Bird in 1988. Her final movie appearance was You Don't Mess with the Zohan in 2008.

She made many guest appearances on television, including Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Falcon Crest, Dallas, Matlock, Criminal Minds, ER, Third Watch and Boston Legal. She died on February 2, 2022, at the age of 76.

Known For

Ghost Town
Ghost Town
The Keegans
The Keegans
The Nightman
The Nightman
Death Ray 2000
Death Ray 2000

Filmography

2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan
as Second Woman in Cab
2005 Criminal Minds
as Lynette Giles
2004 Boston Legal
as Martha Silver
1999 Third Watch
as Crazy Lady
1994 ER
as Mrs. Martineau
1994 Iron Will
as Maggie Stoneman
1992 The Nightman
as Mrs. Fordyce
1990 Cop Rock
as
1989 Doogie Howser, M.D.
as
1988 Bird
as Bellevue Nurse
1988 Ghost Town
as Grace
1988 China Beach
as
1987 Married... with Children
as Sales Lady
1986 Matlock
as
1985 MacGyver
as Connie Thornton
1985 Scandal Sheet
as
1984 Children in the Crossfire
as
1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Laura Bennett
1984 Cover Up
as
1984 Finder of Lost Loves
as Mrs. Murdock