Penny Singleton (born Mariana Dorothy McNulty, September , â€"
November , ) was an American actress and labor leader. During her
-year career, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip heroine Blondie
Bumstead in a series of motion pictures from until and the popular
Blondie radio program from until . Singleton also provided the voice
of Jane Jetson in the animated series The Jetsons from â€".Behind the
scenes, Singleton served two terms as president of the American Guild
of Variety Artists, and testified before a Senate subcommittee in on
the union's treatment of women variety workers.Singleton was born in
Philadelphia to Bernard J. "Benny" McNulty and Mary Dorothy McNulty,
She began performing professionally as a child, and only completed
sixth grade in her schooling.Singleton sang 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 knew since
childhood, and actor Gene Raymond, and appeared on Broadway in Jack
Benny's The Great Temptations. She also toured in nightclubs and
roadshows of plays and musicals.
November , ) was an American actress and labor leader. During her
-year career, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip heroine Blondie
Bumstead in a series of motion pictures from until and the popular
Blondie radio program from until . Singleton also provided the voice
of Jane Jetson in the animated series The Jetsons from â€".Behind the
scenes, Singleton served two terms as president of the American Guild
of Variety Artists, and testified before a Senate subcommittee in on
the union's treatment of women variety workers.Singleton was born in
Philadelphia to Bernard J. "Benny" McNulty and Mary Dorothy McNulty,
She began performing professionally as a child, and only completed
sixth grade in her schooling.Singleton sang 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 knew since
childhood, and actor Gene Raymond, and appeared on Broadway in Jack
Benny's The Great Temptations. She also toured in nightclubs and
roadshows of plays and musicals.
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