Penny Edwards

Penny Edwards was an american actress who had a career on stage television and in films When she was twelve years old Edwards danced in Lets Face It and at the age of fourteen she appeared on Broadway as a dancer in Zigfeld Follies of 1943 Her other Broadway credits include Laffing Room Only and The Duchess Misbehaves Edwards film debut came in My Wild Irish Rose She also appeared in the films Trail of Robin Hood Spoilers of the Plains Heart of the Rockies In Old Amarillo North of the Great Divide Sunset in the West Street Bandits and Missing Women among others In the late 1940s Edwards toured the United States for fourteen months performing in vaudeville Public response to Edwards appearance with Roy Rogers in Sunset in the West 1950 led to her receiving a longterm contract with Republic Pictures In the 1950s Edwards appeared on television in westerns and mystery programs Edwards appeared as Nan Gable in the 1958 episode TwoGun Nan on the syndicated television anthology series Death Valley Days In the story line Nan is a woman sharpshooter affiliated with William F Codys Wild West Show She sets out on a daring 180day thoroughbred horse ride from San Francisco to New York City to prove that a woman could undertake such a task Robert Buzz Henry played her husband Frank Gable and William ONeal was cast as Cody Still living in 1958 Nan Gable appeared with series host Stanley Andrews at the conclusion of the episode In 1954 Edwards announced her retirement from acting to do the Lords work in whatever way He wills However in 1956 she appeared as Molly Crowley in the TV western series Cheyenne in the episode titled Johnny Bravo