Biography
Penny Peyser (born 9 February 1951) is an American actress, writer, and filmmaker.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Divorce Party
2014
as Carol
Silverlake’s ultimate fun-loving party couple, Kip and Leena’s marriage is on the rocks. When Leena files for a divorce and announces that she is leav...
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
2008
Writer, Director
Trumpeter and vocalist Jack Sheldon, best known to younger viewers for Schoolhouse Rock, tries to "get good." Recovering from many years of substance ...
Freedom Strike
1998
as Linda
When a peace treaty between America and Syria is thwarted, the renegade head of the Syrian army retaliates in a major way. He steals a nuclear weapon ...
Under Wraps
1997
as Amy's Mom
A comedy-adventure in which three twelve-year-olds have a close encounter with a 3,000-year-old mummy. Marshall, Gilbert and Amy accidentally set the ...
The Late Shift
1996
as Susan Binford
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Indecent Behavior
1993
as Samantha Morrow
Rebecca Mathis is a sex therapist. One of her patients is found dead. At first it is presumed he died of a heart attack...
Messenger of Death
1988
as Trudy Pike
A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
as Cindy Fox
Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on holiday in England.
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
as Janice Zimmer
In a small town, the hippie faction often clashes with the mainstream. To settle their differences, the hippie "freaks" take on the town police "pigs"...
Unfaithfully Yours
1984
as Jewelry Salesgirl
A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned.
Emergency Room
1983
as Nicky Tice
An ER doctor divides her time between saving lives, playing hospital politics, and juggling a love affair with a fellow doctor.
The Frisco Kid
1979
as Rosalie
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced t...
The In-Laws
1979
as Barbara Kornpett
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a ...
The Girls in the Office
1979
as Tracy Beaumont
A romantic comedy about four women employed by an ultra-modern Houston department store who discover that they must choose between love and a career.
B.J. and the Bear
1978
as Stilts
In this pilot film, B.J. McKay, a guitar-playing independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimpanzee named Bear, finds himself caught up with...
The Quinns
1977
as Laurie O'Neill
A drama about three generations of Irish-American firefighters in the New York City Fire Department, and their careers, romances, and growing pains. T...
All the President's Men
1976
as Sharon Lyons
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from...