Penny Santon: movies and TV shows
Penny Santon has 81 credits in the archive: 27 films and 54 TV series, from 1953 to 1997. Highest rated: Friends (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 1997 · busiest year: 1963 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Mrs. Romana (segment "Surveillance Camera") | TV | 7.2 | 80 |
| 1994 | Friends | Nonna | TV | 8.4 | 77 |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Mrs. Piatte | TV | 6.8 | 77 |
| 1993 | There Was a Little Boy | Maria | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 1991 | One Good Cop | Mrs. Cristofaro | Film | 5.7 | 74 |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure | Mama Grippo | TV | 7.8 | 73 |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Monchelli Sister | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Tessa Gianelli | TV | 7.1 | 69 |
| 1986 | Short Circuit | Mrs. Cepeda | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Madame Palmer | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 1984 | Hunter | Mrs. Fiori | TV | 7.1 | 67 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Mrs. Rizzo | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Market Owner | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 1984 | Rhinestone | Mother | Film | 4.9 | 67 |
| 1983 | When Your Lover Leaves | Flora | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Frannie Catalano | TV | 5.7 | 65 |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Mrs. Martinez | TV | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Mama Rosa Novelli | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1982 | Moonlight | Josephine Barbella | Film | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Barbara Furillo | TV | 7.6 | 64 |
| 1980 | B.A.D. Cats | TV | 6.3 | 63 | |
| 1979 | ...And Your Name Is Jonah | Grandma | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1979 | The Last Word | Mrs. Tempino | Film | 5.0 | 62 |
| 1977 | Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women | Ma Rosetti | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1976 | Delvecchio | Mrs. Coletta | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Mrs. Gagglio | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Mama Rossini | TV | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1974 | The Last Angry Man | Mrs. Parelli | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1974 | Pssst! Hammerman's After You! | Mrs. Casino | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Sophie | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1973 | Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John | Maria Roncalli | Film | — | 56 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Ma Ferguson | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Lucia | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Momma | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 1971 | Kotch | Mrs. Segura | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1971 | The Impatient Heart | Mrs. Esposito | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1970 | A Storm in Summer | Mrs. Gold | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities | Consuelo Guadalupe-Lopez | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Woman Shoplifter | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Mary Maxwell | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1968 | The Outsider | Mrs. Andrade | TV | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1968 | Funny Girl | Mrs. Meeker | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1968 | Don't Just Stand There | Renée | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1967 | Ironside | Madame Kapati | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1967 | Ironside | Grocer's Wife | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun | Mrs. Montero | TV | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1967 | The Spy in the Green Hat | Grandma Monteri | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1964 | Bewitched | Isabella Baldoni | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Italian Woman | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Grandmama Monteri | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1963 | My Favorite Martian | Grandmother | TV | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Vivian Santo | TV | 8.3 | 46 |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | Mrs. Gorson | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1963 | Temple Houston | Senora Ortega | TV | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1963 | Love with the Proper Stranger | Mama Rossini | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1963 | California | Dona Ana Sofia Hicenta | Film | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy | Theresa Maggiore | TV | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1962 | Ensign O'Toole | Mama Di Julio | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners | Mama Donelli | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1962 | Don't Call Me Charlie | Madame Fatime | TV | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1961 | West Side Story | Madam Lucia (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1961 | Lover Come Back | Hotel Maid (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Mrs. Donnatti | TV | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Maria Rossi | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Mrs. Zagano | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Gio's Wife | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Mama Patruzzio | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1959 | Cry Tough | Señora Estrada | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | The Mother Leader | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Mrs. Neuman | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Rosa Pucci | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Mama Chamini | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Carlota Perez | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1957 | Zorro | Cresencia | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1957 | Dino | Mrs. Minetta | Film | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Mother May | TV | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man | Spanish Woman (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1956 | No Right to Kill | Mrs. Sciaretti | Film | — | 39 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Italian Tenant | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | TV | 7.5 | 37 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | TV | 6.8 | 36 |