1.4K views · 61 reactions | Lovely Penny Singleton singing "Trees" in Blondie in Society. Read my article about the Blondie series here: https://home2hollywood.wordpress.com/editorials/blondie-from-strip-to-screen/ | Hometowns to Hollywood, LLC | Facebook

Penny Singleton was a prominent American actress and, notably, a labor leader whose career spanned over six decades in stage, screen, radio, and television. Outside of the Blondie series, she starred in films like "Go West, Young Lady" (1941), a Western musical where she was top-billed over Glenn Ford. Penny Singleton is famously credited with pioneering the concept of "residuals" —payments to actors for repeat broadcasts of their work—and ensured a residuals clause was written into her Blondie

Penny Singleton’s legacy glows with the charm of a performer who mastered every era she touched—vaudeville, Golden Age cinema, radio, and even early television animation. Born Dorothy McNulty in 1908, she honed her craft on the vaudeville stage before leaping to film in the 1930s, soon becoming an American household name as the spirited Blondie Bumstead in the long-running Blondie film and radio series. Her crisp comedic timing shone in classics like After the Thin Man and Boy Meets Girl, while

Life With Blondie - Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake

22K views · 1.3K reactions | We're wagging our tails for tonight's Blondie triple feature! Over the course of 12 years, Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake starred as Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead in 28 motion pictures and a radio program. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook