Penny Spencer
Born
Penny Spencer

(1948-01-01) 1 January 1948
Uxbridge, Middlesex
OccupationActress
Years active1966–1978

Penny Spencer (born 1 January 1948) is a British actress, best remembered for her performance as coquettish schoolgirl Sharon Eversleigh in the LWT television comedy series Please Sir! (1968–1970)[1]

Early life

She attended Coombe Girls School in New Malden, Surrey.[2]

Career

Spencer's earliest acting experience was with the amateur theatre group led by Buster Merryfield.[3]

In addition to Please Sir! (1968–70), her TV appearances include UFO (1970)[4] and Public Eye (1972). Her films includeThe Whisperers (1967), The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973) and Under the Doctor (1976).

In 2017 and 2019 she was a guest at conventions organised by the Gerry and Sylvia Anderson appreciation group Fanderson,[5][6] and in 2018 appeared at a Please Sir! reunion event.[7]

Filmography

Television

  • Mickey Dunne (1967) – Starlet (Episode 5: "Yes – But Can He Go the Distance?")
  • Please Sir! (1968–1970) – Sharon Eversleigh
  • Man in a Suitcase (1968) – Second model (Episode 4: "Variation on a Million Bucks: Part 1")
  • Dixon of Dock Green (1968) – Karen Dewar (Episode 18.8: "The Informant")
  • Crossroads (1968) – Muriel Pawcett (Episodes 836–838)
  • Mr Rose (1968) – Secretary (Episode 2.5: "The Dead Commercial")
  • Call My Bluff (1969–1970) – Self/panellist (Episodes 4.3, 4.24, 4.39)[8]
  • All Star Comedy Carnival (1969 and 1971, Please Sir sketches) – Sharon Eversleigh
  • Anything You Can Do (1970–1971) – Self/judge (Episodes 2.14, 3.3, 3.8)
  • Frost on Sunday at the British Film and Television Awards (1970) – Sharon Eversleigh
  • Paul Temple (1970) – Maria (Episode 2.3: "Games People Play")
  • The Troubleshooters a.k.a. Mogul (1970) – Poppy Mandragora (Episode 6.9: "Boys and Girls Come Out to Play")
  • UFO (1970) – Janis (Pilot episode: "Identified"); SHADO operative (Episode 5: "A Question of Priorities", Episode 22: "The Responsibility Seat")
  • The Golden Shot (1970) – Self ("Peoples past and present", 5 April 1970)
  • Seasons of the Year (1971) – Ruby (Episode 5: "It's Cold Outside")
  • Public Eye (1972) – Pauline (Episode 6.6: "Horse and Carriage")
  • The Dick Emery Show (1972) – Episode 11.8
  • Dixon of Dock Green (1972) – Girl at accident (Episode 14.19: "The White Mercedes")
  • All Gas and Gaiters (1972) – Felicity Pugh Critchley (Episode 5.6: "The Bishop Loses his Chaplain")
  • The Man Outside (1972) – Mildred (Episode 6: "Cuculus Canorus")
  • A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (1973) – Kitty (Episode 1: "The Garden Party")
  • This Is Your Life (1974) – Self/guest (Episode 14.8: subject Derek Guyler)
  • Lucky Feller (1976) – Woman in street (Episode 11: "The Boat")

References

  1. ↑ "Maureen Bullock Loves Sir (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Look-In Issue 7, 20 February 1971, p19
  3. ↑ Ross, Robert (December 2022). "To Sir With Love – Interview with Penny Spencer". Best of British: 52–53.
  4. ↑ "UFO All Characters". www.shadolibrary.org.
  5. ↑ "Penny Spencer to appear at Supercelebration". Fanderson. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Fanderson brings fans together for a very special assignment". Fanderson. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Misty Moon Presents Please Sir! 50th Anniversary Cast Reunion". The Cinema Museum. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Penny Spencer". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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