Penny Fuller is an American actress. Born in Durham, North Carolina, Fuller attended Northwestern University in Illinois. She then went to New York City to make a name for herself on Broadway. Debuting in The Moon Besieged , she later appeared as a replacement in the original productions of Barefoot in the Park and Cabaret . After a handful of Shakespearean productions, Fuller won critical plaudits on Broadway for her portrayal of the outwardly sweet but inwardly subversive Eve Harrington in Applause , the musical version of All About Eve with Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing. Her last... Broadway musical was Richard Rodgers' 1976 flop about Henry VIII, Rex, in which she appeared opposite Nicol Williamson and Glenn Close.
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