Penelope Milford

Acting

Penelope Milford

Born March 23, 1948 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died October 14, 2025 · aged 77

Penelope Dale Milford (March 23, 1948 - October 14, 2025) was an American actress. She is best known for her role as Vi Munson in Coming Home (1978), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Known For

HeathersHeathers · 1989
Heathers
7.31989
MovieComedyCrime
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
Endless LoveEndless Love · 1981
Endless Love
5.71981
MovieRomanceDrama
As their romance unfolds, Jade and David's growing love for one another becomes the scorn of Jade's father. However, when Jade's grades begin to drop, her father forbids the young couple from seeing each other for 30 days. Driven insane with frustration and desire, David attempts to reverse the decision, with catastrophic results.
Coming HomeComing Home · 1978
Coming Home
7.01978
MovieDramaRomance
In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
ValentinoValentino · 1977
Valentino
5.81977
MovieDramaHistory
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.
The Burning BedThe Burning Bed · 1984
The Burning Bed
6.91984
MovieCrimeDrama
An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
Normal LifeNormal Life · 1996
Normal Life
6.01996
MovieCrimeDrama
Chris Anderson and his wife Pam live a fairly normal life until Chris loses his job on the police force and secretly turns to robbing banks to make his wife's dreams come true. Upon discovering his secret, she joins his deadly crime wave and together they terrorize an unsuspecting suburban town.
Man on a SwingMan on a Swing · 1974
Man on a Swing
5.91974
MovieCrimeThriller
When a young schoolteacher is found dead in her car in a parking lot in broad daylight, police chief Lee Tucker can find no clues pointing to her killer. Flamboyant self-proclaimed psychic Franklin Wills offers his help to the skeptical policeman, and, when his supposed visions about the case begin to reveal clues and information that only the killer could possibly have known, he becomes a suspect himself.
Take This Job and Shove ItTake This Job and Shove It · 1981
Take This Job and Shove It
5.41981
MovieComedyRomance
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.

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