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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Penny Fuller
By Ernio Hernandez
18 Nov 2008
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Penny Fuller
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| photo by Harry Langdon | Penny Fuller — who co-stars in Broadway's Dividing the Estate — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
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Full given name:
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Penelope Ann Fuller
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Hometown:
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Southern Pines and Lumberton, NC
and Briercliff Manor, NJ
I'm one-half Yankee and one-half Southern
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Zodiac sign:
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Cancer
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Special skills:
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French, a little Italian cooking
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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High Button Shoes – My uncle was in it (William David)
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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The Glass Menagerie with Laurette Taylor
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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Until recently [title of show]
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Favorite show tune:
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"Make The Man Love Me"
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Most played song on your iPod:
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Yoyo Ma's Bach Cello Suites
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Last book you read:
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John le Carré's new book – "A Most Wanted Man"
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Must-see TV show:
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BBC America's "Wire in the Blood" with Robson Green
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Last good movie you saw:
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"Man on Wire"
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Favorite board/card game:
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Scrabble (with my daughter)
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Daniel Craig but also at one time it was Sammy Davis Jr.
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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Robson Green
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First stage kiss:
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Robert Redford
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Favorite post-show meal:
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A scotch with a splash of soda
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How you got your Equity card:
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Had a SAG card and got my Equity after I auditioned for my first show - Oh, Kay!
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Worst missed cue/onstage mishap:
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When I was in Barefoot in the Park, Kurt Kasznar forgot an entrance; when the stage manager called out "Kurt" backstage, one stage hand thought he said "curtain" and brought the house curtain down.
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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Mrs. Joyce Pollock, a woman with a much younger husband on "L&O" the original
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Cats or dogs?
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Love both but don't have either
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Favorite cereal:
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Granola from Le Pain Quotidien
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Amy Adams and Blythe Danner (as the contemporary me)
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Worst job you ever had:
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Paycheck typist for Revlon
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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"The Two Mrs. Grenvilles," which was filmed in London
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Leading lady role you've been dying to play:
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Cleopatra and Princess Kosmonopolis in Sweet Bird of Youth
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