Sydney PennyFilmography

Born:: August 7, 1971 in Nashville, TN
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Sydney Margaret Penny
Biography:: Lead actress, onscreen from the '80s. ~ All Movie Guide...Read More

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Hidden Places

Actors: Sydney Penny, Jason Gedrick, Shirley Jones, Tom Bosley

Synopsis: Robert Tate Miller adapts Lynn Austin's best-selling, Christy Award-winning 2001 novel for the screen in the family-friendly drama Hidden Places. Sydney Penny (All My Children) stars as Eliza Wyatt, a Christian widow and mother of two grappling with a loss of faith, and forced to pull in the Read More

2006
McBride: The Doctor Is out... Really Out

Synopsis: This Hallmark Channel TV movie is one of a series starring John Larroquette as McBride (no first name), a hard-nosed cop turned compassionate defense lawyer, specializing in "lost causes." This time, McBride's client is Leo Eckert (David Bowe), who is convinced that he accidentally shot and killed Read More

2005
Enchanted

Actors: Sydney Penny, John Ward, David Kaufman

Synopsis: John Ward served as producer, director, screenwriter, and star of this satiric comedy with a romantic undercurrent. Ward plays a would-be filmmaker whose girlfriend wishes that he could develop a bit more maturity. After an argument, he packs his bags and heads to California, where he indulges in Read More

1999
The Pawn

Actors: Greg Evigan, Tony Lo Bianco, Sydney Penny

Synopsis: A man running away from corruption finds it in an unexpected place in this thriller. After getting caught up in a case in which a young boy was killed, Ray (Greg Evigan), a police detective, decides to pull up stakes and moves from Manhattan to upstate New York. However, Ray quickly discovers that Read More

1999
Hyperion Bay [TV Series]

Actors: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Raymond J. Barry, Dylan Neal, Sydney Penny, Christine Moore

Synopsis: In this TV family drama series, former high-school computer geek Dennis Sweeny (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) returns to his dying hometown, Hyperion Bay, situated on the coast somewhere between L.A. and San Francisco. As a successful self-made entrepreneur, Dennis can boost Hyperion Bay's economy with the Read More

1998
Hearts Adrift

Actors: Sydney Penny, Scott Reeves, Kathleen Noone, Rod Rowland, Don Murray, Nicolas Coster

Synopsis: A widow returns to see an old flame. She brings her daughter along too. Tensions arise when the old beau and the daughter become romantically involved. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1996
Child of Darkness, Child of Light

Actors: Anthony John Denison, Sela Ward

Synopsis: This effective made-for-TV supernatural thriller (based on the novel Virgin by James Patterson) involves the travails of a Catholic priest (Anthony John Denison) who is ordered by his superiors to investigate the prospect of two separate virgin births -- one of which will bring the Son of God into Read More

1991
Bernadette

Actors: Sydney Penny, Jean-Marc Bory, Michele Simonnet, Roland Le Saffre, Bernard Dheran

Synopsis: This French historical drama is a retelling of the story of St. Bernadette, the young 19th-century girl who was ostracized and persecuted after she saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes. Though she became a popular folk figure, the local politicians attempt to commit her to an asylum. Read More

3/24/89
Running Away

Synopsis: Sophia Loren and Sydney Penny appear here as a mother and daughter fleeing the dangers of urban Rome during WW II. They head to the mountains but find things are far from safe. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1989
Hyper-Sapien: People from Another Star

Actors: Sydney Penny, Ricky Paull Goldin, Keenan Wynn, Rosie Marcel, Gail Strickland

Synopsis: This sci-fi offering from director Peter Hunt boasts an unsympathetic cast of three aliens who have escaped from their spacecraft docked on the moon. Robyn (Sydney Penny) is the female alien watching over young Tavy (Rosie Marcel) and the three-armed, three-eyed baby Kirbi who feeds on gasoline Read More

12/19/86
News at Eleven

Actors: Martin Sheen, Peter Riegert, Barbara Babcock, Sheree J. Wilson, Sydney Penny

Synopsis: News at Eleven is a stacked-card study of journalistic ethics -- or rather, the lack of same. Martin Sheen stars as the well-respected senior anchorperson at a fictional San Diego TV station. Honcho news-director Peter Riegert insists that the news is becoming a tune-out, and demands more Read More

1986
Pale Rider

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Richard Dysart

Synopsis: A mysterious and possibly otherworldly stranger comes to the rescue of a frontier town in this Western, which was strongly influenced by the George Stevens classic, Shane. The peace of a small mining community is shattered when Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart), the ruthless proprietor of a powerful Read More

1985
Getting Physical

Actors: Sandahl Bergman, Alexandra Paul, David Naughton, John Aprea, Robert Wagner

Synopsis: After being mugged by two men, aspiring actress Kendall Gibley (Alexandra Paul) vows that she'll be ready for any future attacks. Kendall decides to "beef up" by undergoing a body-building regimen that would kill a lesser woman. Her devotion to physical culture sorely threatens her personal Read More

1984
The Thorn Birds

Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown

Synopsis: This mammoth TV miniseries, based on the best-selling novel by Colleen McCullough, proved to be a ratings bonanza; indeed, its viewership was surpassed only by the 1978 blockbuster Roots. Set in Australia, the story covers 42 years in the life of Ralph de Bricassart (Richard Chamberlain), a Roman Read More

1983
Two Kinds of Love

Synopsis: Two Kinds of Love are experienced by young Ricky Schroder in this made-for-TV drama. One kind is the tenuous affection he extends to his estranged father (Peter Weller) when Schroder's mother (Lindsay Wagner) unexpectedly dies. The other kind consists of the teasing sensations felt by Schroder Read More

1983
The Capture of Grizzly Adams

Actors: Dan Haggerty, Chuck Connors, Kim Darby, June Lockhart, Sydney Penny

Synopsis: A wilderness-loving man must clear himself of a wrongful murder charge and rescue his daughter who may be sent to an orphanage in this made-for-TV movie. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
The Night Rider

Synopsis: In this adventure, set in old New Orleans, a dashing man disguises himself with a mask and cape so that he can get revenge on those that murdered his family. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1979