Cast & creator
Penny Santon
Best known for Friends, Columbo, Columbo
Also known as: Penny Stanton
28
film credits
54
television credits
82
1953–1997 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (82)
Showing 82 of 82 credits
Friends
Nonna
1994
Columbo
Lucia
1971Columbo
Momma
1971
Bonanza
Maria Rossi
1959
Murder, She Wrote
Mrs. Rizzo
1984
Quantum Leap
Monchelli Sister
1989
Wagon Train
Carlota Perez
1957
L.A. Law
Tessa Gianelli
1986
Adam-12
Woman Shoplifter
1968Adam-12
Mary Maxwell
1968
Ironside
Madame Kapati
1967Ironside
Grocer's Wife
1967
Hill Street Blues
Barbara Furillo
1981
Bewitched
Isabella Baldoni
1964
The Rockford Files
Mrs. Gagglio
1974
St. Elsewhere
Frannie Catalano
1982
T. J. Hooker
Mrs. Martinez
1982
Airwolf
Market Owner
1984
The Untouchables
Mrs. Zagano
1959The Untouchables
Gio's Wife
1959
Northern Exposure
Mama Grippo
1990
Moonlighting
Madame Palmer
1985
Hunter
Mrs. Fiori
1984
Police Woman
Mama Rossini
1974
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Mrs. Romana (segment "Surveillance Camera")
1997
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Italian Woman
1964
The Streets of San Francisco
Ma Ferguson
1972
77 Sunset Strip
The Mother Leader
195877 Sunset Strip
Mrs. Neuman
195877 Sunset Strip
Rosa Pucci
1958
Zorro
Cresencia
1957
Kojak
Sophie
1973
One Step Beyond
Mama Patruzzio
1959
Matt Houston
Mama Rosa Novelli
1982
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Grandmama Monteri
1964
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Italian Tenant
1955
Studio 57
1954
McHale's Navy
Theresa Maggiore
1962
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Mrs. Donnatti
1960State Trooper
Mother May
1956
My Favorite Martian
Grandmother
1963
The Flying Nun
Mrs. Montero
1967
Arrest and Trial
Vivian Santo
1963
Burke's Law
Mrs. Piatte
1994
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mama Chamini
1958
The Lieutenant
Mrs. Gorson
1963
The Outsider
Mrs. Andrade
1968
Ensign O'Toole
Mama Di Julio
1962
Delvecchio
Mrs. Coletta
1976
Temple Houston
Senora Ortega
1963
West Side Story
Madam Lucia (uncredited)
1961
Short Circuit
Mrs. Cepeda
1986
Saints and Sinners
Mama Donelli
1962
Funny Girl
Mrs. Meeker
1968
General Electric Theater
1953
The Wrong Man
Spanish Woman (uncredited)
1956
Don't Call Me Charlie
Madame Fatime
1962
One Good Cop
Mrs. Cristofaro
1991
B.A.D. Cats
1980
Rhinestone
Mother
1984
Lover Come Back
Hotel Maid (uncredited)
1961
Love with the Proper Stranger
Mama Rossini
1963
The Last Angry Man
Mrs. Parelli
1974
The Spy in the Green Hat
Grandma Monteri
1967
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Grandma
1979
The Legend of Valentino
Madame Tullio
1975
Dino
Mrs. Minetta
1957The Impatient Heart
Mrs. Esposito
1971
A Storm in Summer
Mrs. Gold
1970
When Your Lover Leaves
Flora
1983
Pssst! Hammerman's After You!
Mrs. Casino
1974
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Maria Roncalli
1973
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
Ma Rosetti
1977
Don't Just Stand There
Renée
1968
No Right to Kill
Mrs. Sciaretti
1956
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
Consuelo Guadalupe-Lopez
1969
Moonlight
Josephine Barbella
1982
Kotch
Mrs. Segura
1971
There Was a Little Boy
Maria
1993
The Last Word
Mrs. Tempino
1979
California
Dona Ana Sofia Hicenta
1963
Cry Tough
Señora Estrada
1959