Penny Spencer

Penny Spencer (born 1 January 1948) is a British actress, best remembered for her performance as coquettish schoolgirl Sharon Eversleigh in the LWT television comedy series Please Sir! (1968–1970)[1]

Penny Spencer
Born
Penny Spencer

(1948-01-01) 1 January 1948
Uxbridge, Middlesex
OccupationActress
Years active1966–1978

Early life

She attended Coombe Girls School in New Malden, Surrey.[2]

Career

Spencer's earliest acting experience was with the amateur theatre group led by Buster Merryfield.[3]

In addition to Please Sir! (1968–70), her TV appearances include UFO (1970)[4] and Public Eye (1972). Her films includeThe Whisperers (1967), The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973) and Under the Doctor (1976).

In 2017 and 2019 she was a guest at conventions organised by the Gerry and Sylvia Anderson appreciation group Fanderson,[5][6] and in 2018 appeared at a Please Sir! reunion event.[7]

Filmography

Television
  • Mickey Dunne (1967) – Starlet (Episode 5: "Yes – But Can He Go the Distance?")
  • Please Sir! (1968–1970) – Sharon Eversleigh
  • Man in a Suitcase (1968) – Second model (Episode 4: "Variation on a Million Bucks: Part 1")
  • Dixon of Dock Green (1968) – Karen Dewar (Episode 18.8: "The Informant")
  • Crossroads (1968) – Muriel Pawcett (Episodes 836–838)
  • Mr Rose (1968) – Secretary (Episode 2.5: "The Dead Commercial")
  • Call My Bluff (1969–1970) – Self/panellist (Episodes 4.3, 4.24, 4.39)[8]
  • All Star Comedy Carnival (1969 and 1971, Please Sir sketches) – Sharon Eversleigh
  • Anything You Can Do (1970–1971) – Self/judge (Episodes 2.14, 3.3, 3.8)
  • Frost on Sunday at the British Film and Television Awards (1970) – Sharon Eversleigh
  • Paul Temple (1970) – Maria (Episode 2.3: "Games People Play")
  • The Troubleshooters a.k.a. Mogul (1970) – Poppy Mandragora (Episode 6.9: "Boys and Girls Come Out to Play")
  • UFO (1970) – Janis (Pilot episode: "Identified"); SHADO operative (Episode 5: "A Question of Priorities", Episode 22: "The Responsibility Seat")
  • The Golden Shot (1970) – Self ("Peoples past and present", 5 April 1970)
  • Seasons of the Year (1971) – Ruby (Episode 5: "It's Cold Outside")
  • Public Eye (1972) – Pauline (Episode 6.6: "Horse and Carriage")
  • The Dick Emery Show (1972) – Episode 11.8
  • Dixon of Dock Green (1972) – Girl at accident (Episode 14.19: "The White Mercedes")
  • All Gas and Gaiters (1972) – Felicity Pugh Critchley (Episode 5.6: "The Bishop Loses his Chaplain")
  • The Man Outside (1972) – Mildred (Episode 6: "Cuculus Canorus")
  • A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (1973) – Kitty (Episode 1: "The Garden Party")
  • This Is Your Life (1974) – Self/guest (Episode 14.8: subject Derek Guyler)
  • Lucky Feller (1976) – Woman in street (Episode 11: "The Boat")

References
  1. "Maureen Bullock Loves Sir (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
  2. Look-In Issue 7, 20 February 1971, p19
  3. Ross, Robert (December 2022). "To Sir With Love – Interview with Penny Spencer". Best of British: 52–53.
  4. "UFO All Characters". www.shadolibrary.org.
  5. "Penny Spencer to appear at Supercelebration". Fanderson. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. "Fanderson brings fans together for a very special assignment". Fanderson. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  7. "Misty Moon Presents Please Sir! 50th Anniversary Cast Reunion". The Cinema Museum. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  8. "Penny Spencer". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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