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Oscar-Nominated '70s Film Star Dies Aged 77
Penelope Milford was known for her Oscar-nominated role in Coming Home and later engaged in teaching and local community preservation, according to her family.
- Milford's brother Doug confirmed the American stage and screen actress Penelope Milford died Tuesday in Saugerties, New York, at age 77.
- Born on March 23, 1948, in St. Louis, Penelope Milford began her New York stage career in 1971 co-starring opposite Richard Gere and debuted on Broadway in Julian Barry's Lenny.
- Milford earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Vi Munson in Coming Home, which received eight Academy Award nominations and won three, including Jane Fonda and Jon Voight's leading acting awards.
- Milford moved to Saugerties in 2003 and supported local preservation after largely stepping away from acting in the late 1990s, with her final film role in 1999's Night of the Lawyers.
- Milford leaves a body of work spanning stage and screen; she is pre-deceased by Richard Kim Milford and survived by Candace Saint and Doug Milford.
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The famous Hollywood actress Penelope Milford died on Tuesday, October 14 in Saugerties, New York, at age 77. The performer is especially remembered for her role in the Coming Home drama, for which she was nominated for the Oscar. The actress’s death was announced by her brother Dough. At the moment, they did not transcend the causes of the death. “My dear sister has graduated from this material plane. Cause of death: genius,” the man wrote on h…
Los Angeles (USA), 15 Oct (EFE).- The American film and theatre actress Penelope Milford died Tuesday in Saugerties, New York, at age 77. According to national media, the death of the actress nominated for Oscar by Hal Ashby’s ‘Coming Home’ was announced by her brother, but the causes of her death were not detailed. Milford began his professional career in theatre in 1971, when he co-starred with Richard Gere ‘Long Time Coming and a Long Time Go…
Penelope Milford Dies: ‘Coming Home’ Oscar Nominee, ‘Heathers’ Counselor & Broadway Actor Was 77
Penelope Milford, who scored an Oscar nomination for Coming Home, played the school counselor in Heathers, appeared on Broadway and had roles in Endless Love and other films, has died. She was 77. Her family told our sister publications that Milford died Tuesday in Saugerties, NY, but did not provide a cause. Born on March 23, 1948, in St. Louis, MO, Penelope Milford got her start on the New York stage, co-starring with Richard Gere in the O…
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