- Born
- Died
- Birth nameLeo Zalman Penn
- Height1.68 m
- Leo Penn was born on August 27, 1921 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Ben Casey (1961), Star Trek (1966) and Les enquêtes de Remington Steele (1982). He was married to Eileen Ryan and Olive Deering. He died on September 5, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesEileen Ryan(1958 - September 5, 1998) (his death, 3 children)Olive Deering(February 19, 1947 - January 2, 1958) (divorced)
- Children
- ParentsMaurice Daniel Penn (Moischa Pinon)Elizabeth Marion Melincoff
- RelativesHopper Penn(Grandchild)Dylan Penn(Grandchild)Liam Penn(Grandchild)
- Studied drama and subsequently acted in campus plays at the University of California. Signed to a contract by Paramount in 1945, but this was not renewed after he was blacklisted several years later during the Red scare.
- His father, whose original surname was Piñon, had distant Spanish ancestry.
- Despite the claims that he was blacklisted during the McCarthy Era, he did actually work as an actor throughout the entire 1950s. But his job as television director was far more prosperous, and began in the 1960s.
- He was the son of Elizabeth (Melincoff) and Maurice Penn, who were Jewish emigrants from Lithuania/the Russian Empire.
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