Penny Peyser

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Penny Peyser (born 9 February 1951 in Irvington, New York, United States) is an actress. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 1973.

Peyser is probably best known for her role as Cindy in the 1980s series Crazy Like a Fox. However, she has also played guest roles in numerous TV series. Her credits include: Barnaby Jones, The Frisco Kid, The Incredible Hulk, Knight Rider, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, MacGyver, Tour of Duty, Knots Landing, Quantum Leap, LA Law and 7th Heaven. Her feature films include All the President's Men (1976) and the bride in The In-Laws (1979) starring Peter Falk and Alan Arkin.

Penny Peyser is the co-producer, writer and director of a new feature length documentary, Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008), which includes new footage of trumpet legend Sheldon in performance, as well as on-camera interviews with Clint Eastwood, Billy Crystal, Merv Griffin, Chris Botti, Dave Frishberg, Tierney Sutton and many others.

Peyser is married to Doug McIntyre, a prominent conservative radio talk-show host, and has one son, from a previous marriage to actor James Carroll Jordan. Her father, Peter Peyser, was a United States Congressman in the late 70s and early 80s.