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Penelope Windust (born July 13, 1945) is an American actress who starred on television and in a few movies. She studied drama at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Tech just before its merger into Carnegie Mellon University in 1967. She is best known for her role in the 1983 miniseries V as "Kathleen Maxwell".
Windust was born in New York City, the daughter of Irene, an actress, and Bretaigne Windust, a stage and film director. Penelope has starred in many television movies. Her best-known film roles were in the movies Ghost Town and Bird in 1988. Her most recent movie was Iron Will from 1994. She has made many guest appearances on television, including Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Falcon Crest, Dallas, Matlock, Criminal Minds, ER, Third Watch and Boston Legal.