Penelope — The Bed Sitting Room Character Profile

About Penelope

A young woman living on a functioning tube train who becomes pregnant, is married off to Captain Martin against her will, gives birth to a dead baby, and later becomes pregnant with a healthy child after the war's mutations.

Character Facts

Played by

Rita Tushingham

Appears in

The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Penelope — Romantic Fiancé — Alan (Richard Warwick)

  Penelope and Alan are engaged and share a romantic bond before the wedding.

• Penelope — Romantic Husband — Bules Martin (Michael Hordern)

  Bules Martin courts and marries Penelope, replacing Alan as her partner.

• Penelope — Family Father — Father (Arthur Lowe)

  Father is Penelope's biological parent and protective family figure.

• Penelope — Family Mother — Mother (Mona Washbourne)

  Mother is Penelope's biological parent who undergoes a surreal transformation.

• Penelope — Power Authority Figure — Inspector (Peter Cook)

  Inspector represents post-war law enforcement and civil authority over survivors.

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More characters from The Bed Sitting Room

• Lord Fortnum of Alamein (Ralph Richardson)
• Bules Martin (Michael Hordern)
• Father (Arthur Lowe)
• Alan (Richard Warwick)
• Mother (Mona Washbourne)
• Inspector (Peter Cook)
• Nurse Arthur (Marty Feldman)
• Sergeant (Dudley Moore)
• The BBC (Frank Thornton)
• Shelter Man (Harry Secombe)
• Mrs Ethel Shroake (Dandy Nichols)
• The Prime Minister (Bill Wallis)