Lady Penelope Gray — The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Character Profile

About Lady Penelope Gray

A lady-in-waiting at court who harbors a secret affection for Essex and whose interference with royal correspondence directly fuels the rift between the Queen and the Earl.

Character Facts

Played by

Olivia de Havilland

Appears in

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

• Queen Elizabeth (Bette Davis)
• The Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn)
• Francis Bacon (Donald Crisp)
• Lord Knollys (Ralph Forbes)
• The Prince of Tyrone (Alan Hale)
• Lord Mountjoy (Robert Warwick)
• Essex's Soldier (uncredited) (Jacob Dance)
• Lord Charles Howard (uncredited) (Guy Bellis)
• Lady of the Court (uncredited) (Rosella Towne)
• Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited) (I. Stanford Jolley)
• Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited) (John Sutton)
• Sir Walter Raleigh (Vincent Price)