Emily Pennington | |
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Biographical information | |
Full Name: | Emily Pennington |
Occupation: | |
Gender: | Female |
Race/Ethnicity: | American |
Hair color: | Blond |
Eye color: | Blue |
Born: | |
Died: | from a sickness |
Personal | |
Family/Relatives: | father† - left them millions of dollars John Pennington (brother) |
Spouse | |
Romances/Domestic Partners: | Blake McCall (fiance) Hoss Cartwright (fiance) |
Children: | |
Profile | |
Appeared on: | |
First Episode: | The Newcomers |
Last Episode: | The Philip Deidesheimer Story (mentioned) |
Portrayed by: | Inger Stevens |
Emily Pennington was a wealthy but kind young woman who was travelling West to find a better climate in hope that she would get well from an advanced terminal illness. She was in love with Blake McCall, whose past with the Cartwrights was not a friendly one. After realizing her fiance was more concerned with wealth than her welfare, Emily fell in love with Hoss Cartwright, who took looked after her. Emily went back to California, when she found out that her illness could not be treated and she would eventually perish from it.