She has been married three times, and her first marriage was to Glenn Jacobson, with whom she appeared in a Spring 1967 episode (exact date unknown) of the daytime version of To Tell the Truth.
After years of searching, Pennington speculated that Fritz had been helping the CIA establish mountain bases along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and was killed during a battle with Soviet forces.
As the contestant lost the game and the mountain-climber figure tumbled over the cliff, James shouted "There goes Fritz!," causing Pennington to run from the stage in tears.
Barker praised Pennington for her defense of him following a sexual harassment lawsuit from fellow model Dian Parkinson in a 2002 interview with Larry King Live.
[6] The few positive words he had in regard to the classic Barker's Beauties during a USA Today interview discussing his retirement centered around Pennington, in which he expressed empathy for her in the wake of Stammberger's disappearance and praised her as "very brave;" he then asked to change the subject, not wanting to address the "disgusting" lawsuits against him.