Peggy Converse
Biography
Peggy Converse was an American actress who worked in theater, film, and television across a career of seven decades. Born Velma Randall in Oregon City, Oregon, she graduated from Stanford University in 1927 and appeared in plays and vaudeville programs there. She started performing at 16 in Los Angeles, and in the 1920s and 1930s she played ingenue parts on Broadway in Infernal Machine and The Comedy of Good and Evil. She toured the United States and Canada, performing 100 roles in more than 1000 theaters. Her screen work began in 1942 with a minor, uncredited appearance in My Sister Eileen, and her final film was The Accidental Tourist (1988). Between the 1950s and the 1980s she was a guest on television programs, among them the unaired pilot for Mister Ed. Her stage roles included Crickett in Miss Quis (1937) and Isabel Linton in Wuthering Heights (1939).
95years old at death
- Born Oregon City
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 42 years1946 to 1988
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First role
Converse began acting at 16 in Los Angeles, and in the 1920s and 1930s she played ingénue parts on Broadway in Infernal Machine and The Comedy of Good and Evil.
Peggy Converse movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Peggy Converse shares two films with Charles Bronson, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ed Begley Jr.'s page
Bill Pullman's page
William Hurt's page
Ellen Corby's page
Elisha Cook Jr.'s page
All films by Lawrence Kasdan
Will CowanDirector, 1 film, 1958
All films by Will Cowan
Anthony MannDirector, 1 film, 1947
All films by Anthony Mann
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