Peggie Castle
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 Actress Peggie Castle |
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| Born | Peggy Blair December 22, 1927 Appalachia, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | August 11, 1973 (aged 45) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other name(s) | Peggy Castle Peggie Call |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Revis Call (m. 1945–1950) Robert H. Rains (m. 1951–1954) William McGarry (m. 1955–1969) Arthur Morganstern (m. 1971–1973) |
Peggie Castle (December 22, 1927 – August 11, 1973) was an American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in B-movies. She was also billed under the names Peggy Castle and Peggie Call.
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[edit] Career
Born Peggy Blair in Appalachia, Virginia, Castle was discovered by a talent scout while eating in a restaurant in Beverly Hills. She appeared in such films as Payment on Demand, 99 River Street, I, the Jury, Invasion U.S.A., and Arrivederci Roma. Castle then moved to television, where she played the major character Lily Merrill in the television western series Lawman from 1959 to 1962.
[edit] Personal life and death
Castle retired from acting after she married director William McGarry in 1964; she was married four times overall. She subsequently became an alcoholic and died at the age of forty-five of cirrhosis of the liver.
For her contribution to the television industry, Peggie Castle has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6230 Hollywood Boulevard.
[edit] Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1947 | When a Girl's Beautiful | "Koko" Glayde | Credited as Peggy Call |
| Bury Me Dead | Bit | Uncredited | |
| 1949 | Mr. Belvedere Goes to College | Jean Auchincloss | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Outside the Wall | Waitress | Uncredited |
| Woman in Hiding | Waitress | Uncredited | |
| Buccaneer's Girl | Cleo | ||
| I Was a Shoplifter | Telephone operator | Uncredited | |
| Shakedown | Hat Check Girl | ||
| 1951 | Payment on Demand | Diana Ramsey | |
| Air Cadet | Pat | ||
| The Prince Who Was a Thief | Princess Yasmin | ||
| Bright Victory | Eleanor | Uncredited | |
| The Golden Horde | Lailee | ||
| 1952 | Harem Girl | Princess Shareen | |
| Wagons West | Ann Wilkins | ||
| Invasion U.S.A. | Carla Sanford | ||
| 1953 | Cow Country | Melba Sykes | |
| Son of Belle Starr | Julie Wren | ||
| I, the Jury | Charlotte Manning | ||
| 99 River Street | Pauline Driscoll | ||
| 1954 | The White Orchid | Kathryn Williams | |
| Overland Pacific | Ann Dennison | ||
| The Long Wait | Venus | ||
| The Yellow Tomahawk | Katherine "Kate" Bolden | ||
| Jesse James' Women | Waco Gans | ||
| 1955 | Finger Man | Gladys Baker | |
| Tall Man Riding | Reva | ||
| Two-Gun Lady | Karen Marshall (alias Kate Masters) | Credited as Peggy Castle | |
| Target Zero | Ann Galloway | ||
| 1956 | Miracle in the Rain | Millie Kranz | |
| Quincannon – Frontier Scout | Maylene Mason | ||
| The Oklahoma Woman | Marie "Oklahoma" Saunders | ||
| 1957 | The Counterfeit Plan | Carole Bernard | |
| Hell's Crossroads | Paula Collins | ||
| Beginning of the End | Audrey Aimes | ||
| Back from the Dead | Mandy Hazelton Anthony | ||
| 1958 | Arrivederci Roma | Carol Ralston | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952–1953 | Fireside Theater | Ann | 2 episodes |
| 1956 | The Millionaire | Candy Caldwell | 1 episode |
| Four Star Playhouse | Molly Barry | 1 episode | |
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | Charity | 1 episode | |
| 1956–1957 | Cheyenne | Mary "Mississippi" Brown Amy Gordon |
2 episodes |
| 1957 | Conflict | Lila Prescott | 1 episode |
| Gunsmoke | Nita Tucker | 1 episode | |
| Perry Mason | Sally Fenner | 1 episode | |
| 1958 | Frontier Justice | Charity | 1 episode |
| The Texan | Charlotta Rivera | 1 episode | |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Valerie Stacey | 1 episode | |
| 1958–1959 | The Restless Gun | Amity Hobbs Fern Foster |
2 episodes |
| 1959 | World of Giants | 1 episode | |
| 1959–1962 | Lawman | Lily | 32 episodes |
| 1966 | The Virginian | Melissa | 1 episode |
[edit] External links
- Peggie Castle at the Internet Movie Database
- Peggie Castle at Allmovie
- Peggie Castle at Find a Grave
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