Peggy McCay
| Peggy McCay | |
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 McCay on Ben Casey, 1964. |
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| Born | November 3, 1931 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–present |
Peggy Ann McCay (born November 3, 1931, New York City) is a long-time American actress with a career lasting over sixty years in film and television. Although she has acted in numerous productions, she best known for playing Caroline Brady, a role she originated and has played since February 1983 on the long-running NBC drama Days of our Lives.
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[edit] Biography
McCay graduated from Barnard College[1] before accepting her first major role as the heroine Vanessa Dale on the soap opera Love of Life. The show premiered in 1951 and made McCay an overnight star. After four years of working five days a week on the series, she left in 1955 to pursue other options. She was soon cast in an episode of the CBS anthology series, Appointment with Adventure.
She played in four feature films in the late 1950s before landing a lead role in 1962 in the 26-episode sitcom Room for One More with Andrew Duggan, Ronnie Dapo, Tim Rooney, and Jack Albertson. She portrayed Anna Perrott Rose, who originally wrote a memoir on her family life. In the same year, she also starred in the feature film Lad, A Dog.[2] She guest starred in various programs too, including Jack Palance's circus drama, The Greatest Show on Earth, and Jason Evers's drama series about college life, Channing, both on ABC (1963–1964).
McCay returned to daytime television in 1964 as one of the leads in ABC's The Young Marrieds. When the show went off the air in 1966, she was written into the storyline on ABC's other daytime soap, General Hospital, playing the role of Iris Fairchild until early 1970.
In the 1970s, McCay played parts in miniseries such as Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years and How the West Was Won. She also played a major role in the movie and television series The Lazarus Syndrome, During the late 1970s and early 1980s, had a recurring role as Marion Hume in the CBS drama Lou Grant.
McCay may be best-known as Caroline Brady on the daytime soap Days of our Lives. First appearing on the program in February 1983, she signed a long-term contract with the serial in 1985 and has appeared on a regular basis ever since. She was nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards in 1986 and 1987, and in 1991 won a Primetime Emmy Award for her guest starring role in the episode State of Mind, of the series, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, starring Sharon Gless.[3]
[edit] Selected filmography
- Second Thoughts (1983)
[edit] References
- ^ "Dramatic Composition Brings Barnard Prize". New York Times (ProQuest Document ID 105824661): p. 28. May 29, 1949. "Miss Peggy Ann McCay, who will be graduated from Barnard College next Wednesday, has received the Helen Prince Prize for excellence in dramatic composition"
- ^ "Lad: A Dog (1962)". Turner Classic Movies. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=80570. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "'Cheers' and 'L.A. Law' Top Emmys: Television honors its top prime-time shows and performers.". The New York Times (ProQuest document ID 108709362): p. C13. August 26, 1991. "This is a partial list of the Emmy winners...Peggy McCay "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill," CBS"
[edit] External links
- Official website
- "SOAP STAR STATS: Peggy McCay (Caroline, Days of our Lives)". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/peggymccaybio/. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- "Days of our Lives bio: Peggy McCay". NBC.com. http://www.nbc.com/Days_of_our_Lives/bios/Peggy_McCay.shtml.
- Peggy McCay at the Internet Movie Database
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