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{{Short description|American actress}}
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| name = Peggy Converse
| name = Peggy Converse
| image = Peggy_Converse_in_Perry_Mason_1960.jpg
| image = Peggy Converse in The Loretta Young Show (The Flood).jpg
| caption = Peggy Converse in Perry Mason 1960
| caption = Converse in ''[[The Loretta Young Show]]'' (1955)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|4|3}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|4|3}}
| birth_place =
| birth_place = [[Oregon City, Oregon|Oregon City]], Oregon, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|3|2|1905|4|3}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|3|2|1905|4|3}}
| death_place =
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| occupation =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active =
| years_active = 1921–1961
| spouse =
| spouse = {{marriage|Edmund Converse
Don Porter|1944|1997|reason=died}}
| website =
| children = 2
}}
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{{Short description|American actress}}
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'''Peggy Converse''' (April 3, 1905, [[Oregon City, Oregon|Oregon City]], Oregon &ndash; March 2, 2001, [[Los Angeles]], California) was an American stage, film, and television actress whose lengthy career spanned seven decades.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/nyregion/peggy-converse-95-versatile-peripatetic-actress.html |title=Peggy Converse, 95, Versatile, Peripatetic Actress |author=Lawrence Van Gelder |date=March 19, 2001 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=Variety>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/peggy-converse-1117795582/ |title=Peggy Converse |date=March 20, 2001 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref name=Playbill>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-and-stock-actress-peggy-converse-dead-at-95-com-95586 |title=Peggy Converse, an actress who appeared on Broadway and throughout North America in stock and touring productions, died March 2 in her Los Angeles home, The New York Times reported. |date=March 19, 2001 |magazine=[[Playbill]]}}</ref>
'''Peggy Converse''' (April 3, 1905 &ndash; March 2, 2001) was an American stage, film, and television actress whose lengthy career spanned seven decades.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/nyregion/peggy-converse-95-versatile-peripatetic-actress.html |title=Peggy Converse, 95, Versatile, Peripatetic Actress |author=Lawrence Van Gelder |date=March 19, 2001 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=Variety>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/peggy-converse-1117795582/ |title=Peggy Converse |date=March 20, 2001 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref name=Playbill>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-and-stock-actress-peggy-converse-dead-at-95-com-95586 |title=Peggy Converse, an actress who appeared on Broadway and throughout North America in stock and touring productions, died March 2 in her Los Angeles home, The New York Times reported. |date=March 19, 2001 |magazine=[[Playbill]]}}</ref>


==Career==
She began acting at the age of 16 in Los Angeles. She played ingénue parts in the 1920s and 1930s in Broadway productions of ''Infernal Machine'' and ''The Comedy of Good and Evil''. She toured the country, playing 100 roles in productions in over 1000 theaters across the United States and Canada, often with her second husband, fellow actor [[Don Porter]].<ref name=NYT/> Her film career started in 1942, with an uncredited part in ''[[My Sister Eileen (1942 film)|My Sister Eileen]]'', and concluded with 1988's ''[[The Accidental Tourist (film)|The Accidental Tourist]]''. She also made guest appearances on television shows from the 1950s to the 1980s, including the unaired [[pilot episode]] of ''[[Mister Ed]]''.
She began acting at the age of 16 in Los Angeles. She played ingénue parts in the 1920s and 1930s in Broadway productions of ''Infernal Machine'' and ''The Comedy of Good and Evil''. She toured the country, playing 100 roles in productions in over 1000 theaters across the United States and Canada, often with her second husband, fellow actor [[Don Porter]].<ref name=NYT/> Her film career started in 1942, with an uncredited part in ''[[My Sister Eileen (1942 film)|My Sister Eileen]]'', and concluded with 1988's ''[[The Accidental Tourist (film)|The Accidental Tourist]]''. She also made guest appearances on television shows from the 1950s to the 1980s, including the unaired [[pilot episode]] of ''[[Mister Ed]]''.


She graduated from [[Stanford University]] in 1927.<ref name=NYT/>
She graduated from [[Stanford University]] in 1927.<ref name=NYT/>


==Personal life==
Her first husband was Edmund Converse, the founder of [[Bonanza Air Lines]]. After they divorced, she married Porter. Their marriage lasted 53 years, until his death in 1997. They had two children.<ref name=NYT/>
Her first husband was Edmund Converse, the founder of [[Bonanza Air Lines]]. After they divorced, she married Porter. Their marriage lasted 53 years, until his death in 1997. They had two children.<ref name=NYT/>


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* ''[[They Rode West]]'' (1954) as Mrs. Martha Walters
* ''[[They Rode West]]'' (1954) as Mrs. Martha Walters
* ''[[Drum Beat]]'' (1954) as Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant
* ''[[Drum Beat]]'' (1954) as Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant
* ''[[The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse]]'' (1954) (Season 1 Episode 27: "The Grey and Gold Dress) as Jane
* ''[[The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse]]'' (1954) (episode "The Grey and Gold Dress) as Jane
* ''[[City Detective]]'' (1954) (Season 2 Episode 2: "Why Should the Beautiful Die") as Jane
* ''[[City Detective]]'' (1954) (episode "Why Should the Beautiful Die") as Jane
* ''[[Cavalcade of America]]'' (1955) (Season 3 Episode 22: "Stay on Stranger") as Mrs. Alice Lloyd
* ''[[Cavalcade of America]]'' (1955) (episode "Stay on Stranger") as Mrs. Alice Lloyd
* ''[[The Loretta Young Show]]'' (1955) (Season 2 Episode 19: "The Flood") as Louella Ryan
* ''[[The Loretta Young Show]]'' (1955) (episode "The Flood") as Louella Ryan
* ''[[Studio 57]]'' (1955) (Season 1 Episode 22: "The Engagement Ring")
* ''[[Studio 57]]'' (1955) (episode "The Engagement Ring")
* ''[[You Are There (TV Series)]]'' (1956) (Season 4 Episode 17: "The Heroism of Clara Barton (September 17, 1862)) as Clara Barton
* ''[[You Are There (series)|You Are There]]'' (1956) (episode "The Heroism of Clara Barton (September 17, 1862)") as Clara Barton
* ''[[Telephone Time]]'' (1956) (Season 1 Episode 14: "The Joyful Lunatic")
* ''[[Telephone Time]]'' (1956) (episode "The Joyful Lunatic")
* ''[[Panic! (TV series)|Panic!]]'' (1957) (Season 1 Episode 1: "The Priest") as Mrs. Oliver
* ''[[Panic! (TV series)|Panic!]]'' (1957) (episode "The Priest") as Mrs. Oliver
* ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason (TV series)]]'' (1957) (Season 1 Episode 9: "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen") as Myrtle Northrup
* ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason (TV series)]]'' (1957) (episode "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen") as Myrtle Northrup
* ''[[Day of the Badman]]'' (1958) as Mrs. Quary
* ''[[Day of the Badman]]'' (1958) as Mrs. Quary
* ''[[The Thing That Couldn't Die]]'' (1958) as Flavia McIntyre
* ''[[The Thing That Couldn't Die]]'' (1958) as Flavia McIntyre
* ''[[Voice in the Mirror]]'' (1958) as Mrs. Harriet Cunningham
* ''[[Voice in the Mirror]]'' (1958) as Mrs. Harriet Cunningham
* ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958 TV series)|Mike Hammer]]'' (1958) (Season 1 Episode 11: "A Grave Undertaking") as Margaret Reed
* ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958 TV series)|Mike Hammer]]'' (1958) (episode "A Grave Undertaking") as Margaret Reed
* ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1960) (Season 5 Episode 18: "Backward, Turn Backward") as Mrs. Lyons
* ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1960) (episode "Backward, Turn Backward") as Mrs. Lyons
* ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason (TV series)]]'' (1960) (Season 4 Episode 1: "The Case of the Treacherous Toupee") as Sybil Basset
* ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason (TV series)]]'' (1960) (episode "The Case of the Treacherous Toupee") as Sybil Basset
* ''[[Mister Ed]]'' (1961) (Unaired Pilot Episode: "The Wonderful World of Wilbur Pope") as Mrs. Bagby
* ''[[Mister Ed]]'' (1961) (Unaired pilot episode "The Wonderful World of Wilbur Pope") as Mrs. Bagby
* ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'' (1964) (Season 11 Episode 19: "The Antique Dealer") as Fred's Wife
* ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'' (1964) (episode "The Antique Dealer") as Fred's Wife
* ''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight (TV series)]]'' (1974) (Season 1 Episode 372: "When You See Arcturus") as Mother
* ''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight (TV series)]]'' (1974) (episode "When You See Arcturus") as Mother
* ''[[Future Cop (TV series)]]'' (1977) (Season 1 Episode 6: "Cops and Robin") as Housekeeper
* ''[[Future Cop (TV series)]]'' (1977) (episode "Cops and Robin") as Housekeeper
* ''Cops and Robin'' (1978 TV movie) as Housekeeper
* ''Cops and Robin'' (1978 TV movie) as Housekeeper
* ''[[Turnabout (TV series)]]'' (1979) (Season 1 Episode 5: "Till Dad Do Us Part") as Hannah
* ''[[Turnabout (TV series)]]'' (1979) (episode "Till Dad Do Us Part") as Hannah
* ''[[The Ropers]]'' (1979) (Season 2 Episode 2: "Days of Beer and Rosie") as Mrs. Hollingsworth
* ''[[The Ropers]]'' (1979) (episode "Days of Beer and Rosie") as Mrs. Hollingsworth
* ''The Best Place to Be'' (1979 TV movie) as Jean Callahan
* ''The Best Place to Be'' (1979 TV movie) as Jean Callahan
* ''[[The Chisholms]]'' (1980) (Season 2 Episode 9: "The Siren Song") as Mrs. Gilroy
* ''[[The Chisholms]]'' (1980) (episode "The Siren Song") as Mrs. Gilroy
* ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (1981) (7 episodes)
* ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (1981) (seven episodes) as Mother Superior
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* ''[[General Hospital]]'' (1982) (March 22 episode) as Mrs. Calhoun
** (Season 1 Episode 3899) as Mother Superior
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* ''[[This Is the Life (TV series)]]'' (1982) (episode "The Visitation") as Mrs. Caldwell
** (Season 1 Episode 3905) as Mother Superior
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* ''[[Small Wonder (TV series)]]'' (1986) (episode "The Grandparents") as Grandma Lawson
** (Season 1 Episode 3906) as Mother Superior
** (Season 1 Episode 3943) as Mother Superior
** (Season 1 Episode 3957) as Mother Superior
** (Season 1 Episode 3986) as Mother Superior
** (Season 1 Episode 4025) as Mother Superior
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* ''[[General Hospital]]'' (1982) (Episode dated March 22) as Mrs. Calhoun
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* ''[[This Is the Life (TV series)]]'' (1982) (Episode: "The Visitation") as Mrs. Caldwell
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* ''[[Small Wonder (TV series)]]'' (1986) (Season 1 Episode 24: "The Grandparents") as Grandma Lawson
* ''[[The Accidental Tourist (film)|The Accidental Tourist]]'' (1988) as Mrs. Barrett
* ''[[The Accidental Tourist (film)|The Accidental Tourist]]'' (1988) as Mrs. Barrett


Latest revision as of 12:50, 17 April 2024

Peggy Converse
Converse in The Loretta Young Show (1955)
Born(1905-04-03)April 3, 1905
Oregon City, Oregon, U.S.
DiedMarch 2, 2001(2001-03-02) (aged 95)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1921–1961
Spouse
Edmund Converse Don Porter
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(m. 1944; died 1997)​
Children2

Peggy Converse (April 3, 1905 – March 2, 2001) was an American stage, film, and television actress whose lengthy career spanned seven decades.[1][2][3]

Career[edit]

She began acting at the age of 16 in Los Angeles. She played ingénue parts in the 1920s and 1930s in Broadway productions of Infernal Machine and The Comedy of Good and Evil. She toured the country, playing 100 roles in productions in over 1000 theaters across the United States and Canada, often with her second husband, fellow actor Don Porter.[1] Her film career started in 1942, with an uncredited part in My Sister Eileen, and concluded with 1988's The Accidental Tourist. She also made guest appearances on television shows from the 1950s to the 1980s, including the unaired pilot episode of Mister Ed.

She graduated from Stanford University in 1927.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Her first husband was Edmund Converse, the founder of Bonanza Air Lines. After they divorced, she married Porter. Their marriage lasted 53 years, until his death in 1997. They had two children.[1]

Stage credits[edit]

  • Infernal Machine (?)[1][2]
  • The Comedy of Good and Evil (?)[1][2]
  • Miss Quis (1937) as Crickett[4]
  • Wuthering Heights (1939) as Isabel Linton[4]

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lawrence Van Gelder (March 19, 2001). "Peggy Converse, 95, Versatile, Peripatetic Actress". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b c "Peggy Converse". Variety. March 20, 2001.
  3. ^ "Peggy Converse, an actress who appeared on Broadway and throughout North America in stock and touring productions, died March 2 in her Los Angeles home, The New York Times reported". Playbill. March 19, 2001.
  4. ^ a b Peggy Converse at the Internet Broadway Database

External links[edit]

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