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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, [[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>


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.
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/>

Revision as of 18:14, 10 January 2023

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

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]

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

  • 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

References

  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

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