Peggy Converse
Peggy Converse (April 3, 1905, Oregon City, Oregon – March 2, 2001, Los Angeles, California) was an American stage, film and television actor whose lengthy career spanned six decades.[1][2][3]
She began acting at the age of 16 in Los Angeles. She played ingénue parts in the 1920s and '30s in Broadway productions of Infernal Machine and The Comedy of Good and Evil. She toured the country in productions in 100 roles in over 1000 theaters in 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 concluding with 1988's The Accidental Tourist. She also made guest appearances on television shows from the 1950s to the 1980s.
She graduated from Stanford University in 1927.[1]
According to IMDb, she was born Velma Margaret Randall. Her first husband was Edmund Converse, the founder of Bonanza Air Lines. After they divorced, she married Don Porter. Their marriage lasted 53 years, until his death in 1997. They had two children.
Stage credits
- Infernal Machine (?)[1][2]
- The Comedy of Good and Evil (?)[1][2]
- Miss Quis (1937) as Crickett
- Wuthering Heights (1939) as Isabel Linton
Filmography
- My Sister Eileen (1942) (uncredited)
- Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943) (uncredited)
- The Girl of the Limberlost (1945)
- Just Before Dawn (1946) (uncredited)
- The Brute Man (1946) (uncredited)
- Railroaded! (1947)
- Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
- The Devil's Henchman (1949)
- Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
- Borderline (1950) (uncredited)
- The Family Secret (1951)
- Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
- They Rode West (1954)
- Drum Beat (1954)
- Day of the Badman (1958)
- The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
- Voice in the Mirror (1958)
- Cops and Robin (1978 TV movie)
- The Best Place to Be (1979 TV movie)
- The Accidental Tourist (1988)
References
- ^ a b c d e Lawrence Van Gelder (March 19, 2001). "Peggy Converse, 95, Versatile, Peripatetic Actress". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c "Peggy Converse". Variety. March 20, 2001.
- ^ "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.