Peg Phillips

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Peg Phillips (1993)

Peg Phillips (born September 20, 1918 in Everett , Washington , † November 7, 2002 in Seattle , Washington), born Margaret Linton , was an American actress , who by her role as the shopkeeper Ruth-Anne Miller in the television series of all things Alaska became known.

Life

Phillips was born Margaret Linton and was the daughter of Charles and Myrtle Linton. The devout Unitarian had wanted to become an actress since she was four .

She was married to the US Marine Daniel Greene in her first marriage; Greene was stationed in the Territory of Hawaii when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place. She was married to Chester Phillips in the 1950s and suffered a near-fatal attack of " polio and a serious stomach infection" during that time . Both marriages ended in divorce.

Their relationships resulted in three daughters, Elizabeth, Kathy, and Virginia, and a son, Arthur.

She lived in Santa Cruz , California with her daughters Kathy and Virginia and son Arthur from the early to mid-1960s ; her eldest daughter, Elizabeth, had already left the household. During this time she worked as an accountant at Sweet Service and in her spare time performed in evening theater with local theater groups . According to her own statement, her favorite piece was my bride is psychic .

After finishing her accounting career , Phillips returned to Washington to study drama at the University of Washington , but did not graduate because she was "starting to get so much work."

In 1995 an aortic aneurysm developed during heart surgery .

Phillips died of lung disease at the age of 84; like her character in Alaska of all places , she had been a heavy smoker since she was thirteen. Her son Arthur died in 1970 and her second daughter Kathy also died before she died. She was survived by her daughters Elizabeth and Virginia.

Career

Phillips started professional acting late in her sixties. She made her debut in 1985 in a supporting role in the for television produced film Chase .

She became known with the television series Ausrechuta Alaska , for which she and the rest of the ensemble were nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Awards in the category "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" in 1995 .

In the series, which was produced from 1990 to 1995, she played the shopkeeper Ruth-Anne Miller in the fictional town "Cicely in Alaska ". Her character was only supposed to appear in the series temporarily, but was then expanded to a regular role.

For her performance, she received an Emmy nomination in 1993 in the category "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" and in 1994 a nomination for the Q Award in the category "Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series" from the organization Viewers for Quality Television (VQT).

After the end of the shooting of Alaska , of all places , several guest roles in series and films followed. Between 1996 and 1999 she played in four episodes of the television series A Heavenly Family and played Natty, the grandmother of the characters played by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in Adventures on the Whitewater Ranch .

In 1998 she founded the Woodinville Repertory Theater in Woodinville , Washington, and was its artistic director until her death.

Her last role on television was in 2000 in an episode of the television series Emergency Room .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

Series

literature

  • Darren Burrows: Northern Exposed ( en ), 1st edition, Film Farms, USA 2013, ISBN 978-0615943626 , p. 228.

Source references

  1. ↑ a b c d John Levesque: Actress realized her dream on 'Northern Exposure' (obituary) (en) , Seattle Post-Intelligencer. November 12, 2002. Retrieved May 23, 2009. 
  2. ↑ a b Misha Berson: Not a Square Peg: Northern Exposure veteran carves a niche in the local theater scene, and keeps on laughing (en) , Seattle Times . Retrieved May 23, 2009. 
  3. ↑ The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards ( en ) Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ Nominees / Winners - Television Academy - 1993 Primetime Emmy Awards ( en ) Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ Viewers for Quality Television Awards (1994) ( en ) IMDb. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  6. ↑ About us ( en ) Woodinville Repertory Theater. Retrieved June 22, 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Phillips, Peg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Linton, Margaret; Phillips, Margaret; Phillips, Margaret Peg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Everett , Washington
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 2002
Place of death Seattle , Washington