Peggy Pope
Peggy Pope (born May 15, 1929 in Montclair , New Jersey , † May 27, 2020 in Fort Collins , Colorado ) was an American actress .
Life
Pope began her acting career in New York in the mid-1950s. There she appeared in numerous off-Broadway performances such as The Rose Tattoo (1966). In 1968 she received the Obie Award for her role in Mama . She left New York in the late 1960s and moved to California, where she took on small roles in numerous film and television productions. Her best-known film role is that of Margaret Foster in the comedy Why actually ... don't we kill the boss? . In the 1980s she appeared in popular television programs such as Under the California Sun , Hart But Warm , Chief Physician Dr. Westphall , Golden Girls or An Angel on Earth with. Although she never made a breakthrough with a major film or television role, her career lasted until her death. Her autobiography Atta Girl: Tales from a Life in the Trenches of Show Business was published in 2011.
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1971: Made for Each Other
- 1972: ... and Then It Happened
- 1976: The Secret of the Dragonfly ( Dragonfly )
- 1980: Why actually ... don't we kill the boss? ( Nine to Five )
- 1981: Every night one ( All Night Long )
- 1984: Starfight (The Last Starfighter)
- 1985: Once Bitten ( Once Bitten )
- 2008: choke
- 2013: Ass Backwards - We are the most beautiful ( Ass Backwards )
watch TV
- 1966: The Trials of O'Brien
- 1968: In Love with a Witch ( Bewitched )
- 1968: The Outsider ( The Outsider )
- 1973: Calucci's Department
- 1978: Rhoda
- 1978: Barnaby Jones
- 1979: Billy
- 1979–1980: Soap - Sweet Home ( Soap )
- 1980: Mork vom Ork ( Mork & Mindy )
- 1981: Under the California Sun ( Knots Landing )
- 1984, 1986: Night Court ( Night Court )
- 1985: Hill Street Police Station ( Hill Street Blues )
- 1986: Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- 1986: California Clan ( Santa Barbara )
- 1990: Anything But Love
- 1995: Emergency Room - The Emergency Room ( ER )
- 2001: Law & Order
- 2004: Hope and Faith (Hope & Faith)
Awards
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Obie Award
- 1968: in the category "Distinguished Performances"
literature
- Peggy Pope: Atta Girl: Tales from a Life in the Trenches of Show Business. iUniverse, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4620-4100-8 .
Web links
- Peggy Pope at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peggy Pope at the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Peggy Pope in the Internet Off-Broadway Database (English)
- Peggy Pope in the German dubbing file
- Easy Reader: Peggy Pope of Nine to Five Tells Her Irresistible Show-Biz Story in huffingtonpost.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ US actress Peggy Pope has died. In: ORF.at . June 3, 2020, accessed June 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pope, Peggy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montclair , New Jersey , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 2020 |
| Place of death | Colorado |