Baby Peggy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 29, 1918
- Died
- February 24, 2020 (aged 101)
- Birthplace
- San Diego, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery, October 29, 1918 – February 24, 2020), known as Baby Peggy, was an American child film actress, vaudevillian, author and silent film historian. At the time of her death, she was one of the last living film stars of the Silent Era of Hollywood. Montgomery, as she then was, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent film era along with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie. Between 1921 and 1923 she made over 150 short films for the Century Film Corporation. In 1922 she received over 1.2 million fan letters, and by 1924 she had been dubbed The Million Dollar Baby for her $1.5 million annual salary ($22 million in 2018). Despite her childhood fame and wealth, she found herself poor and working as an extra by the 1930s. Having an interest in both writing and history since her youth, Montgomery found a second career as an author and silent film historian in her later years under the name Diana Serra Cary. She was the author of several books including her historical novel, The Drowning of the Moon, and was an advocate for child actors' rights. Cary died at her home in Gustine, California at the age of 101.
Known For
Filmography
Showbiz Kids
Movie · as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
Movie · as Herself
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Movie · as Herself
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Movie · as Herself
Girl 27
Movie · as Self
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Movie · as Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Movie · as Self
Hollywood’s Children
Movie · as Self
Having Wonderful Time
Movie · as (uncredited)
True Confession
Movie · as Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
Souls at Sea
Movie · as Bit Role (uncredited)
Ah, Wilderness!
Movie · as Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
The Return of Chandu
Movie · as Judy Allen
Eight Girls in a Boat
Movie · as Hortense
A Girl of the Limberlost
Movie · as Schoolgirl
Off His Base
Movie · as Peggy
Hollywood on Parade
Movie · as Self
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Movie · as Self
Life in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
April Fool
Movie · as Irma Goodman - a Child
Captain January
Movie · as Captain January
Helen's Babies
Movie · as Toddie
The Family Secret
Movie · as Peggy Holmes
Our Pet
Movie
Such Is Life
Movie · as The Little Match Girl
Peg o' the Mounted
Movie · as Peg
The Law Forbids
Movie · as Peggy
The Flower Girl
Movie
Hansel and Gretel
Movie · as Gretel
Hollywood
Movie · as Baby Peggy Montgomery
Carmen, Jr.
Movie
Sweetie
Movie · as The Little Newspaper Vendor
The Darling of New York
Movie · as Santussa
The Kid Reporter
Movie · as Peggy
Miles of Smiles
Movie · as The Twins (dual role)
Fools First
Movie · as Little girl
Peggy, Behave!
Movie · as Baby Peggy
The Little Rascal
Movie · as Baby Peggy
Circus Clowns
Movie
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
Movie
Brownie's Little Venus
Movie
Sea Shore Shapes
Movie
Her Circus Man
Movie
Playmates
Movie · as Baby Peggy