Actress. A pretty blonde, she shall probably be remembered for her performance as a gangster's girlfriend in 1950's award-winning "The Blue Lamp". Raised in West London, she broke into show business after her win in a creative writing contest garnered her an audition with the Rank Charm School; Peggy made her 1934 silver screen bow with a small role in "Colonel Blood", followed with another minor part in 1938's "Lightening Conductor", and was soon noticed by film mogul Lord Grantley. She was to get more significant work in the 1946 "Secret Flight" as well as in "Look Before You Love" and "Penny and the Pownall Case" (both 1948) before her acclaimed appearance as Diana Lewis, a 17 year old runaway drawn-in by Dirk Bogard's character in "Blue Lamp", a piece which won a Bafta Award and provided the inspiration for the BBC's long-running "Dixon of Dock Green". Peggy was seen in the 1951 "Calling Bulldog Drummond" and earned her final screen credit in 1953's "Murder at 3am"; having married actor Michael Howard, whom she met while appearing in a stage production of "The Cat and the Canary", in 1949, she worked with him on the BBC television and radio series "Here's Howard", but by the mid 1950s the marriage was on the rocks and following her 1956 divorce she left show business to raise her two children. In later years she divided her time between England and Portugal, reportedly remaining sharp and active until her death from the effects of advanced age. At her demise, a few of her film performances were preserved.
Actress. A pretty blonde, she shall probably be remembered for her performance as a gangster's girlfriend in 1950's award-winning "The Blue Lamp". Raised in West London, she broke into show business after her win in a creative writing contest garnered her an audition with the Rank Charm School; Peggy made her 1934 silver screen bow with a small role in "Colonel Blood", followed with another minor part in 1938's "Lightening Conductor", and was soon noticed by film mogul Lord Grantley. She was to get more significant work in the 1946 "Secret Flight" as well as in "Look Before You Love" and "Penny and the Pownall Case" (both 1948) before her acclaimed appearance as Diana Lewis, a 17 year old runaway drawn-in by Dirk Bogard's character in "Blue Lamp", a piece which won a Bafta Award and provided the inspiration for the BBC's long-running "Dixon of Dock Green". Peggy was seen in the 1951 "Calling Bulldog Drummond" and earned her final screen credit in 1953's "Murder at 3am"; having married actor Michael Howard, whom she met while appearing in a stage production of "The Cat and the Canary", in 1949, she worked with him on the BBC television and radio series "Here's Howard", but by the mid 1950s the marriage was on the rocks and following her 1956 divorce she left show business to raise her two children. In later years she divided her time between England and Portugal, reportedly remaining sharp and active until her death from the effects of advanced age. At her demise, a few of her film performances were preserved.
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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