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Mary Margaret "Peggy" Cass (May 21, 1924 – March 8, 1999) was an American actress, comedian, game show panelist, and announcer. Cass is best known for originating the role of Agnes Gooch in the 1956 stage and 1958 film versions of Auntie Mame, for which she won a Tony Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Peggy Cass. Actress: Auntie Mame. Mary Margaret Cass was born May 21, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts. After three years in the Cambridge Latin School drama club without one speaking part, she moved to New York, where she worked as a secretary, telephone operator, advertising solicitor and model.
Peggy Cass. Actress: Auntie Mame. Mary Margaret Cass was born May 21, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts. After three years in the Cambridge Latin School drama club without one speaking part, she moved to New York, where she worked as a secretary, telephone operator, advertising solicitor and model.
Peggy Cass, the gravel-voiced character actress who won a 1957 Tony Award for playing the frumpy Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame, died in Manhattan March 8 at the age of 74. The cause was heart...
Mar 13, 1999 · THE GRAVEL-VOICED character actress Peggy Cass won a Tony award for her portrayal of Miss Gooch, the adenoidal, frumpy secretary who in taking her flamboyant employer's advice to "live a little...
Mar 10, 1999 · Peggy Cass, a brassy-voiced comedian best known for her portrayal of the pregnant, unwed secretary in ''Auntie Mame,'' died on Monday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in Manhattan.
American stage and screen actress who was a panelist on To Tell the Truth, a popular television game show. Her Broadway credits include roles in Plaza Suite and A Thurber Carnival. Peggy Cass was born in Boston. She debuted on Broadway in the 1949 production of Touch and Go.
Mar 15, 1999 · Peggy Cass, the raspy-voiced comedienne who won an Oscar nomination for reprising her Tony-winning role as Agnes Gooch in “Auntie Mame” and was popular for her witticisms and high-energy ...
Mar 11, 1999 · Peggy Cass, the screechy-voiced comedian who won a Tony Award and an Academy Award nomination for her role as the homely and naive Agnes Gooch in Broadway and film versions of...
To Tell The Truth's Peggy Cass 1960 Tony Awards. Here is our own Miss Peggy awarding the best costume award at the 1960 Tony Awards in New York. This was locally broadcast in NYC by WCBS tv....
