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Diana Serra Cary. 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. She was the last surviving person with a substantial career in silent films.
Feb 25, 2020 · Published Feb. 25, 2020 Updated Feb. 26, 2020. Diana Serra Cary, an author, a film historian and probably the last surviving child superstar of the silent film era nearly a century ago, who spent ...
Baby Peggy (1918-2020) Baby Peggy. Silent moppet star Jackie Coogan, immortalized as Charles Chaplin 's The Kid (1921), had only one screen rival during the early 1920s, and that was none other than Baby Peggy. She was "discovered" while visiting the Century Studios lot on Sunset Boulevard with her mother when she was a mere 19 months old and ...
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Feb 25, 2020 · Diana Serra Cary, known to millions as Baby Peggy, child star of the silent screen, has died aged 101.Her death marks the passing of an era too, because it’s almost certain that she was the last living silent film star.
Feb 25, 2020 · In adulthood, she rebounded with a new name, Diana Serra Cary, and became a respected author of books on Hollywood film history. In her autumnal years, at screenings of her few extant films, she ...
Feb 24, 2020 · 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. She was the last surviving person with a substantial career in silent films. Diana Serra Cary. Baby Peggy, c. 1922. Born. Peggy-Jean Montgomery. ( 1918-10-29)
Diana Serra Cary. Actress. 29 October 1918 to 24 February 2020. An American actress known as ‘Baby Peggy’ who found fame as a toddler after appearing in films including Playmates (1921), Cary’s fame lasted five years until a disagreement between her father and producers led to her contract being cancelled. She went on to become a writer ...
