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'''Peggy Converse''' (April 3, 1905 &ndash; March 2, 2001) born "Velma Randall" <ref name=>}} </ref>, was an American stage, film, and television actress whose lengthy career spanned seven decades.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/nyregion/peggy-converse-95-versatile-peripatetic-actress.html |title=Peggy Converse, 95, Versatile, Peripatetic Actress |author=Lawrence Van Gelder |date=March 19, 2001 |newspaper=] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=Variety>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/peggy-converse-1117795582/ |title=Peggy Converse |date=March 20, 2001 |magazine=]}}</ref><ref name=Playbill>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-and-stock-actress-peggy-converse-dead-at-95-com-95586 |title=Peggy Converse, an actress who appeared on Broadway and throughout North America in stock and touring productions, died March 2 in her Los Angeles home, The New York Times reported. |date=March 19, 2001 |magazine=]}}</ref> '''Peggy Converse''' (April 3, 1905 &ndash; March 2, 2001) born "Velma Randall",<ref></ref> was an American stage, film, and television actress whose lengthy career spanned seven decades.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/nyregion/peggy-converse-95-versatile-peripatetic-actress.html |title=Peggy Converse, 95, Versatile, Peripatetic Actress |author=Lawrence Van Gelder |date=March 19, 2001 |newspaper=] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=Variety>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/peggy-converse-1117795582/ |title=Peggy Converse |date=March 20, 2001 |magazine=]}}</ref><ref name=Playbill>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-and-stock-actress-peggy-converse-dead-at-95-com-95586 |title=Peggy Converse, an actress who appeared on Broadway and throughout North America in stock and touring productions, died March 2 in her Los Angeles home, The New York Times reported. |date=March 19, 2001 |magazine=]}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
She began acting at the age of 16 in Los Angeles. She played ingénue parts in the 1920s and 1930s in Broadway productions of ''Infernal Machine'' and ''The Comedy of Good and Evil''. She toured the country, playing 100 roles in productions in over 1000 theaters across the United States and Canada, often with her second husband, fellow actor ].<ref name=NYT/> Her film career started in 1942, with an uncredited part in '']'', and concluded with 1988's '']''. She also made guest appearances on television shows from the 1950s to the 1980s, including the unaired ] of '']''. She began acting at the age of 16 in Los Angeles. She played ingénue parts in the 1920s and 1930s in Broadway productions of ''Infernal Machine'' and ''The Comedy of Good and Evil''. She toured the country, playing 100 roles in productions in over 1000 theaters across the United States and Canada, often with her second husband, fellow actor ].<ref name=NYT/> Her film career started in 1942, with an uncredited part in '']'', and concluded with 1988's '']''. She also made guest appearances on television shows from the 1950s to the 1980s, including the unaired ] of '']''.


She graduated from ] in 1927.<ref name=NYT/> She graduated from ] in 1927.<ref name=NYT/>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==

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American actress
Peggy Converse
Converse in The Loretta Young Show (1955)
Born(1905-04-03)April 3, 1905
Oregon City, Oregon, U.S.
DiedMarch 2, 2001(2001-03-02) (aged 95)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1921–1961
Spouse Edmund Converse Don Porter ​ ​(m. 1944; died 1997)​
Children2

Peggy Converse (April 3, 1905 – March 2, 2001) born "Velma Randall", was an American stage, film, and television actress whose lengthy career spanned seven decades.

Career

She began acting at the age of 16 in Los Angeles. She played ingénue parts in the 1920s and 1930s in Broadway productions of Infernal Machine and The Comedy of Good and Evil. She toured the country, playing 100 roles in productions in over 1000 theaters across the United States and Canada, often with her second husband, fellow actor Don Porter. Her film career started in 1942, with an uncredited part in My Sister Eileen, and concluded with 1988's The Accidental Tourist. She also made guest appearances on television shows from the 1950s to the 1980s, including the unaired pilot episode of Mister Ed.

She graduated from Stanford University in 1927.

Personal life

Her first husband was Edmund Converse, the founder of Bonanza Air Lines. After they divorced, she married Porter. Their marriage lasted 53 years, until his death in 1997. They had two children.

Stage credits

  • Infernal Machine (?)
  • The Comedy of Good and Evil (?)
  • Miss Quis (1937) as Crickett
  • Wuthering Heights (1939) as Isabel Linton

Filmography

References

  1. Family Tree
  2. ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (March 19, 2001). "Peggy Converse, 95, Versatile, Peripatetic Actress". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Peggy Converse". Variety. March 20, 2001.
  4. "Peggy Converse, an actress who appeared on Broadway and throughout North America in stock and touring productions, died March 2 in her Los Angeles home, The New York Times reported". Playbill. March 19, 2001.
  5. ^ Peggy Converse at the Internet Broadway Database

External links

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