Peggy Webber (born September 15, 1925)[1] is an American actress and writer who has worked in film, stage, television, and radio.
Peggy Webber | |
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![]() Webber in a 1955 episode of Dragnet | |
Born | (1925-09-15) September 15, 1925 (age 97) Laredo, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1937–present |
Television | Dragnet (1952–1955) The Waltons (1976) The Smurfs (1983–1984) |
Spouse | Dr. Robert Marshall Sinskey
(m. 1951; div. 1967) |
Children | 3 |
The daughter of a wildcat oil driller,[2] Webber was born in Laredo, Texas.[1]
In 1942, she graduated from Tucson High School, where she was active in dramatics.[3] Before she was 3 years old, she was entertaining audiences at intermission times in movie theaters.[4]
Her screen debut came in the 1946 film Her Adventurous Night. She played Lady Macduff in Orson Welles' adaptation of Macbeth. Her other notable roles include Mrs. Alice Rice in the 1952 film Submarine Command and Miss Dennerly in The Wrong Man, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.[5]
Webber debuted on radio at age 12 on WOAI (AM) in San Antonio, Texas.[6] Her vocal talents for radio were highlighted in Time magazine's August 5, 1946, issue. The Radio: Vocal Varieties article noted, "In three years, her latex voice has supplied radio with 150 different characters on some 2,500 broadcasts."[7]
Programs on which she was heard included The Dreft Star Playhouse,[6] Dragnet,[8] The Woman in My House,[9]: 358 Pete Kelly's Blues,[9]: 269 Dr. Paul,[9]: 101 The Damon Runyon Theater,[9] and The Man Called X.[3] In 1979, she played many characters on Sears Radio Theater.
She is the founder of California Artists Radio Theatre.[8]
The September 8, 2019, episode of The Big Broadcast highlighted her career and included a recent interview in which she mentioned her current projects.[10]
Webber appeared on a number of television programs. She portrayed Elise Sandor in Kings Row on ABC in 1955–56.[11]
Webber wrote and directed "some 250 stage plays, radio and television programs."[4] She was writer and producer for Treasures of Literature, an early television program. In her later years, she was responsible for writing, directing, and producing "hundreds of new audio programs."[4]
Webber received the 2014 Norman Corwin Award for Excellence in Audio Theatre, "which celebrates a lifetime of achievement in this sonic art."[4] She was the first woman so honored.[4] Her program Treasure of Literature was named "Most Popular Television Program - 1949" by the Television Academy.[12]
Year | Title | Role | Note |
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1987 | 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy | Elise | Voice |
1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Woman praying at temple | Uncredited |
1958 | The Space Children | Anne Brewster | |
1958 | The Screaming Skull | Jenni Whitlock | |
1956 | The Wrong Man | Alice Dennerly | |
1951 | Submarine Command | Mrs. Alice Rice | |
1951 | Journey Into Light | Jane Burrows | |
1951 | Fighting Coast Guard | Head Hostess | |
1948 | Macbeth | Lady Macduff / The Three | |
1946 | Little Miss Big | Ellen | |
1946 | Her Adventurous Night | Miss Howard | Uncredited |
Year | Title | Role | Note |
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2005 | The Inside | Mama Bunch | Episode: Everything Nice |
1989–1990 | Paddington Bear | Voice | |
1983–1984 | The Smurfs | Elderberry | Voice |
1983 | The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show | Voice | |
1982 | Quincy M.E. | Woman | |
1981 | Bossom Buddies | Dr. Fritzly | |
1978 | Project U.F.O. | Emma Smith / Helen Carson | |
1977 | Emergency! | Helen Phillips | |
1976 | The Waltons | Mrs. Eva Hadley | |
1971–1973 | Adam–12 | Mrs. Rule / Mary Grant | |
1971–1972 | Night Gallery | Old Crone / First Phone Operator | |
1967–1970 | Dragnet 1967 | Jean Sawyer / Mrs. Atkins / Alice Philbin / Mrs. Mary Tucker/ Mrs Eunice Rustin /
Marian Stanley / Mrs. Peggy Lassin / Janet Ohrmund |
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1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Mrs. Ross | |
1969 | The Survivors | Wife on TV | |
1968 | The New Adventure of Huckleberry Finn | Old Lady / Maiden | Voice |
1967 | I Spy | Sister Agatha | |
1962 | Laramie | Martha Grundy | |
1957–1960 | M Squad | Mary Nichols / Amy Pryor | |
1960 | The Rebel | Juanita Flynn | |
1960 | Law of the Plainsman | Hattie Mullen | |
1959 | Trackdown | Nora | |
1959 | Man Without a Gun | Kate Hutchins | |
1959 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Minnie Lee Blake | |
1959 | Wagon Train | Millie Collins | |
1958 | Panic! | Fran Pulaski | |
1957 | Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal | ||
1957 | The Walter Winchell File | Mary | |
1957 | Gunsmoke | Flora Stancil | |
1957 | Zane Grey Theatre | Norah | |
1957 | The Ford Television Theatre | Mrs. Wane | |
1957 | Jane Wymann Presents the Fireside Theatre | Mrs. Helding | |
1956 | The Millionaire | Mildred Kester | |
1956 | Chevron Hall of Stars | Martha | |
1956 | Climax! | Inez Harley | |
1953–1956 | Cavalcade of America | ||
1956 | Cheyenne | Ella McIntyre | |
1956 | Front Row Center | Kathy Mullin | |
1956 | Damon Runyon Theatre | Claire Simpson | |
1956 | Frontier | Meg Horn | |
1955 | Matinee Theatre | Cathy | |
1955 | Big Town | Carla Jackson | |
1952–1955 | Dragnet | Peg Ruskin / Virginia Sterling / Leona Perry / Police dispatcher / Roberta Salazar | |
1955 | Kings Row | Eloise | |
1955 | Warner Brothers Presents | ||
1955 | Cameo Theatre | ||
1955 | The Whistler | Denise Clark | |
1955 | Medic | Stell Ramsey | |
1955 | Public Defender | Mrs. Gayley | |
1953 | Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson | ||
1950 | Hollywood Theatre Time |
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