Peggy Webber | |
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 Webber in a 1955 episode of Dragnet | |
| Born | September 15, 1925 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 |
Peggy Webber (born September 15, 1925) [1] is an American actress and writer who has worked in film, stage, television, and radio.
The daughter of a wildcat oil driller, [2] Webber was born in Laredo, Texas. [1] Before she was 3 years old, she was entertaining audiences at intermission times in theaters. [3] In 1942, she graduated from Tucson High School, where she was active in dramatics. [4]
Webber's screen debut came in the 1946 film Her Adventurous Night . In 1948, 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 . [4] 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 including "Dragnet". She portrayed Elise Sandor in Kings Row on ABC in 1955–56. [11] She also played abused sister Flora Stencil in the 1957 episode of Gunsmoke in the episode "Cheap Labor".
Webber wrote and directed "some 250 stage plays, radio and television programs." [3] 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." [3]
Webber received the 2014 Norman Corwin Award for Excellence in Audio Theatre, "which celebrates a lifetime of achievement in this sonic art." [3] She was the first woman so honored. [3] 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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| 1946 | Her Adventurous Night | Miss Howard | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Little Miss Big | Ellen | |
| 1948 | Macbeth | Lady Macduff / The Three | |
| 1951 | Fighting Coast Guard | Head Hostess | |
| 1951 | Journey Into Light | Jane Burrows | |
| 1951 | Submarine Command | Alice Rice | |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man | Alice Dennerly | |
| 1958 | The Screaming Skull | Jenni Whitlock | |
| 1958 | The Space Children | Anne Brewster | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Woman praying at temple | Uncredited |
| 1987 | 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy | Elise | Voice |
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952–1955 | Dragnet | Peg Ruskin / Virginia Sterling / Leona Perry / Police dispatcher / Roberta Salazar | |
| 1955 | The Public Defender | Mrs. Gayley | |
| 1955 | Medic | Stell Ramsey | |
| 1955 | The Whistler | Denise Clark | |
| 1955 | Big Town | Carla Jackson | |
| 1955 | Matinee Theatre | Cathy | |
| 1956 | Frontier | Meg Horn | |
| 1956 | Damon Runyon Theatre | Claire Simpson | |
| 1956 | Front Row Center | Kathy Mullin | |
| 1956 | Cheyenne | Ella McIntyre | |
| 1956 | Climax! | Inez Harley | |
| 1956 | Chevron Hall of Stars | Martha | |
| 1956 | The Millionaire | Mildred Kester | |
| 1957 | Jane Wymann Presents the Fireside Theatre | Mrs. Helding | |
| 1957 | The Ford Television Theatre | Mrs. Wane | |
| 1957 | Zane Grey Theatre | Norah | |
| 1957 | Gunsmoke | Flora Stancil | |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | Mary | |
| 1957–1960 | M Squad | Mary Nichols / Amy Pryor | |
| 1958 | Panic! | Fran Pulaski | |
| 1959 | Wagon Train | Millie Collins | |
| 1959 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Minnie Lee Blake | |
| 1959 | Man Without a Gun | Kate Hutchins | |
| 1959 | Trackdown | Nora | |
| 1960 | Law of the Plainsman | Hattie Mullen | |
| 1960 | The Rebel | Juanita Flynn | |
| 1962 | Laramie | Martha Grundy | |
| 1967 | I Spy | Sister Agatha | |
| 1967–1970 | Dragnet 1967 | Jean Sawyer / Mrs. Atkins / Alice Philbin / Mrs. Mary Tucker/ Mrs Eunice Rustin / Marian Stanley / Mrs. Peggy Lassin / Janet Ohrmund | |
| 1968 | The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Old Lady / Maiden | Voice |
| 1969 | The Survivors | Wife on TV | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Mrs. Ross | |
| 1971–1972 | Night Gallery | Old Crone / First Phone Operator | |
| 1971–1973 | Adam–12 | Mrs. Rule / Mary Grant | |
| 1976 | The Waltons | Eva Hadley | |
| 1977 | Emergency! | Helen Phillips | |
| 1978 | Project U.F.O. | Emma Smith / Helen Carson | |
| 1981 | Bossom Buddies | Dr. Fritzly | |
| 1982 | Quincy M.E. | Woman | |
| 1983–1984 | The Smurfs | Elderberry | Voice |
| 2005 | The Inside | Mama Bunch | Episode: "Everything Nice" |
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