Baby Peggy
Known for Acting · 44 credits
- Born
- 1918-10-29
- Died
- 2020-02-24
- Place of birth
- San Diego, California, USA
- Also known as
- Peggy-Jean Montgomery · Peggy Montgomery · Baby Peggy Montgomery · Diana Serra Cary · Dianna Serra Cary · Diana Sera Carey
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. At the time of her death, she was one of the last living film stars of the Silent Era of Hollywood.
Montgomery, as she then was, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent film era along with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie. Between 1921 and 1923 she made over 150 short films for the Century Film Corporation. In 1922 she received over 1.2 million fan letters, and by 1924 she had been dubbed The Million Dollar Baby for her $1.5 million annual salary ($22 million in 2018). Despite her childhood fame and wealth, she found herself poor and working as an extra by the 1930s.
Having an interest in both writing and history since her youth, Montgomery found a second career as an author and silent film historian in her later years under the name Diana Serra Cary. She was the author of several books including her historical novel, The Drowning of the Moon, and was an advocate for child actors' rights.
Cary died at her home in Gustine, California at the age of 101.
Known For
Movies (44)
Peggy, Behave!
1922
as Baby Peggy
Sweetie
1923
as The Little Newspaper Vendor
Life in Hollywood
1927
as Self
Brownie's Little Venus
1921
Circus Clowns
1922
Her Circus Man
1921
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
2012
as Herself
Showbiz Kids
2020
as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
as Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
Our Pet
1924
True Confession
1937
as Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
Having Wonderful Time
1938
as (uncredited)
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self
Playmates
1921
as Baby Peggy
Such Is Life
1924
as The Little Match Girl
Helen's Babies
1924
as Toddie
Miles of Smiles
1923
as The Twins (dual role)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
The Family Secret
1924
as Peggy Holmes
Off His Base
1932
as Peggy
Peg o' the Mounted
1924
as Peg
Captain January
1924
as Captain January
Souls at Sea
1937
as Bit Role (uncredited)
The Return of Chandu
1934
as Judy Allen
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Sea Shore Shapes
1921
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself
Girl 27
2007
as Self
Life in Hollywood No. 3
1927
as Self
April Fool
1926
as Irma Goodman - a Child
Hollywood
1923
as Baby Peggy Montgomery
Hollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
The Little Rascal
1922
as Baby Peggy
The Darling of New York
1923
as Santussa
The Kid Reporter
1923
as Peggy
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
as Herself
A Girl of the Limberlost
1934
as Schoolgirl
Eight Girls in a Boat
1934
as Hortense
Fools First
1922
as Little girl
The Flower Girl
1924
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
1921
Hansel and Gretel
1923
as Gretel
The Law Forbids
1924
as Peggy
Carmen, Jr.
1923
About Baby Peggy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. At the time of her death, she was one of the last living film stars of the Silent Era of Hollywood. Montgomery, as she then was, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent film era along with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie. Between 1921 and 1923 she made over 150 short films for the Century Fi… With 44 credits spanning from 1921 to 2020, Baby Peggy has appeared in 44 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Baby Peggy Movies
- Peggy, Behave! (1922) — as Baby Peggy
- Sweetie (1923) — as The Little Newspaper Vendor
- Life in Hollywood (1927) — as Self
- Brownie's Little Venus (1921)
- Circus Clowns (1922)
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