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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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458073
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Filmography (Movies)
Showbiz Kids
Character:Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Release Date:14/07/2020
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Character:Herself
Release Date:30/12/2012
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
Character:Herself
Release Date:05/09/2012
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Character:Herself
Release Date:03/04/2011
Girl 27
Character:Self
Release Date:27/07/2007
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Character:Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
Release Date:14/06/1999
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Character:Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Release Date:02/12/1989
Hollywood’s Children
Character:Self
Release Date:24/02/1982
Having Wonderful Time
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:01/07/1938
True Confession
Character:Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
Release Date:24/12/1937
Souls at Sea
Character:Bit Role (uncredited)
Release Date:03/09/1937
Ah, Wilderness!
Character:Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1935
A Girl of the Limberlost
Character:Schoolgirl
Release Date:14/10/1934
The Return of Chandu
Character:Judy Allen
Release Date:01/10/1934
Eight Girls in a Boat
Character:Hortense
Release Date:05/01/1934
Off His Base
Character:Peggy
Release Date:18/09/1932
Hollywood on Parade
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1932
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Character:Self
Release Date:25/08/1927
April Fool
Character:Irma Goodman - a Child
Release Date:15/11/1926
Helen's Babies
Character:Toddie
Release Date:11/10/1924
The Family Secret
Character:Peggy Holmes
Release Date:28/09/1924
Captain January
Character:Captain January
Release Date:06/07/1924
The Flower Girl
Character:
Release Date:25/05/1924
The Law Forbids
Character:Peggy
Release Date:07/04/1924
Peg o' the Mounted
Character:Peg
Release Date:27/02/1924
Such Is Life
Character:The Little Match Girl
Release Date:30/01/1924
Our Pet
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1924
Hansel and Gretel
Character:Gretel
Release Date:26/12/1923
The Darling of New York
Character:Santussa
Release Date:03/12/1923
Miles of Smiles
Character:The Twins (dual role)
Release Date:28/11/1923
Carmen, Jr.
Character:
Release Date:29/08/1923
Hollywood
Character:Baby Peggy Montgomery
Release Date:19/08/1923
The Kid Reporter
Character:Peggy
Release Date:30/05/1923
Sweetie
Character:The Little Newspaper Vendor
Release Date:04/04/1923
Fools First
Character:Little girl
Release Date:27/05/1922
The Little Rascal
Character:Baby Peggy
Release Date:24/05/1922
Circus Clowns
Character:
Release Date:25/01/1922
Peggy, Behave!
Character:Baby Peggy
Release Date:01/01/1922
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
Character:
Release Date:07/12/1921
Brownie's Little Venus
Character:
Release Date:13/09/1921
Playmates
Character:Baby Peggy
Release Date:18/05/1921
Her Circus Man
Character:
Release Date:09/03/1921
Sea Shore Shapes
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1921
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