Peggy Allenby

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Peggy Allenby (b. February 14, 1901, New York City -d. March 23, 1966, New York City) was a silent motion picture actress who continued as performer in television. She appeared in silent films, including The Man Who Came Back (1922).

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[edit] Edge of Night

She may be best-known for her role as "Mattie Lane Grimsley" on the CBS-TV soap opera Edge of Night. Peggy Allenby was in the show's cast from 1956 - 1966. She also appeared on The Philco Television Playhouse (1951), Cosmopolitan Theater (1951), Taste of Tomorrow (1952), First Love (1954), Studio One (1954), and The United States Steel Hour (1959).

[edit] Radio and Broadway

Peggy was married to John McGovern, an actor.

From 1930 to 1950 her voice was a part of such radio broadcasts as David Harum and Road of Life.

On stage she played the role of the wife of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. She also appeared in The Happy Journey on Broadway.

[edit] Death

Peggy Allenby died in Park West Hospital after a short illness in 1966, aged 65.

[edit] References

  • Los Angeles Times, Heiress-Apparent to Play Laurels, October 12, 1922, Page 19.
  • New York Times, Peggy Allenby, 65, of Edge of Night, March 25, 1966, Page 41.

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