Baby Peggy
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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.
Known for
Credits
Peggy, Behave! (1922)
as Baby Peggy
Sweetie (1923)
as The Little Newspaper Vendor
Life in Hollywood (1927)
as Self
Brownie's Little Venus (1921)
Actor
Circus Clowns (1922)
Actor
Her Circus Man (1921)
Actor
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)
Actor
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)
Actor
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)
Actor
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy (1921)
Actor
Hansel and Gretel (1923)
as Gretel
The Law Forbids (1924)
as Peggy
Carmen, Jr. (1923)
Actor