COP11 Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Peggie Castle (December 22, 1927 – August 11, 1973) was an American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in B-movies. She was also billed under the names Peggy Castle and Peggie Call. Career Born Peggy Blair in Appalachia, Virginia, Castle was discovered by a talent scout while eating in a restaurant in Beverly Hills. She appeared in such films as Payment on Demand, 99 River Street, I, the Jury, Invasion U.S.A., and Arrivederci Roma. Castle then moved to television, where she played the major character Lily Merrill in the television western series Lawman from 1959 to 1962. Personal life and death Castle retired from acting after she married director William McGarry in 1964; she was married four times overall. She subsequently became an alcoholic and died at the age of forty-five of cirrhosis of the liver. For her contribution to the television industry, Peggie Castle has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6230 Hollywood Boulevard. Filmography Film 1947 When a Girl's Beautiful "Koko" Glayde Credited as Peggy Call Bury Me Dead Bit Uncredited 1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College Jean Auchincloss Uncredited 1950 Outside the Wall Waitress Uncredited Woman in Hiding Waitress Uncredited Buccaneer's Girl Cleo I Was a Shoplifter Telephone operator Uncredited Shakedown Hat Check Girl 1951 Payment on Demand Diana Ramsey Air Cadet Pat The Prince Who Was a Thief Princess Yasmin Bright Victory Eleanor Uncredited The Golden Horde Lailee 1952 Harem Girl Princess Shareen Wagons West Ann Wilkins Invasion U.S.A. Carla Sanford 1953 Cow Country Melba Sykes Son of Belle Starr Julie Wren I, the Jury Charlotte Manning 99 River Street Pauline Driscoll 1954 The White Orchid Kathryn Williams Overland Pacific Ann Dennison The Long Wait Venus The Yellow Tomahawk Katherine "Kate" Bolden Jesse James' Women Waco Gans 1955 Finger Man Gladys Baker Tall Man Riding Reva Two-Gun Lady Karen Marshall (alias Kate Masters) Credited as Peggy Castle Target Zero Ann Galloway 1956 Miracle in the Rain Millie Kranz Quincannon – Frontier Scout Maylene Mason The Oklahoma Woman Marie "Oklahoma" Saunders 1957 The Counterfeit Plan Carole Bernard Hell's Crossroads Paula Collins Beginning of the End Audrey Aimes Back from the Dead Mandy Hazelton Anthony 1958 Arrivederci Roma Carol Ralston Television 1952–1953 Fireside Theater Ann 2 episodes 1956 The Millionaire Candy Caldwell 1 episode Four Star Playhouse Molly Barry 1 episode Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater Charity 1 episode 1956–1957 Cheyenne Mary "Mississippi" Brown Amy Gordon 2 episodes 1957 Conflict Lila Prescott 1 episode Gunsmoke Nita Tucker 1 episode Perry Mason Sally Fenner 1 episode 1958 Frontier Justice Charity 1 episode The Texan Charlotta Rivera 1 episode 77 Sunset Strip Valerie Stacey 1 episode 1958–1959 The Restless Gun Amity Hobbs Fern Foster 2 episodes 1959 World of Giants 1 episode 1959–1962 Lawman Lily 32 episodes 1966 The Virginian Melissa 1 episode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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