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Peggy Stewart

Highest Rated: 83% All This and Heaven Too (1940)

Lowest Rated: 21% That's My Boy (2012)

Birthday: Jun 5, 1923

Birthplace: Palm Beach, Florida, USA

American actress Peggy Stewart was one of the queens of the Westerns during the genre's film heyday of the 1940s and '50s. A native of West Palm Beach, Florida, she relocated with her family to California as a teenager. She was befriended by actor Henry O'Neill who suggested her for the role of the teenaged daughter of Joel McCrea and Frances Dee in "Wells Fargo" (1937). She signed a contract with Republic Pictures and was soon starring in a steady succession of B-movie Westerns. She was perhaps best known for her roles in the serialized films based on the Red Ryder comic strip. She made a number of appearances in the series, acting in titles like "Tucson Raiders" (1944), that starred Wild Bill Elliott as Red Ryder. She worked outside of Westerns during her time at Republic starring in films like "The Tiger Woman" (1945) and "Messenger of Peace" (1947). With the advent of television, she began working regularly on the new medium's cowboy shows, appearing on popular programs like "The Cisco Kid" (Syndicated, 1950-56), "The Roy Rogers Show" (NBC, 1951-57), and "The Gene Autry Show" (CBS, 1950-56). As Westerns began to subside in popularity, Stewart began acting less, although she still made television appearances on a regular basis throughout the 1960s and '70s in primetime network shows such as "The Mod Squad" (ABC, 1968-73) and "Baretta" (ABC, 1975-78). She found a new niche as she aged, playing a variety of elderly female characters. She had guest roles on popular fare, from "Seinfeld" (NBC, 1989-98) to "NCIS" (CBS, 2003- ) to "Weeds" (Showtime, 2005-12). She appeared on "The Office" (NBC, 2005-13) as the grandmother of Jenna Fischer's Pam. On the big screen, she played another grandmother opposite Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg in "That's My Boy" (2012). She made her last on-screen appearance on Laurie Metcalf's "Getting On" (HBO, 2013-15). Stewart passed away on May 29, 2019 at 95.

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Highest rated movies

83% 84% All This and Heaven Too
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80% Back Street
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21% 51% That's My Boy
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Code of the Prairie
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Rough Riders of Cheyenne
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Silver City Kid
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Everybody's Hobby
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Firebrands of Arizona
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Trail to San Antone
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Days of Buffalo Bill
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Filmography

Movies

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21% 51% That's My Boy Grandma Delores (Character) $36.9M 2012
No Score Yet 62% The Fall of the House of Usher Barmaid (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 39% Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw Hattie Baker (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Five Savage Men Mrs. Emily Perkins (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Clown and the Kid Sister Grace (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gun Street Mrs. Knudson (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 0% When the Clock Strikes Mrs. Pierce (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kansas Territory Kay Collins (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Black Lash Joan Delysa (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Montana Incident Clara Martin (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pride of Maryland Christine Loomis (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Country Parson Evangeline Lockley (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ride, Ryder, Ride! Libby Brooks (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fighting Redhead Sheila O'Connor (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desert Vigilante Betty Long (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Man's Gold June Thornton (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trail to San Antone Kit Barlow (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stagecoach to Denver Beautiful (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vigilantes of Boomtown Molly McVey (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Son of Zorro Kate Wells (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Days of Buffalo Bill Molly Owens (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conquest of Cheyenne Cheyenne Jackson (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias Billy the Kid Ann Marshall (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Invisible Informer Rosalind Baylor (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red River Renegades Julie Bennett (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet California Gold Rush Hazel Parker (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Phantom Rider Doris Shannon (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Utah Jackie (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rough Riders of Cheyenne Melinda Sterling (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stagecoach to Monterey Jessie Wade (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 33% The Vampire's Ghost Julie Vance (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tiger Woman Phyllis Carrington (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oregon Trail Jill Layton (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bandits of the Bad Lands Melinda Sterling (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Code of the Prairie Helen Matson (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silver City Kid Ruth Clayton (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Firebrands of Arizona Poppy Calhoun (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sheriff of Las Vegas Ann Carter (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal of Laredo Judy Bowers (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Wild Cat Betty Lou Hopkins (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girls in Chains Terry (Character) - 1943
80% No Score Yet Back Street Freda Smith (Character) - 1941
83% 84% All This and Heaven Too Helen Lexington (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Everybody's Hobby Bunny (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 42% That Certain Age Mary Lee (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 57% Little Tough Guy Rita Belle (Character) - 1938

TV

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81% 89% The Office Sylvia (Guest Star) 2010
97% 95% Justified Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 84% NCIS Elderly Lady (Guest Star) 2008
82% 88% My Name Is Earl Dotty Lake (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 93% Beverly Hills, 90210 Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
89% 92% Seinfeld Aunt May (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Mrs. Kane (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Fan Hacker (Guest Star) 1959-1961 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Mrs. Franklin (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1957 1961
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Grace Stockton (Character) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Timmy & Lassie Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lassie Mrs. Johnson (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Elsa Jordan (Guest Star) 1958-1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Roy Rogers Show Myra Fuller (Guest Star) 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gene Autry Show Ellie March (Guest Star) 1950