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Peggie Castle(1927-1973)

  • Actress
  • Soundtrack
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Peggie Castle in Minä olen tuomari (1953)
Mike Hammer: The Big Drop
Play trailer1:03
The Big Drop (1959)
5 Videos
55 Photos
Tall, sultry, green-eyed blonde Peggie Castle was actually spotted by a talent scout while she was lunching in a Beverly Hills restaurant. In her films she was usually somebody's "woman" rather than a girlfriend, and her career was confined to mostly "B"-grade action pictures, dramas or westerns: Harem Girl (1952), Lännen karavaani (1952), Prinssi joka oli varas (1951), Jesse James' Women (1954), among others. She did, however, have good roles in such films as Maksa elämäni (1951) with Bette Davis, 99 River Street (1953) with John Payne, Minä olen tuomari (1953), The White Orchid (1954), He kohtasivat sateessa (1956) with Jane Wyman and in Rooman seitsemän kukkulaa (1957) with Mario Lanza. After three seasons playing sexy femme lead Lily Merrill, the dance-hall hostess and romantic interest for steely-eyed Marshal Dan Troop in the TV western series Lawman (1958), she left show business in 1962. She later developed an alcohol problem and died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1973 at age 45.
BornDecember 22, 1927
DiedAugust 11, 1973(45)
BornDecember 22, 1927
DiedAugust 11, 1973(45)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win

Photos55

Peggie Castle and Richard Denning in The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Peggie Castle in The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Peggie Castle in Lawman (1958)
Peggie Castle in Lawman (1958)
Peggie Castle in Virginialainen (1962)
William Bishop, Peggie Castle, and Jock Mahoney in Urhojen tie (1954)
Peggie Castle, Ray Collins, and Barbara Hale in Perry Mason yllättää (1957)
Peggie Castle and Peter Graves in Pelon katu (1957)
Peggie Castle in Pelon katu (1957)
Peggie Castle and Peter Graves in Pelon katu (1957)
Peggie Castle and Peter Graves in Pelon katu (1957)
Peggie Castle in Pelon katu (1957)

Known for:

Minä olen tuomari (1953)
Minä olen tuomari
6.1
  • Charlotte Manning
  • 1953
Peggie Castle in Invasion, U.S.A. (1952)
Invasion, U.S.A.
3.4
  • Carla Sanford
  • 1952
Peter Brown and John Russell in Lawman (1958)
Lawman
8.1
TV Series
  • Lily Merrill
Mike Hammer (1958)
Mike Hammer
8.1
TV Series
  • Joan Barry

Credits

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Actress

  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in Virginialainen (1962)
    Virginialainen
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Melissa
    • 1966
  • Peter Brown and John Russell in Lawman (1958)
    Lawman
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Lily Merrill
    • 1959–1962
  • World of Giants (1959)
    World of Giants
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Alice (as Peggy Castle)
    • 1959
  • Ray Milland in Markham (1959)
    Markham
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Ann Jennings
    • 1959
  • John Payne in The Restless Gun (1957)
    The Restless Gun
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Fern Foster
    • Amity Hobbs
    • 1958–1959
  • Mike Hammer (1958)
    Mike Hammer
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Joan Barry
    • 1959
  • The Sergeant and the Lady (1958)
    The Sergeant and the Lady
    TV Movie
    • Policewoman Parks
    • 1958
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in Yksityisetsivät (1958)
    Yksityisetsivät
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Valerie Stacey
    • 1958
  • Rory Calhoun in The Texan (1958)
    The Texan
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Charlotta Rivera
    • 1958
  • Raymond Burr in Perry Mason yllättää (1957)
    Perry Mason yllättää
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Sally Fenner (as Peggy Castle)
    • 1957
  • Mario Lanza in Rooman seitsemän kukkulaa (1957)
    Rooman seitsemän kukkulaa
    5.8
    • Carol Ralston
    • 1957
  • Peggie Castle in Back from the Dead (1957)
    Back from the Dead
    5.2
    • Mandy Hazelton Anthony
    • 1957
  • Peggie Castle and Peter Graves in Pelon katu (1957)
    Pelon katu
    3.9
    • Audrey Aimes
    • 1957
  • Cheyenne (1955)
    Cheyenne
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Amy Gordon
    • Mississippi
    • 1956–1957
  • The O. Henry Playhouse (1957)
    The O. Henry Playhouse
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Fern Kilbane (as Peggy Castle)
    • 1957

Soundtrack

  • Cheyenne (1955)
    Cheyenne
    8.0
    TV Series
    • performer: "Sweet Genevieve", "Rock-a-bye Baby" (uncredited)
    • 1957

Videos5

Trailer
Trailer 1:35
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:28
Trailer
Invasion USA
Trailer 1:35
Invasion USA
Mike Hammer: The Big Drop
Trailer 1:03
Mike Hammer: The Big Drop
Cheyenne: Fury At Rio Hondo
Trailer 1:05
Cheyenne: Fury At Rio Hondo

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Peggie Blair
  • Height
    • 1.70 m
  • Born
    • December 22, 1927
    • Appalachia, Virginia, USA
  • Died
    • August 11, 1973
    • Hollywood, California, USA(cirrhosis of the liver)
  • Spouses
      Arthur Sylvan Morgenstern Sr.October 17, 1970 - April 30, 1973 (his death)
  • Parents
      Doyle Blair
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Starred in the pilot for a CBS-TV spy series called "Assignment: Mexico". The series would have been shot on location and in color.

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Developed a chronic alcohol problem in the early 1960s. In 1969, she attempted suicide by taking an overdose of barbiturates and slashing her wrists. She was later committed to California's Camarillo State Hospital for her alcoholism, but she regressed after her release.
  • Quotes
    Let's face it. Nobody likes nice women on the screen. Nice women are dull.
  • Nickname
    • Peggie Call

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