Baby Peggy
Baby Peggy
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 the last living film star 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 Acting
Most Rating 1.54
Birthday 1918-10-29
Place of Birth San Diego, California, USA
Also Known As Peggy-Jean Montgomery, Peggy Montgomery, Baby Peggy Montgomery, Diana Serra Cary, Dianna Serra Cary, Diana Sera Carey, Peggy Jane, Diana Ayres,
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True Confession
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True Confession

Hollywood
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Fools First
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Having Wonderful Time
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Having Wonderful Time

Life in Hollywood No. 3
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Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
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Helen's Babies
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Girl 27
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Off His Base
1932

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The Family Secret
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The Family Secret

April Fool
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Souls at Sea
1937

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The Return of Chandu
1934

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Our Pet
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011

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Hollywood on Parade
1932

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Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
1921

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Brownie's Little Venus
1921

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Sweetie
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Sea Shore Shapes
1921

Sea Shore Shapes

Her Circus Man
1921

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Ah, Wilderness!
1935

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Eight Girls in a Boat
1934

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The Darling of New York
1923

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Peggy, Behave!
1922

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The Little Rascal
1922

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Such Is Life
1924

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Playmates
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Peg o' the Mounted
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The Law Forbids
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Showbiz Kids
2020

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Hollywood’s Children
1982

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Circus Clowns
1922

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The Kid Reporter
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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999

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Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012

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Miles of Smiles
1923

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The Flower Girl
1924

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