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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 annua…
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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.
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Baby Peggy's Filmography
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Showbiz Kids
as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
as Herself
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
as Herself
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself
Girl 27
as Self
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
as Self
Hollywood’s Children
as Self
Having Wonderful Time
as (uncredited)
True Confession
as Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
Souls at Sea
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Ah, Wilderness!
as Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
A Girl of the Limberlost
as Schoolgirl
The Return of Chandu
as Judy Allen
Eight Girls in a Boat
as Hortense
No Poster
Off His Base
as Peggy
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
Life in Hollywood No. 3
as Self
Life in Hollywood
as Self
April Fool
as Irma Goodman - a Child
Helen's Babies
as Toddie
The Family Secret
as Peggy Holmes
Captain January
as Captain January
No Poster
The Flower Girl
The Law Forbids
as Peggy
Peg o' the Mounted
as Peg
No Poster
Such Is Life
as The Little Match Girl
No Poster
Our Pet
Hansel and Gretel
as Gretel
The Darling of New York
as Santussa
Miles of Smiles
as The Twins (dual role)
No Poster
Carmen, Jr.
Hollywood
as Baby Peggy Montgomery
The Kid Reporter
as Peggy
Sweetie
as The Little Newspaper Vendor
Fools First
as Little girl
No Poster
The Little Rascal
as Baby Peggy
Circus Clowns
No Poster
Peggy, Behave!
as Baby Peggy
No Poster
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
No Poster
Brownie's Little Venus
Playmates
as Baby Peggy
No Poster
Her Circus Man
