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Peggy Stewart
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Peggy Stewart (born Margaret O'Rourke; June 5, 1923 - May 29, 2019) was an American film actress who starred mostly in B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s. Her sister, Patricia O'Rourke, was an Olympic swimmer, and was married to World War II hero and well known B-movie actor Wayne Morris.
Stewart's career began when she was cast in the 1937 film Wells Fargo, alongside Joel McCrea. By the early 1940s she was on contract with Republic Pictures, starring regularly with Allan Lane, Sunset Carson, and Wild Bill Elliott. During that time she played in several episodes of Adventures of Red Ryder. She usually played the part of the tough heroine, rather than…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peggy Stewart (born Margaret O'Rourke; June 5, 1923 - May 29, 2019) was an American film actress who starred mostly in B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s. Her sister, Patricia O'Rourke, was an Olympic swimmer, and was married to World War II hero and well known B-movie actor Wayne Morris. Stewart's career began when she was cast in the 1937 film Wells Fargo, alongside Joel McCrea. By the early 1940s she was on contract with Republic Pictures, starring regularly with Allan Lane, Sunset Carson, and Wild Bill Elliott. During that time she played in several episodes of Adventures of Red Ryder. She usually played the part of the tough heroine, rather than a passive girl needing to be saved. Along that time she married western actor Don Barry. From 1944 to 1951 she starred in thirty-five films, most of which were serials and westerns. She also starred with Gene Autry several times during that period as well as appearing on several episodes of The Cisco Kid including "Oil Land" which first aired on 10-10-1950. In 1949, she played alongside Jim Bannon in Ride, Ryder, Ride. She again played the part of heroine to Bannon in 1950, starring in The Fighting Redhead. In 1952 she starred with Bill Elliott in Kansas Territory. Her career slowed in the 1960s, and by the 1970s she was residing in Studio City, California. Stewart won the Golden Boot Awards in 1984. Semi-retired, Stewart still continued to act on occasion, and played a bit role on one episode of Seinfeld in 1990 titled "The Implant". In that episode she played the part of the aunt to George Costanza's temporary girlfriend. More recently she has played Pam Beesly's "old-fashioned" grandmother Mee-Maw on The Office episode "Niagara, and once more in the episode when they baptise Jims and Pams daughter CC. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peggy Stewart(actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Peggy Stewart's Filmography
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That's My Boy
as Grandma Delores
The Runaways
as Grandma Oni
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
as Herself
She Drinks a Little
as Esther Sherrigan
The Adventures of Nellie Bly
as Mrs. Long
The Night the Bridge Fell Down
Beyond Evil
as Lady Patient
The Secret of Lost Valley
as Camper's Wife
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Barmaid
The Time Machine
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
as Mrs. Breen
Black Oak Conspiracy
as Virginia Metcalf
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
as Hattie Baker
White House Madness
as Rosemary Woods
Terror in the Wax Museum
as Second Charwoman
The No Mercy Man
as Mrs. Hand
The Animals
as Mrs. Emily Perkins
The Naked D
as Kleurlinge
The Way West
as Mrs. Turley
No Poster
The Clown and the Kid
as Sister Grace
Gun Street
as Mrs. Knudson
When the Clock Strikes
as Mrs. Pierce
Six Gun Decision
as Jane
Montana Incident
as Clara Martin
Kansas Territory
as Kay Collins
The Black Lash
as Joan Delysa
The Living Bible
as Woman at the Tomb
Pride of Maryland
as Christine Loomis
Cody of the Pony Express
as Linda Graham
The Fighting Redhead
as Sheila O'Connor
Desert Vigilante
as Betty Long
Ride, Ryder, Ride!
as Libby Brooks
Frontier Revenge
as Joan De Lysa
Dead Man's Gold
as June Thornton
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
as Helen Kent
Messenger of Peace
as Evangeline Lockley
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
as Bess
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Molly McVey
Trail to San Antone
as Kit Barlow
Son of Zorro
as Kate Wells
Stagecoach to Denver
as Beautiful
The Invisible Informer
as Rosalind Baylor
Conquest of Cheyenne
as Cheyenne Jackson
Red River Renegades
as Julie Bennett
Passkey to Danger
as Model
Alias Billy the Kid
as Ann Marshall
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
as Molly
California Gold Rush
as Hazel Parker
Days of Buffalo Bill
as Molly Owens
The Phantom Rider
as Doris Shannon
The Tiger Woman
as Phyllis Carrington
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
as Melinda Sterling
Marshal of Laredo
as Judy Bowers
Bandits of the Badlands
as Hallie Wayne
Oregon Trail
as Jill Layton
The Vampire's Ghost
as Julie Vance
Utah
as Jackie, trumpeter showgirl
Sheriff of Las Vegas
as Ann Carter
Firebrands of Arizona
as Poppy Calhoun
Code of the Prairie
as Helen Matson
Cheyenne Wildcat
as Betty Lou Hopkins
Stagecoach to Monterey
as Jessie Wade
Silver City Kid
as Ruth Clayton
Tucson Raiders
as Beth Rogers
Back Street
as Freda Smith
All This, and Heaven Too
as Helen Lexington
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Katherine's Friend (uncredited)
Everybody's Hobby
as Bunny
Man About Town
as Mary (uncredited)
Little Tough Guys in Society
as Jane
That Certain Age
as Mary Lee
Little Tough Guy
as Rita Belle
Wells Fargo
as Alice MacKay
The Bag
as Evelyn