{{short description|American film, television and theatre actress}}
{{Infobox person | name = Peggy Conklin | image = Peggy Conklin Petrified Forest.jpg
| caption = Peggy Conklin in ''The Petrified Forest'' (1935)
| birth_name = Margaret Eleanor Conklin<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-28-me-conklin28-story.html|title=Peggy Conklin, 96; Shone on Broadway|first=Myrna|last=Oliver|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 28, 2003|access-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|11|02}} | birth_place = Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|03|18|1906|11|02}} | death_place = Naples, Florida, U.S. | occupation = Film, television and theatre actress | years_active = 1928–1960 | spouse = {{marriage|James D. Thompson|1935|1998|end=died.}}<ref name="a" /><ref name="b">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/25/theater/peggy-conklin-actress-on-broadway-is-dead-at-96.html|title=Peggy Conklin, Actress on Broadway, Is Dead at 96|work=The New York Times|date=March 25, 2003|access-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref> | children = 2<ref name="a" /><ref name="b" /> }}
'''Margaret Eleanor Conklin''' (November 2, 1906<ref name="b" /> – March 18, 2003)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_YYHkLehhuoC&pg=PA314|title=Theatre World: 2002-2003|page=314|first=John|last=Willis|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|date=November 2004|isbn=9781557836342|via=Google Books}}</ref> was an American film, television and theatre actress.<ref name="a" /><ref name="b" />
Conklin was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York.<ref name="b" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/peggy-conklin-2-1117884107/|title=Peggy Conklin|author=Variety Staff|work=Variety|date=April 3, 2003|access-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref> When she was twelve her mother died, and she was raised by her two aunts.<ref name="a" /><ref name="b" /> After she graduated from high school she moved to New York City to become an actress, initially studying dancing.<ref name="a" /><ref name="b" />
Conklin began her acting career in 1928, appeared in the Broadway production ''Treasure Girl'' as part of the chorus line.<ref name="a" /><ref name="c">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/peggy-conklin-36011|title=Peggy Conklin|work=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref> She soon started playing leading roles, with her theater credits including ''Yes, My Darling Daughter'', ''The Petrified Forest'', ''Co-respondent Unknown'', ''The Pursuit of Happiness'', ''Miss Swan Expects'', ''Mr. and Mrs. North'', ''The Wisteria Tress'', ''Old Man Murphy'' and ''The Ghost Writer''.<ref name="a" /><ref name="b" /><ref name="c" /> Her final theatre credit was from the Broadway play, titled, ''Howie'', where she played the role of "Edith Simms".<ref name="c" /> Conklin starred in the 1936 film ''Her Master's Voice'' alongside actor, Edward Everett Horton,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IbpwDl1nt0MC|title=Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties|page=74|first=Axel|last=Nissen|publisher=McFarland|date=2007|isbn=9780786427468|via=Google Books}}</ref> and also in ''The President Vanishes'' and ''Having Wonderful Time'', but only made five films in total. She also appeared on radio and television.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSUfwQEACAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003|page=84|first=Harris|last=Lentz|date=April 20, 2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786417568|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Conklin died in March 2003 at her home in Naples, Florida, at the age of 96.<ref name="a" /><ref name="b" />
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0174712}} *{{TCMDb name|37769%7C123111}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/peggy_conklin/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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