{{Short description|American actress (born 1925)}} {{Infobox person | name = Peggy Webber | image = Peggy Webber in Dragnet (The Big Gap).jpg | image_size = | caption = Webber in a 1955 episode of ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]'' | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1925|9|15}} | birth_place = [[Laredo, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1937–present | television = ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]'' (1952–1955)<br/>''[[The Waltons]]'' (1976)<br/>''[[The Smurfs]]'' (1983–1984) | spouse = {{marriage|Dr. Robert Marshall Sinskey|1951|1967|reason=divorced}} {{marriage|[[Sean McClory]]|1983|2003|reason=died}} | children = 3 }}
'''Peggy Webber''' (born September 15, 1925)<ref name=ww>{{cite book |title=Who's Who in the West? |date=2000 |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |page=662 |volume=3 |isbn=9780837909301 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYdmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Webber,%20Peggy%22}}</ref> is an American actress and writer who has worked in film, stage, television, and [[old-time radio|radio]].
==Early years== The daughter of a [[Wildcatter|wildcat oil driller]],<ref name="scifi">{{cite book|last1=Weaver|first1=Tom|title=A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde: Interviews with 62 Filmmakers|date=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786458318|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50AbUfJS6OkC&q=%22Treasures+of+Literature%22+Webber&pg=PA191|page=191|accessdate=2 August 2016|language=en}}</ref> Webber was born in [[Laredo, Texas]].<ref name=ww/> Before she was three years old, she was entertaining audiences at intermission times in theaters.<ref name=rw/> In 1942, she graduated from [[Tucson High Magnet School|Tucson High School]], where she was active in dramatics.<ref name="tdc">{{cite news|title=Peggy Webber to Be on Air|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6090310/tucson_daily_citizen/|work=Tucson Daily Citizen|date=June 13, 1946|location=Arizona, Tucson|page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = August 2, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==Film== Webber's screen debut came in the 1946 film ''[[Her Adventurous Night]]''. In 1948, she played [[Lady Macduff]] in [[Orson Welles]]' adaptation of ''[[Macbeth (1948 film)|Macbeth]]''. Her other notable roles include Mrs. Alice Rice in the 1952 film ''[[Submarine Command]]'' and Miss Dennerly in ''[[The Wrong Man]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]].<ref name="PW">{{cite web | url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/radio-theaters-peggy-webber-is-90-and-cooler-than-you-5534031 | title=Radio theater's Peggy Webber is 90 – and cooler than you | date=6 May 2015 | publisher=Los Angeles Weekly | accessdate=August 2, 2015}}</ref>
==Radio== Webber debuted on radio at age 12 on [[WOAI (AM)]] in San Antonio, Texas.<ref name=rs>DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}. P. 278.</ref> Her vocal talents for radio were highlighted in ''Time'' magazine's August 5, 1946, issue. The Radio: Vocal Varieties article noted, "In three years, her latex voice has supplied radio with 150 different characters on some 2,500 broadcasts."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Radio: Vocal Varieties|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777047,00.html|accessdate=2 August 2016|magazine=Time|date=August 5, 1946}}</ref>
Programs on which she was heard included ''[[The Dreft Star Playhouse]]'',<ref name=rs/> ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]'',<ref name="Webber">{{cite web | url=http://www.cartradio.com/peggy-webber.html| title=Peggy Webber | publisher=Cartradio.com| accessdate=August 2, 2015}}</ref> ''The Woman in My House'',{{r|rp|page1=358}} ''[[Pete Kelly's Blues (radio series)|Pete Kelly's Blues]]'',{{r|rp|page1=269}} ''Dr. Paul'',{{r|rp|page1=101}} ''The Damon Runyon Theater'',<ref name=rp>Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. Pp. 89-90.</ref> and ''[[The Man Called X]]''.<ref name=tdc/> In 1979, she played many characters on ''[[Sears Radio Theater]]''. She is the founder of [[California Artists Radio Theatre]].<ref name="Webber"/> The September 8, 2019, episode of ''The Big Broadcast'' highlighted her career and included a recent interview in which she mentioned her current projects.<ref>Interview with Peggy Webber @7:45 pm https://wamu.org/story/19/09/01/the-big-broadcast-september-8-2019/</ref>
==Television== Webber appeared on a number of television programs including ''[[Dragnet_(1951_TV_series)|Dragnet]],'' and the followup series, ''[[Dragnet_(1967_TV_series)|Dragnet 1967]]''. She portrayed Elise Sandor in ''[[King's Row (TV series)|Kings Row]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in 1955–56.<ref name=etvs>Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-6477-7}}. P. 567.</ref> She played the part of Ella McIntyre in the 1956 Quicksand episode of “[[Cheyenne]]”. She also played abused sister Flora Stancil in the 1957 Gunsmoke episode "Cheap Labor".
==Writing, directing, and producing== Webber wrote and directed "some 250 stage plays, radio and television programs."<ref name=rw/> She was writer and producer for ''Treasures of Literature'', an early television program. In her later years, she was responsible for writing, directing, and producing "hundreds of new audio programs."<ref name=rw/>
==Recognition== Webber received the 2014 [[Norman Corwin]] Award for Excellence in Audio Theatre, "which celebrates a lifetime of achievement in this sonic art."<ref name=rw>{{cite journal|last1=Zizza|first1=Sue|title=Hear now festival honors radio actress: Webber receives Norman Corwin Award for excellence in audio theatre|journal=Radio World|date=October 2014|volume=38|issue=25|url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A386436089/GPS?sid=wikipedia|accessdate=2 August 2016}}{{subscription required|via=General OneFile}}</ref> She was the first woman so honored.<ref name=rw/> Her program ''Treasure of Literature'' was named "Most Popular Television Program – 1949" by the Television Academy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards Search|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=Treasures+of+Literature&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2016-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_award_category=All|website=Television Academy|accessdate=2 August 2016|archive-date=2016-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817140449/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=Treasures+of+Literature&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2016-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_award_category=All|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |+Films !Year !Title !Role !Note |- |1946 |''[[Her Adventurous Night]]'' |Miss Howard |Uncredited |- |1946 |''[[Little Miss Big]]'' |Ellen | |- |1948 |[[Macbeth (1948 film)|''Macbeth'']] |Lady Macduff / The Three | |- |1951 |''[[Fighting Coast Guard]]'' |Head Hostess | |- |1951 |''[[Journey into Light]]'' |Jane Burrows | |- |1951 |''[[Submarine Command]]'' |Alice Rice | |- |1956 |''[[The Wrong Man]]'' |Alice Dennerly | |- |1958 |''[[The Screaming Skull]]'' |Jenni Whitlock | |- |1958 |''[[The Space Children]]'' |Anne Brewster | |- |1959 |''[[It Takes a Man]]'' |Mother |- |1965 |''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' |Woman praying at temple |Uncredited |- |1987 |[[List of The Smurfs episodes|''<nowiki/>'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy'']] |Elise |Voice |} {| class="wikitable" |+Television !Year !Title !Role !Note |- |1952–1955 |[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|''Dragnet'']] |Peg Ruskin / Virginia Sterling / Leona Perry / Police dispatcher / Roberta Salazar | |- |1955 |''[[The Public Defender (TV series)|The Public Defender]]'' |Mrs. Gayley | |- |1955 |[[Medic (TV series)|''Medic'']] |Stell Ramsey | |- |1955 |''[[The Whistler (TV series)|The Whistler]]'' |Denise Clark | |- |1955 |''[[Big Town]]'' |Carla Jackson | |- |1955 |''[[NBC Matinee Theater]]'' |Cathy | |- |1956 |''[[Frontier (1955 TV series)|Frontier]]'' |Meg Horn | |- |1956 |''[[Damon Runyon Theater]]'' |Claire Simpson | |- |1956 |''[[Front Row Center]]'' |Kathy Mullin | |- |1956 |[[Cheyenne (TV series)|''Cheyenne'']] |Ella McIntyre | |- |1956 |''[[Climax!]]'' |Inez Harley | |- |1956 |''[[Chevron Hall of Stars]]'' |Martha | |- |1956 |[[The Millionaire (TV series)|''The Millionaire'']] |Mildred Kester | |- |1957 |''[[Fireside Theatre]]'' |Mrs. Helding | |- |1957 |''[[Ford Theatre]]'' |Mrs. Wane | |- |1957 |''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre]]'' |Norah | |- |1957 |''[[Gunsmoke]]'' |Flora Stancil | |- |1957 |''[[The Walter Winchell File]]'' |Mary | |- |1957–1960 |''[[M Squad]]'' |Mary Nichols / Amy Pryor | |- |1958 |[[Panic! (TV series)|''Panic!'']] |Fran Pulaski | |- |1959 |''[[Wagon Train]]'' |Millie Collins |. S2 E22 |- |1959 |[[Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)|''Wanted: Dead or Alive'']] |Minnie Lee Blake | |- |1959 |''[[Man Without a Gun]]'' |Kate Hutchins | |- |1959 |''[[Trackdown (TV series)|Trackdown]]'' |Nora | |- |1960 |''[[Law of the Plainsman]]'' |Hattie Mullen | |- |1960 |[[The Rebel (American TV series)|''The Rebel'']] |Juanita Flynn | |- |1962 |[[Laramie (TV series)|''Laramie'']] |Martha Grundy | |- |1967 |[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|''I Spy'']] |Sister Agatha | |- |1967–1970 |[[Dragnet (1967 TV series)|''Dragnet 1967'']] |Jean Sawyer / Mrs. Atkins / Alice Philbin / Mrs. Mary Tucker/ Mrs Eunice Rustin / Marian Stanley / Mrs. Peggy Lassin / Janet Ohrmund | |- |1968 |''[[The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' |Old Lady / Maiden |Voice |- |1969 |''[[Harold Robbins' The Survivors]]'' |Wife on TV | |- |1969 |''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'' |Mrs. Ross | |- |1971–1972 |''[[Night Gallery]]'' |Old Crone / First Phone Operator | |- |1971–1973 |''[[Adam-12]]'' |Mrs. Rule / Mary Grant | |- |1976 |''[[The Waltons]]'' |Eva Hadley | |- |1977 |''[[Emergency!]]'' |Helen Phillips | |- |1978 |''[[Project U.F.O.]]'' |Emma Smith / Helen Carson | |- |1981 |''[[Bosom Buddies]]'' |Dr. Fritzly | |- |1982 |''[[Quincy, M.E.]]'' |Woman | |- |1983–1984 |[[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|''The Smurfs'']] |Elderberry |Voice |- |2005 |[[The Inside (TV series)|''The Inside'']] |Mama Bunch |Episode: "Everything Nice" |}
==See also== * [[List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers)]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0916423|Peggy Webber}} *[https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/Home/RadioGoldin_Records?searchString=Webber,%20Peggy&type=Artists Peggy Webber at the RadioGOLDINdex]
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