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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 29, 1918
Died
February 24, 2020
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
Baby Peggy
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.8
Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Showbiz Kids
2020
0.0
Herself
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
6.6
Herself
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
2012
9.0
Herself
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
6.0
Self
Girl 27
2007
7.7
Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
0.0
Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
0.0
Self
Hollywood’s Children
1982
4.6
(uncredited)
Having Wonderful Time
1938
5.8
Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
True Confession
1937
Credits
Showbiz Kids
as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
2020
6.8
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
as Herself
2012
0.0
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
as Herself
2012
6.6
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself
2011
9.0
Girl 27
as Self
2007
6.0
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
1999
7.7
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
1989
0.0
Hollywood’s Children
as Self
1982
0.0
Having Wonderful Time
as (uncredited)
1938
4.6
True Confession
as Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
1937
5.8
Souls at Sea
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1937
6.3
Ah, Wilderness!
as Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
1935
6.5
A Girl of the Limberlost
as Schoolgirl
1934
1.0
The Return of Chandu
as Judy Allen
1934
4.5
Eight Girls in a Boat
as Hortense
1934
0.0
🎬
Off His Base
as Peggy
1932
0.0
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
1932
3.0
Life in Hollywood No. 3
as Self
1927
0.0
April Fool
as Irma Goodman - a Child
1926
0.0
Helen's Babies
as Toddie
1924
5.6
The Family Secret
as Peggy Holmes
1924
6.1
Captain January
as Captain January
1924
6.5
🎬
The Flower Girl
1924
0.0
The Law Forbids
as Peggy
1924
0.0
Peg o' the Mounted
as Peg
1924
5.5
🎬
Such Is Life
as The Little Match Girl
1924
0.0
🎬
Our Pet
1924
0.0
Hansel and Gretel
as Gretel
1923
0.0
The Darling of New York
as Santussa
1923
7.0
Miles of Smiles
as The Twins (dual role)
1923
0.0
🎬
Carmen, Jr.
1923
5.0
Hollywood
as Baby Peggy Montgomery
1923
8.5
The Kid Reporter
as Peggy
1923
0.0
Sweetie
as The Little Newspaper Vendor
1923
0.0
Fools First
as Little girl
1922
0.0
🎬
The Little Rascal
as Baby Peggy
1922
10.0
Circus Clowns
1922
6.0
🎬
Peggy, Behave!
as Baby Peggy
1922
0.0
🎬
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
1921
0.0
🎬
Brownie's Little Venus
1921
0.0
Playmates
as Baby Peggy
1921
0.0
🎬
Her Circus Man
1921
0.0
Sea Shore Shapes
1921
0.0