10.0
10.0
The Little Rascal
1922
as Baby Peggy
Baby Peggy
Acting
Born:October 29, 1918
Died:February 24, 2020(aged 101)
Birthplace:San Diego, California, USA
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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.
Filmography (42 movies)
9.0
9.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself
8.5
8.5
Hollywood
1923
as Baby Peggy Montgomery
7.7
7.7
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
as Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
7.0
7.0
The Darling of New York
1923
as Santussa
6.8
6.8
Showbiz Kids
2020
as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
6.6
6.6
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
2012
as Herself
6.5
6.5
Captain January
1924
as Captain January
6.5
6.5
Ah, Wilderness!
1935
as Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Souls at Sea
1937
as Bit Role (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
The Family Secret
1924
as Peggy Holmes
6.0
6.0
Girl 27
2007
as Self
6.0
6.0
Circus Clowns
1922
5.8
5.8
True Confession
1937
as Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Helen's Babies
1924
as Toddie
5.5
5.5
Peg o' the Mounted
1924
as Peg
5.0
5.0
Carmen, Jr.
1923
4.5
4.5
The Return of Chandu
1934
as Judy Allen
3.0
3.0
Hollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
1.0
1.0
A Girl of the Limberlost
1934
as Schoolgirl
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Off His Base
1932
as Peggy
Sea Shore Shapes
1921
The Law Forbids
1924
as Peggy
April Fool
1926
as Irma Goodman - a Child
Brownie's Little Venus
1921
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
1921
Sweetie
1923
as The Little Newspaper Vendor
Her Circus Man
1921
Life in Hollywood No. 3
1927
as Self
Eight Girls in a Boat
1934
as Hortense
Peggy, Behave!
1922
as Baby Peggy
Such Is Life
1924
as The Little Match Girl
Playmates
1921
as Baby Peggy
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
as Herself
Hollywood’s Children
1982
Writer
The Kid Reporter
1923
as Peggy
Miles of Smiles
1923
as The Twins (dual role)
The Flower Girl
1924
Hansel and Gretel
1923
as Gretel
Fools First
1922
as Little girl
Our Pet
1924
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