Peggy Webber
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Peggy Webber (right) and Christopher Welles in Macbeth (1948)
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September 15, 1925 Laredo, Texas, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937-2005 |
Peggy Webber (born September 15, 1925) is a retired American actress who was active in film, television and radio.
The daughter of a wildcat oil driller, Webber was born in Laredo, Texas.
In 1942, she graduated from Tucson High School, where she was active in dramatics. Before she was 3 years old, she was entertaining audiences at intermission times in movie theaters.
Her screen debut came in the 1946 film Her Adventurous Night. She played Lady Macduff in Orson Welles' adaptation of Macbeth. Other notable roles include Mrs. Alice Rice in the 1952 film Submarine Command and Miss Dennerly in The Wrong Man, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Webber debuted on radio at age 12 on WOAI (AM) in San Antonio, Texas. 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 lastex voice has supplied radio with 150 different characters on some 2,500 broadcasts."
Programs on which she was heard included The Dreft Star Playhouse,The Woman in My House,Pete Kelly's Blues,Dr. Paul,The Damon Runyon Theater, and The Man Called X. In 1979, she played many characters on Sears Radio Theater.
She is the founder of California Artists Radio Theatre.
Webber portrayed Elsie Sandor in King's Row on ABC in 1955-1956.
Webber wrote and directed "some 250 stage plays, radio and television programs." 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."
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