- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 29, 1918
- Place of Birth
- San Diego, California, USA
- Died
- February 24, 2020
Baby Peggy
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, Mon…
Filmography
movieShowbiz Kids
2020 · Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
movieClara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012 · Herself
movieBaby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
2012 · Herself
movieFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 · Herself
movieGirl 27
2007 · Self
movieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 · Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
movieWhen We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989 · Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
movieHollywood’s Children
1982 · Self, Writer
movieHaving Wonderful Time
1938 · (uncredited)
movieTrue Confession
1937 · Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
movieSouls at Sea
1937 · Bit Role (uncredited)
movieAh, Wilderness!
1935 · Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
movieA Girl of the Limberlost
1934 · Schoolgirl
movieThe Return of Chandu
1934 · Judy Allen
movieEight Girls in a Boat
1934 · Hortense
Off His Base
movieOff His Base
1932 · Peggy
movieHollywood on Parade
1932 · Self
movieLife in Hollywood No. 3
1927 · Self
movieLife in Hollywood
1927 · Self
movieApril Fool
1926 · Irma Goodman - a Child
movieHelen's Babies
1924 · Toddie
movieThe Family Secret
1924 · Peggy Holmes
movieCaptain January
1924 · Captain January
The Flower Girl
movieThe Flower Girl
1924
movieThe Law Forbids
1924 · Peggy
moviePeg o' the Mounted
1924 · Peg
Such Is Life
movieSuch Is Life
1924 · The Little Match Girl
Our Pet
movieOur Pet
1924
movieHansel and Gretel
1923 · Gretel
movieThe Darling of New York
1923 · Santussa
movieMiles of Smiles
1923 · The Twins (dual role)
Carmen, Jr.
movieCarmen, Jr.
1923
movieHollywood
1923 · Baby Peggy Montgomery
movieThe Kid Reporter
1923 · Peggy
movieSweetie
1923 · The Little Newspaper Vendor
movieFools First
1922 · Little girl
The Little Rascal
movieThe Little Rascal
1922 · Baby Peggy
movieCircus Clowns
1922
Peggy, Behave!
moviePeggy, Behave!
1922 · Baby Peggy
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
movieGet-Rich-Quick Peggy
1921
Brownie's Little Venus
movieBrownie's Little Venus
1921
moviePlaymates
1921 · Baby Peggy
Her Circus Man
movieHer Circus Man
1921
movieSea Shore Shapes
1921