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Mary Margaret "Peggy" Cass was an American actress, comedian, game show panelist, and announcer. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for her performance in the 1958 film Auntie Mame.
Birth Name
Mary Margaret Cass
Born
Wednesday, 21 May 1924
Died
Monday, 08 March 1999
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | Self | 2005 |
The Cockettes | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2002 |
Remember WENN | Edna Sweet | 1996 |
Zoya | Mrs. Molloy | 1995 |
To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1990 |
Major Dad | Esther Nettleton | 1989 |
Monsters | June Ellers | 1988 |
Women in Prison | Eve Shipley | 1987 |
Everything's Relative | Aunt Rhoda | 1987 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | Self | 2005 |
The Cockettes | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2002 |
Remember WENN | Edna Sweet | 1996 |
Zoya | Mrs. Molloy | 1995 |
To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1990 |
Major Dad | Esther Nettleton | 1989 |
Monsters | June Ellers | 1988 |
Women in Prison | Eve Shipley | 1987 |
Everything's Relative | Aunt Rhoda | 1987 |
Tales from the Darkside | Nadine Turman | 1983 |
Hotel | Sheila | 1982 |
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold | Faye (voice) / Faye | 1981 |
Vega$ | Dottie | 1978 |
The Love Boat | Fay Piermont | 1977 |
ABC Weekend Specials | Big Millie | 1977 |
Shoot for the Stars | Self | 1977 |
Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
Match Game | Herself - Panelist | 1973 |
Baffle | Self | 1973 |
The $10,000 Pyramid | Herself - Celebrity Contestant | 1973 |
Jack Paar Tonite | Self - Sidekick / Announcer | 1973 |
The David Steinberg Show | Self | 1972 |
Paddy | Irenee | 1970 |
It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
Love, American Style | Mrs. Baxter (segment "Love and the Unbearable Fiance") | 1969 |
To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist / Host | 1969 |
You're Putting Me On | Self | 1969 |
Age of Consent | His Wife / Lady at Art Gallery | 1969 |
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Edna Ferguson | 1969 |
The Generation Gap | Self - Contestant | 1969 |
What's My Line? | Self - Panelist | 1968 |
ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
Get the Message | Self | 1964 |
Missing Links | Self - Guest / Self | 1963 |
The Match Game | Self - Team Captain / Self - Team Member | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself | 1962 |
The Jack Paar Program | Self | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Comedienne / Herself | 1961 |
The Hathaways | Elinor Hathaway | 1961 |
Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1961 |
Gidget Goes Hawaiian | Mitzi Stewart | 1961 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Nurse Annie Bergner | 1960 |
Auntie Mame | Agnes Gooch | 1958 |
The Garry Moore Show | Self | 1958 |
Keep Talking | Self | 1958 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself / Self | 1957 |
To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist / Self / Self - Guest Panelist | 1956 |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self | 1956 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Rhoda Motherwell | 1955 |
The Phil Silvers Show | WAC Pvt. Polly Porter / Daphne Smathers | 1955 |
The Marrying Kind | Emily Bundy | 1952 |
Lux Video Theatre | Betty | 1950 |
The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Comic Actress | 1950 |
What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Panelist | 1950 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1959 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1959 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |