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Aliases: Peggy-Jean Montgomery , Peggy Montgomery , Baby Peggy Montgomery , Diana Serra Cary , Dianna Serra Cary , Diana Sera Carey , Peggy Jane , Diana Ayres

Gender: Female

Place of birth: San Diego, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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 the last living film star 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.

Most Famous Work

Showbiz Kids
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7

Showbiz Kids

(2020) Self
Hollywood’s Children
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0
Souls at Sea
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6

Souls at Sea

(1937) Bit Role (uncredited)
The Return of Chandu
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5

The Return of Chandu

(1934) Judy Allen
Girl 27
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6

Girl 27

(2007) Self
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
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9
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
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8

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

(1999) Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
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7

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Self
2012 Herself
Herself
2011 Herself
2007 Self
1999 Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
1982 Self
1938 Extra (uncredited)
1937 Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
Bit Role (uncredited)
1935 Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
1934 Judy Allen
Hortense
1932 Peggy
Self
1927 Self
1926 Irma Goodman - a Child
1924 Toddie
Peggy Holmes
Captain January
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Peg
The Little Match Girl
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1923 Gretel
Santussa
The Twins (dual role)
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Baby Peggy Montgomery
Peggy
The Little Newspaper Vendor
1922 Little girl
Baby Peggy
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Baby Peggy
1921 N/A
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Baby Peggy
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Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1982 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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