Margaret Ann McCay (born November 3, 1927), known professionally as Peggy McCay, is an American actress whose career began in 1949, and includes theatre, television, soap operas, and feature films. She may be best known for originating the roles of Vanessa Dale on the CBS soap opera Love of Life (a role she played from 1951–55), and Caroline Brady, which she has played since 1983 on NBC's Days of Our Lives.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Obie Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominations
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies
Lad: A Dog, Daddy's Girl, The Lazarus Syndrome, Murphy's Romance, FBI Code 98, UFOria, Good Against Evil, Silk Hope, Two of a Kind, Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story, Uncle Vanya, Let Go, Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
TV Shows
Love of Life, Gibbsville, Eleanor and Franklin, The Young Marrieds, Room for One More, Days of Our Lives, The Lazarus Syndrome
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fact
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Attended Barnard College and earned a bachelor of arts from Columbia University
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Logan's Run
1977
TV Series
Dr. Mildred Krim
Kojak
1977
TV Series
Mrs. Smith
ABC Afterschool Specials
1977
TV Series
Mrs. Calder
Good Against Evil
1977
TV Movie
Irene
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
TV Movie
Grace Tully
Gibbsville
1976-1977
TV Series
Mrs. Malloy
Most Wanted
1976
TV Series
Sylvia Markle
Cannon
1976
TV Series
Nancy Strickland
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
TV Series
Grace Tully
Barnaby Jones
1973-1975
TV Series
Rose Ballinger / Mrs. Tatum / Mrs. Benedict
Medical Story
1975
TV Series
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
TV Movie
Mrs. Malloy
S.W.A.T.
1975
TV Series
Laura Huston
The Waltons
1974
TV Series
Mrs. Thomas
The Streets of San Francisco
1974
TV Series
Nurse
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1972-1974
TV Series
Jane Stewart
The F.B.I.
1966-1972
TV Series
Mrs. Barrows / Margaret Collins / Helen Lowe / ...
The Rookies
1972
TV Series
Mrs. Sloan
Longstreet
1972
TV Series
Mrs. Ames
A Death of Innocence
1971
TV Movie
Helen McCloud
Gunsmoke
1958-1971
TV Series
Pene Lynott / Beth Cooter / Flora
Bonanza
1971
TV Series
Pat Griswold
The City
1971
TV Movie
Mrs. Lockney
Make Room for Granddaddy
1971
TV Series
Rita
The Interns
1970
TV Series
Alice Vaughn
Profiles in Courage
1964
TV Series
Margaret
Ben Casey
1964
TV Series
Nurse Helen Todd / Doris Farrow
Slattery's People
1964
TV Series
Evelyn Breland
The Young Marrieds
1964
TV Series
Susan Garrett (1964-1966)
The Great Adventure
1964
TV Series
Mrs. Callaway
Channing
1964
TV Series
Joan Carlyle
The Fugitive
1964
TV Series
Ann Guthrie
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-1964
TV Series
Mrs. Grainger / Sally Mitchell
The Virginian
1963
TV Series
Helen Hammond Judson
Redigo
1963
TV Series
Jessie Graham
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
TV Series
Anne
Perry Mason
1958-1963
TV Series
Margaret Layton / Stephanie Falkner
Laramie
1963
TV Series
Martha Halloran
General Hospital
1963
TV Series
Iris Fairchild (1967-1970)
Hawaiian Eye
1960-1963
TV Series
Helena Ogden / Lucy McDowell / Julia Tyler Brand / ...