Mary Margaret Cass was born May 21, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts. After three years in the Cambridge Latin School drama club without one speaking part, she moved to New York, where she worked as a secretary, telephone operator, advertising solicitor and model. She joined a USO troupe that took her to Australia for seven months, but she did not ...
May 21, 1924, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died
March 8, 1999, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Profession
Actress
Spouse
Eugene Feeney (m. 1979–1999)
Parents
Raymond James Cass, Margaret Cass
Siblings
Jerry Cass
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
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Graduated from Cambridge High & Latin School with fellow classmate Dallas Burroughs (Orson Bean. Her English teacher was named.Mr. Romeo.
2
Upon her death, her remains were interred at Church of the Ascension Cemetery in Greenwich Village in New York City.
3
She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
4
In a botched 1980 surgical procedure, Dr. Norman Scott, longtime physician for the New York Knicks (1978-2005), operated on Peggy's right knee instead of her injured left knee. After she noticed the mix-up in the recovery room, he had to wheel her back in and fix the other one. She sued him for malpractice and was awarded $460,000 in 1985.
5
Was one of Jack Paar's stable of comedy players during his run as host of The Jack Paar Tonight Show (1957) from 1958-1962, a period in which she also appeared regularly as a panelist on numerous game shows.
6
The daughter of Raymond James and Margaret Cass.
7
Won Broadway's 1957 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "Auntie Mame," a part that she recreated in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same name, Auntie Mame (1958).
8
She had an encyclopedic mind and appeared in many TV quiz shows in the 1960s.
9
Has a brother named Jerry.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lux Video Theatre
1951
TV Series
Betty
Search for Tomorrow
1951
TV Series
Nellie Shayne (1986)
Nash Airflyte Theatre
1950
TV Series
Remember WENN
1997
TV Series
Edna Sweet
Zoya
1995
TV Movie
Mrs. Molloy
The Emperor's New Clothes
1991
TV Short
Mandy (voice)
Major Dad
1989
TV Series
Esther Nettleton
Monsters
1989
TV Series
June Ellers
Women in Prison
1987-1988
TV Series
Eve Shipley
Everything's Relative
1987
TV Series
Rhoda
ABC Weekend Specials
1985
TV Series
Big Millie
Tales from the Darkside
1984
TV Series
Nadine Turman
Hotel
1983
TV Series
Sheila
Breakaway
1983
TV Series
Host
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
1981
TV Short
Faye (voice)
Cheaters
1980
TV Movie
The Love Boat
1980
TV Series
Fay Piermont
Vega$
1980
TV Series
Dottie
The Doctors
1979
TV Series
Sweeney
Love, American Style
1972
TV Series
Mrs. Baxter (segment "Love and the Unbearable Fiance")
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