1918-10-29 San Diego, California, USA
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, 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.
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Showbiz Kids | Self (as Diana Serra Cary) | 2020-07-14 |
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Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room | Herself | 2012-09-05 |
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Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess | Herself | 2012-12-30 |
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Herself | 2011-04-03 |
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Girl 27 | Self | 2007-07-27 |
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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies' | 1999-06-14 |
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When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen | Self (as Diana Serra Cary) | 1989-12-02 |
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Hollywood’s Children | Self | 1982-02-24 |
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Having Wonderful Time | (uncredited) | 1938-07-01 |
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Souls at Sea | Bit Role (uncredited) | 1937-09-03 |
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True Confession | Autograph Hunter (uncredited) | 1937-12-24 |
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Ah, Wilderness! | Girl at Graduation (uncredited) | 1935-12-25 |
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A Girl of the Limberlost | Schoolgirl | 1934-10-14 |
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Eight Girls in a Boat | Hortense | 1934-01-05 |
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The Return of Chandu | Judy Allen | 1934-10-01 |
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Hollywood on Parade | Self | 1932-06-05 |
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Off His Base | Peggy | 1932-09-18 |
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Life in Hollywood No. 3 | Self | 1927-08-25 |
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April Fool | Irma Goodman - a Child | 1926-11-15 |
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The Family Secret | Peggy Holmes | 1924-09-28 |
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The Flower Girl | 1924-05-25 | |
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Such Is Life | The Little Match Girl | 1924-01-30 |
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Peg o' the Mounted | Peg | 1924-02-27 |
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Helen's Babies | Toddie | 1924-10-11 |
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Captain January | Captain January | 1924-07-06 |
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Our Pet | 1924-01-01 | |
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The Law Forbids | Peggy | 1924-04-07 |
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Miles of Smiles | The Twins (dual role) | 1923-11-28 |
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The Kid Reporter | Peggy | 1923-05-30 |
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Sweetie | The Little Newspaper Vendor | 1923-04-04 |
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Hansel and Gretel | Gretel | 1923-12-26 |
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Carmen, Jr. | 1923-08-29 | |
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The Darling of New York | Santussa | 1923-12-03 |
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Hollywood | Baby Peggy Montgomery | 1923-08-19 |
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The Little Rascal | Baby Peggy | 1922-05-24 |
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Peggy, Behave! | Baby Peggy | 1922-01-01 |
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Fools First | Little girl | 1922-05-27 |
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Circus Clowns | 1922-01-25 | |
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Get-Rich-Quick Peggy | 1921-12-07 | |
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Sea Shore Shapes | 1921-01-02 | |
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Her Circus Man | 1921-03-09 | |
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Playmates | Baby Peggy | 1921-05-18 |
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Brownie's Little Venus | 1921-09-13 |
