- Born
- Birth nameMargret Annemarie Batavio
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Peggy March was born on March 8, 1948 in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Little Things (2021), All About Steve (2009) and Holiday in St. Tropez (1964). She was previously married to Arnie Harris.
- SpouseArnie Harris(May 19, 1968 - 2013) (his death, 1 child)
- Best known for her hit song "I Will Follow Him", which topped the American pop charts in April 1963; she was only 15 at the time, and was known as "Little Peggy March".
- Moved to Germany with her husband in 1969 where she began a successful, multilingual recording/performing career.
- Her stage name is a combination of the fact that she's only 4'10" tall ("Little"), her nickname ("Peggy") and the month she was born in ("March").
- Her signature tune, "I Will Follow Him", is actually a cover song. It was composed by French conductors Franck Pourcel and Paul Mauriat, and first recorded as an instrumental by Pourcel under the title "Chariot", in 1961. The first vocal version was by Petula Clark, done in French. It was then translated into English and recorded by Miss March, and became a number one hit. In 1976, Pourcel's co-writer, Paul Mauriat, recorded a disco instrumental of the song, under the original "Chariot" title.
- Has one child, a daughter Sande (born 1974)
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