Margaret Perry(1913-2007)
- Actress
Margaret Perry is one of two daughters of Antoinette 'Toni' Perry,
namesake of the Tony Awards for Broadway Theater. Her sister Elaine
Perry was a noted Broadway director and producer, who passed away on
the family's Salt Works Ranch, in Colorado, in 1986. Most of Margaret's
work was done on stage in New York and on tour. Margaret was married
three times, to newspaperman Windsor French, to actor
Burgess Meredith and finally,
Paul Fanning, scenic artist and art
director/co-producer of
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962).
Margaret and Paul had four children: Karl, Antoinette (Toni-deceased
2003), John Taggart 'Tag' and Clare. She and Paul divorced in 1952 and
Margaret retired to Colorado to raise her children. Margaret continued
to live on the family's Salt Works Ranch, in South Park, Park County,
Colorado until her death.
