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- Peggy Pope was born on May 15, 1929 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for 9 to 5 (1980), Choke (2008) and The Last Starfighter (1984). She was married to William Hawker. She died on May 27, 2020 in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
- SpouseWilliam Hawker(July 1954 - 1960) (divorced)
- Pope's grandfather had a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and played poker with Diamond Jim Brady before losing his fortune in the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
- The younger daughter of Edward and Margaret Pope, Peggy Pope's elder sister was Adeline Pope McConnell (1923-2010), a reporter, author, and activist, who, from March 1, 1986 to November 15, 1986, walked from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. as a member of the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament.
- In her memoir, "Atta Girl: Tales From a Life in the Trenches of Show Business" (iUniverse, 179pp.), Pope described Ann Miller, to whose "Mame" Pope played Agnes Gooch, as "A living piece of celluloid accustomed to acting only when the camera was on her, [Miller] stood or sat politely, her whole body totally still, expressing nothing while I said my lines. Then she'd burst into glorious song and dance. It was the closest I ever came to being in a Busby Berkeley musical.".
- She was predeceased by two brothers and a sister.
- She was survived by four nephews and a niece and their spouses.
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