- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Peg
- Margaret Talmadge was born on November 3, 1860 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for A Girl of the Timber Claims (1917). She was married to Frederick John Talmadge. She died on September 29, 1933 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- SpouseFrederick John Talmadge(January 15, 1893 - November 14, 1925) (his death, 3 children)
- Grandmother of Buster Keaton Jr. and Bob Talmadge.
- An avid painter, Peg supplemented her meager income during her husband's absences by painting scenes on chinaware and lampshades.
- Famous for her biting wit, some of her more withering comments were used by the character Dorothy in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).
- Although estranged off and on for more than 25 years, Peg and her husband, Fred, never officially divorced.
- Her "New York Times" obituary lists her cause of death as pneumonia as a complication from influenza. However, Anita Loos in her book about the Talmadges written over 40 years after Peg's death, claimed that she died of cancer. Cancer was not mentioned in her "Times" obituary.
- "May God give me strength." Her stock reaction to her daughters' antics.
- "She lies! No girl could get that much dirt on her knees in only eighteen years." Doubting the age, among other things, of a chorus girl in the Folies Bergere.
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