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- Birth nameMargaret Webber
- Peggy Webber started her career at age two and a half, performing during intermissions in silent movie theaters. She started working in radio at age 11; by 18, she was writing, producing and directing early television shows; at 21, she won the award that was later known as the Emmy for her drama anthology series Treasures of Literature. Among her many thousands of radio credits, workhorse Webber appeared in over 100 Dragnet programs, playing Ma Friday and many other characters.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tom Weaver <tomweavr@aol.com>
- SpousesSean McClory(March 17, 1983 - December 10, 2003) (his death)Dr. Robert Marshall Sinskey(August 8, 1951 - August 1967) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenTeresa Ann Sinskey (Dickinson)Robert Marshall Sinskey Jr.Patricia Sinskey (Wynn)
- ParentsMathew Edward WeberMargaret Pierce
- Stock Jack Webb Company Player: Guesting on Dragnet 1967, Adam 12 and Emergency
- Webber, in an interview, discussed the life of Jack Webb and her working on Dragnet (1951) while she was going through a messy divorce from her first husband. Webb was a huge help to Peggy in handling her divorce with financial and personal advice.
- The first Colgate Comedy Hour on film was directed and written by Webber when she was about 22 years old. Rosemary DeCamp, Dick Foran and Hans Conreid played the leads.
- For Don Lee Mutual TV, Webber created "Oh Miss Tubbs" with Verna Felton, Arthur Q. Bryan, John Brown, Walter Tetley and Jane Morgan. CBS took an option but then created "Our Miss Brooks" with many of the same characters.
- Webber is the founder and director of C.A.R.T. (California Artists Radio Theatre). For more than 30 years, C.A.R.T. has presented dramas, comedies and musicals, featuring renowned actors from Hollywood, Broadway, Great Britain and Ireland, performing award-winning scripts adapted from modern and classic stories, books and plays. She gave performances herself, including her portrayal of Jim Hawkins in an audio version of Treasure Island.
- Talks about her starring role in the horror movie "The Screaming Skull" (1958) in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland, 2010) by Tom Weaver.
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