- Born
- Died
- Birth namePeggy Diem
- Peg Yorkin was born on April 16, 1927 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was a producer, known for Sunday (1997) and Bedtime Story (1995). She was married to Bud Yorkin and Newt Arnold. She died on June 25, 2023 in Malibu, California, USA.
- SpousesBud Yorkin(May 9, 1954 - 1984) (divorced, 2 children)Newt Arnold(August 22, 1950 - 1952) (divorced)
- Children
- RelativesJulian Shaheen(Grandchild)
- Mother-in-law of Alix Madigan.
- Grandmother of Julian Shaheen.
- Her maternal grandmother and her mother pushed her to become an actress. She enrolled in Barnard College at 16, and trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, where her teachers included Martha Graham and Sanford Meisner. She had small roles on television and in summer stock theater.
- Longtime chair and co-founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation, or FMF. She worked to expand access to abortion and to elect more women to political office.
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