Baby Peggy
Acting • Born 1918-10-29 – Died 2020-02-24
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery, October 29, 1918 – February 24, 2020), known as Baby Peggy, was an American child film actress, vaudevillian, author and silent film historian. At the time of her death, she was one of the last living film stars of the Silent Era of Hollywood. Montgomery, as she then was, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent film era along with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie. Between 1921 and 1923 she made over 150 short films for the Century Film Corporation. In 1922 she received over 1.2 million fan letters, and by 1924 she had been dubbed The Million Dollar Baby for her $1.5 million annual salary ($22 million in 2018). Despite her childhood fame and wealth, she found herself poor and working as an extra by the 1930s. Having an interest in both writing and history since her youth, Montgomery found a second career as an author and silent film historian in her later years under the name Diana Serra Cary. She was the author of several books including her historical novel, The Drowning of the Moon, and was an advocate for child actors' rights. Cary died at her home in Gustine, California at the age of 101.
Filmography
43 credits
Hansel and Gretel
Movie • 1923
Gretel
True Confession
Movie • 1937
Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
Hollywood
Movie • 1923
Baby Peggy Montgomery
Fools First
Movie • 1922
Little girl
Having Wonderful Time
Movie • 1938
(uncredited)
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Movie • 1927
Self
Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
Movie • 2012
Herself
Captain January
Movie • 1924
Captain January
Carmen, Jr.
Movie • 1923
Helen's Babies
Movie • 1924
Toddie
Girl 27
Movie • 2007
Self
Off His Base
Movie • 1932
Peggy
The Family Secret
Movie • 1924
Peggy Holmes
April Fool
Movie • 1926
Irma Goodman - a Child
Souls at Sea
Movie • 1937
Bit Role (uncredited)
The Return of Chandu
Movie • 1934
Judy Allen
Our Pet
Movie • 1924
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Movie • 2011
Herself
Hollywood on Parade
Movie • 1932
Self
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
Movie • 1921
Brownie's Little Venus
Movie • 1921
Sweetie
Movie • 1923
The Little Newspaper Vendor
Sea Shore Shapes
Movie • 1921
Her Circus Man
Movie • 1921
Ah, Wilderness!
Movie • 1935
Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
Eight Girls in a Boat
Movie • 1934
Hortense
The Darling of New York
Movie • 1923
Santussa
Peggy, Behave!
Movie • 1922
Baby Peggy
The Little Rascal
Movie • 1922
Baby Peggy
Such Is Life
Movie • 1924
The Little Match Girl
Playmates
Movie • 1921
Baby Peggy
Peg o' the Mounted
Movie • 1924
Peg
The Law Forbids
Movie • 1924
Peggy
Showbiz Kids
Movie • 2020
Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self
The Kid Reporter
Movie • 1923
Peggy
Circus Clowns
Movie • 1922
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Movie • 1999
Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Movie • 2012
Herself
Miles of Smiles
Movie • 1923
The Twins (dual role)
The Flower Girl
Movie • 1924
A Girl of the Limberlost
Movie • 1934
Schoolgirl
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Movie • 1989
Self (as Diana Serra Cary)