Years active 1946-2005 Name Peggy Webber | Role Actress | |
Occupation Radio, film and TV actress Movies The Screaming Skull, The Space Children, Macbeth, Journey into Light, Little Miss Big Similar People Alex Nicol, Sean McClory, Orson Welles, Jack Arnold, Stuart Heisler | ||
Eternal Spirit Show - Peggy Webber and Orbs
Peggy Webber (born September 15, 1925) is a retired American actress who was active in film, television and radio.
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- Eternal Spirit Show Peggy Webber and Orbs
- MSTK Peggy Webber on Making The Screaming Skull
- Early years
- Film
- Radio
- Television
- Writing directing and producing
- Recognition
- References
MSTK - Peggy Webber on Making The Screaming Skull
Early years
The daughter of a wildcat oil driller, Webber was born in Laredo, Texas.
In 1942, she graduated from Tucson High School, where she was active in dramatics. Before she was 3 years old, she was entertaining audiences at intermission times in movie theaters.
Film
Her screen debut came in the 1946 film Her Adventurous Night. She played Lady Macduff in Orson Welles' adaptation of Macbeth. Other notable roles include Mrs. Alice Rice in the 1952 film Submarine Command and Miss Dennerly in The Wrong Man, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Radio
Webber debuted on radio at age 12 on WOAI (AM) in San Antonio, Texas. Her vocal talents for radio were highlighted in Time magazine's August 5, 1946, issue. The Radio: Vocal Varieties article noted, "In three years her lastex voice has supplied radio with 150 different characters on some 2,500 broadcasts."
Programs on which she was heard included The Dreft Star Playhouse, The Woman in My House,:358 Pete Kelly's Blues,:269 Dr. Paul,:101 The Damon Runyon Theater, and The Man Called X. In 1979, she played many characters on Sears Radio Theater.
She is the founder of California Artists Radio Theatre.
Television
Webber portrayed Elsie Sandor in Kings Row on ABC in 1955–56.
Writing, directing and producing
Webber authored and directed approximately 250 works for the stage, radio, and television. She served as the writer and producer of "Treasures of Literature," an early television show. In her later career, Webber took on the roles of writing, directing, and producing hundreds of new audio programs.
Recognition
Webber received the 2014 Norman Corwin Award for Excellence in Audio Theatre, "which celebrates a lifetime of achievement in this sonic art." She was the first woman so honored. Her program Treasure of Literature was named "Most Popular Television Program - 1949" by the Television Academy.