Mary Margaret (Peggy) Cass (May 21, 1924 - March 8, 1999) was an Academy Award-nominated actress, comedian, game show panelist, and announcer. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2768x2121, 713 KB) (Note: high resolution version from http://memory. ... James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894–November 2, 1961) was a U.S. humorist and cartoonist. ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Boston” redirects here. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... “Quiz show” redirects here. ...

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Cass became interested in acting as a member of the drama club at Cambridge Latin School; however, she attended all of high school without a speaking part. After graduating high school, she spent most of the 1940s in search of an acting career, eventually landing Jan Sterling's role in a traveling production of Born Yesterday. “Boston” redirects here. ... Name Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Address 459 Broadway Town Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Established See Article Community Urban Type Public Secondary Religion Secular Students Coeducational Grades 9 to 12 Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) District Cambridge Public School District Nickname CRLS or Rindge Mascot Falcon Colors... One of Hollywoods most talented and versatile stars, often cool and stunning blonde in Hollywood film noir movies of the 1940s and 50s, the actrees Jan Sterling ensured audiences of a real good time with her sexy roles in soaps, crime action and comedies. ... For the 1950 film version, see Born Yesterday (1950 film) For the 1993 remake, see Born Yesterday (1993 film) Born Yesterday is a play written and first directed by Garson Kanin and adapted into a successful 1950 film. ...

Stage and film

Cass made her Broadway debut in 1949 with the play Touch and Go. Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She was best known for her performance as Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame on both Broadway and in the film version (1958), a role for which she Cass won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress, and later received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Upon achieving acclaim for her role as Agnes Gooch, Cass once recounted how she felt a high one night as she approached the theatre where Auntie Mame was playing; however, the lights were out in the "C" of her last name, which resulted in a billing of "Peggy -ass." Broadway poster Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased fathers eccentric sister. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

Cass was also part of the nine member ensemble cast for the 1960 Broadway revue A Thurber Carnival, adapted by James Thurber from his own works. As "First Woman", according to the script,^[1] she played the mother in "The Wolf at the Door", a woman who insisted Macbeth was a murder mystery, the wife Mr. Preble wanted to get rid of, Miss Alma Winege (who wanted to ship Thurber 36 copies of Grandma Was a Nudist), a woman helping to update old poetry, Walter Mitty's wife, and the narrator of "The Little Girl and The Wolf". A revue is a type of theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches that satirize contemporary figures, news, or literature. ... James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894–November 2, 1961) was a U.S. humorist and cartoonist. ... Information Nickname(s) The Old Man (in one fantasy) Occupation unknown; various fantasy occupations Title Commander, Doctor (in fantasies) Spouse(s) unnamed except as Mrs. ...

In 1964 she starred as First Lady Martha Dinwiddie Butterfield in the mock-biographical novel First Lady--My Thirty Days in the White House. The book, written by Auntie Mame author Patrick Dennis, included photographs by Cris Alexander of Cass, Dody Goodman, Kaye Ballard and others, portraying the novel's characters.^[2] See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... Patrick Dennis (May 18, 1921 – November 6, 1976) was an American author. ... Cris Alexander (born c. ... Dolores Goodman (born October 28, 1915, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American television actress. ... Kaye Ballard, born Catherine Gloria Balotta on November 20, 1926, in Cleveland, Ohio to an Italian immigrant father, is an actress who has appeared on Broadway and on television. ...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s she replaced other actresses in Don't Drink the Water (as Marion Hollander) and in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite; and played Mollie Malloy in two revival runs of The Front Page. She also appeared in the 1969 film comedy If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium. In the 1980s she returned to the stage in 42nd Street and in the brief 1985 run of The Octette Bridge Club. Dont Drink the Water is a television movie directed by Woody Allen, based on a play he wrote in the 1960s. ... Neil Simon (1966) Neil Simon (born Marvin Neil Simon July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is a Jewish American playwright and screenwriter. ... Based on the play by Neil Simon, Plaza Suite is a 1971 movie starring Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, and Lee Grant. ... The Front Page was a smash hit Broadway comedy written in 1928 by onetime Chicago, Illinois reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. ... // Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. ... If Its Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium is a 1968 romantic comedy film directed by Mel Stuart. ... For the film of this name, see 42nd Street (film). ...

Television and later years

According to Jack Paar, speaking in retrospect, he ruined Cass's Oscar chances by lobbying too much for her on his enormously popular television series The Tonight Show. Cass filled in as announcer for Jack Paar's late night talk show that aired in the 1970s on ABC. Jack Parr redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In the early 1960s, Cass starred in an ABC sitcom, The Hathaways co-starring the Marquis Chimps, a chimpanzee showbiz troupe, who were her "children" on the show. The show was not a success. In 1987, she was featured in the early Fox situation comedy Women in Prison. Aside from sitcoms, she played the role of H. Sweeney on the NBC afternoon soap opera The Doctors from 1978 to 1979. Type species Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775 distribution of Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two extant species in the genus Pan. ... Women in Prison films are an exploitation film genre. ... The Doctors was a soap opera which aired on NBC from April 1, 1963 to December 31, 1982. ...

Aside from her work with Jack Parr, her most notable television appearances came as a guest on many game shows, mainly on shows based in New York City.She was a regular panelist on To Tell the Truth from the 1960 through its 1990 revival, appearing in most episodes in the 1960s and 1970s.^[3] She was also a panelist on the pilot of the 1963 version of Match Game. On Truth and other series, she was known for her near-encyclopedic knowledge. “Quiz show” redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Nipsey Russell, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen and Kitty Carlisle from the 1969-78 version. ... The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ...

She died of heart failure in New York City in 1999 at the age of 74 at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is survived by her husband, Eugene Feeney. They had no children. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the year. ... The original New York Cancer Hospital[1], first built between 1884 and 1886, now converted to luxury condominiums, at 455 Central Park West and 106th St. ...

Awards and nominations

• Winner, 1957 Tony Award®, Best Featured Actress in a Play (for Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame)
• Winner, 1957 Theatre World Award (for Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame)
• Nominee, 1958 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (for Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame)

Broadway poster Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased fathers eccentric sister. ... Broadway poster Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased fathers eccentric sister. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Broadway poster Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased fathers eccentric sister. ...

References

1. ^ Thurber, James (1962). A Thurber Carnival. New York: Samuel French, Inc. 
2. ^ Also Current. Time Magazine. Time Inc. (1964-08-07). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
3. ^ Akers, Marshall (2007-08-22). "To Tell the Truth" on the web. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.

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External links

• Peggy Cass at the Internet Movie Database
• Peggy Cass at the Internet Broadway Database
• A Thurber Carnival on IBDB