1. Peggy Mount became known for playing domineering middle-aged women in plays, films and television shows.
22 Facts About Peggy Mount
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Peggy Mount occasionally performed in comedies from the classical repertoire, including works by Shakespeare, Jonson, Goldsmith and Sheridan, and she was a member of The Old Vic, National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare companies in the 1960s, '70s and '80s, respectively.
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Later in her career, Peggy Mount was cast more frequently in serious parts, including the title role of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage on stage, and in several television dramas.
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Peggy Mount retired after going blind and spent her last years in the actors' retirement home, Denville Hall, in northwest London.
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Peggy Mount was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, the younger child of Alfred John Peggy Mount, a grocer's assistant, and his wife, Rose, nee Penney.
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Peggy Mount's childhood was unhappy; her father was an invalid who struggled to support his family, and her mother displayed no sign of affection for their younger daughter.
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Peggy Mount was educated at Leigh North Street School, Leigh-on-Sea, where she first discovered her talent for acting, playing Rose in Snow White and Rose Red.
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Peggy Mount's father died when she was fourteen; her schooling came to an end and she began working as a secretary.
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Peggy Mount took lessons from a drama tutor, Phyllis Reader, at weekends.
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Peggy Mount stayed with the company for three years and then for six years she worked with a succession of provincial repertory companies, playing what The Times later called "a formidable gallery of mainly working-class roles".
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In 1954, Peggy Mount made her film debut, in the small role of Mrs Larkin in The Embezzler.
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Peggy Mount played the cameo role of the Charwoman in Diego Fabbri's religious drama Man on Trial at the Lyric Theatre, London in 1957.
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In 1960, Peggy Mount was cast as the Nurse in Franco Zeffirelli's production of Romeo and Juliet at The Old Vic.
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The series made little impression, and it was not until 1966 that Peggy Mount was cast in a television series that approached the popularity of The Larkins; this was the sitcom George and the Dragon, with Sid James and John Le Mesurier.
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Peggy Mount was given a role of a quite different character in the comedy-thriller series John Browne's Body, in which she played a bungling amateur sleuth.
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Peggy Mount appeared regularly on BBC Radio from the 1960s to the 1980s, on panel shows, Woman's Hour, and arts features.
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On stage, Peggy Mount appeared in London and the regions during the decade.
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From 1971 to 1972, Peggy Mount starred in the television comedy Lollipop Loves Mr Mole with Hugh Lloyd and Pat Coombs.
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On BBC radio, Peggy Mount appeared as Mistress Otter in Ben Jonson's The Silent Woman, Opinionated Alice in Stargazy on Zummerdown and Madame Arcati in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit.
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In 1987, Peggy Mount appeared as Ursula in Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.
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Peggy Mount managed to finish the run, after which she retired from the theatre.
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Peggy Mount severed connections with her family in the 1940s; she gathered about her a small adoptive family of close friends.