Perry Wilson was best known for her role in the 1957 film Fear Strikes Out.
11 Facts About Perry Wilson
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Perry Wilson was raised by her parents, Dorothy Roe and Edward Arthur Wilson, a noted illustrator.
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Perry Wilson married Anthony in 1942, seven years after they first met.
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Perry Wilson appeared on Broadway in The First Crocus, Pillar to Post, Village Green, and His and Hers.
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Perry Wilson toured nationally with Ethel Barrymore in the production of The Corn is Green, in which she portrayed Bessie Watty.
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On television, Perry Wilson appeared in episodes of The United States Steel Hour, Naked City, The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Defenders and the Kraft Mystery Theatre.
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Perry Wilson met her husband, Joseph Anthony, at Tamara Daykarhanova School for the Stage in New York City.
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Perry Wilson largely retired from acting after the birth of her two children, Ellen Anthony and Peter Anthony.
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Perry Wilson took up painting and studied with Jerry Farnsworth in Truro, Massachusetts.
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Perry Wilson later retired to her home in Truro, Massachusetts.
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Perry Wilson died at the Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on December 30,2009, at the age of 93.