Peggy Webber
Known for: Acting
Peggy Webber (September 15, 1925 – August 15, 2026) was an American actress and writer who worked in film, stage, television, and 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 latex voice has supplied radio with 150 different characters on some 2,500 broadcasts." Webber's screen debut came in the 1946 film Her Adventurous Night. In 1948, she played Lady Macduff in Orson Welles' adaptation of Macbeth. Her other notable roles include Submarine Command (1952), The Wrong Man (1956), and The Screaming Skull (1958). Radio pograms on which she was heard included The Dreft Star Playhouse, Dragnet, The Woman in My House, Pete Kelly's Blues, Dr. Paul, 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. The September 8, 2019, episode of The Big Broadcast highlighted her career and included an interview in which she mentioned her projects at the time.
Filmography
Series
Adam-12
Mary Grant
1968
Series
Adam-12
Mrs. Rule
1968
Series
Gunsmoke
Flora Stancil
1955
Series
Dragnet
Mrs. Mary Tucker
1967
Series
Dragnet
Janet Ohrmund
1967
Series
Law of the Plainsman
Hattie Mullen
1959
Series
The Inside
Mama Bunch
2005
Film
The Wrong Man
Miss Dennerly
1956
Film
Macbeth
Lady Macduff/The Three
1948
Film
The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
Elise (voice)
1987
Film
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
2021
Film
Submarine Command
Mrs. Alice Rice
1951
Film
The Space Children
Ann Brewster
1958
Film
The Screaming Skull
Jenni Whitlock
1958
Film
Journey Into Light
Jane Burrows
1951
Film
Little Miss Big
Ellan
1946
Film
Little Miss Big
Ellen
1946
Film
Her Adventurous Night
Miss Howard (uncredited)
1946