Acting · San Diego, California, USA · Born October 29, 1918
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery, October 29, 1918 – February 24, 2020), known as Baby Peggy, was an American child film actress, vaudevillian, author and silent film historian. At the time of her death, she was one of the last living film stars of the Silent Era of Hollywood. Montgomery, as she then was, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent film era along with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie. Between 1921 and 1923 she made over 150 short films for the Century Film Corporation. In 1922 she received over 1.2 million fan letters, and by 1924 she had been dubbed The Million Dollar Baby for her $1.5 million annual salary ($22 million in 2018). Despite her childhood fame and wealth, she found herself poor and working as an extra by the 1930s. Having an interest in both writing and history since her youth, Montgomery found a second career as an author and silent film historian in her later years under the name Diana Serra Cary. She was the author of several books including her historical novel, The Drowning of the Moon, and was an advocate for child actors' rights. Cary died at her home in Gustine, California at the age of 101.
MovieShowbiz Kids
2020
as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
MovieClara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
as Herself
MovieBaby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room
2012
as Herself
MovieFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself
MovieGirl 27
2007
as Self
MovieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self - Clara's Co-Star in 'Helen's Babies'
MovieWhen We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
as Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
MovieHollywood’s Children
1982
as Self
MovieHaving Wonderful Time
1938
as (uncredited)
MovieTrue Confession
1937
as Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
MovieSouls at Sea
1937
as Bit Role (uncredited)
MovieAh, Wilderness!
1935
as Girl at Graduation (uncredited)
MovieA Girl of the Limberlost
1934
as Schoolgirl
MovieThe Return of Chandu
1934
as Judy Allen
MovieEight Girls in a Boat
1934
as Hortense
Off His Base
1932
as Peggy
MovieHollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
MovieLife in Hollywood No. 3
1927
as Self
MovieLife in Hollywood
1927
as Self
MovieApril Fool
1926
as Irma Goodman - a Child
MovieHelen's Babies
1924
as Toddie
MovieThe Family Secret
1924
as Peggy Holmes
MovieCaptain January
1924
as Captain January
The Flower Girl
1924
MovieThe Law Forbids
1924
as Peggy
MoviePeg o' the Mounted
1924
as Peg
Such Is Life
1924
as The Little Match Girl
Our Pet
1924
MovieHansel and Gretel
1923
as Gretel
MovieThe Darling of New York
1923
as Santussa
MovieMiles of Smiles
1923
as The Twins (dual role)
Carmen, Jr.
1923
MovieHollywood
1923
as Baby Peggy Montgomery
MovieThe Kid Reporter
1923
as Peggy
MovieSweetie
1923
as The Little Newspaper Vendor
MovieFools First
1922
as Little girl
The Little Rascal
1922
as Baby Peggy
MovieCircus Clowns
1922
Peggy, Behave!
1922
as Baby Peggy
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
1921
Brownie's Little Venus
1921
MoviePlaymates
1921
as Baby Peggy
Her Circus Man
1921
MovieSea Shore Shapes
1921
