Peggie Castle's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Lawman Lily Conflict Lila Prescott

Main Movie Roles 1955 - Finger Man 1954 - The Long Wait 1953 - 99 River Street 1953 - I, the Jury 1952 - Invasion USA 1947 - Bury Me Dead

BIOGRAPHY:

Tall, sultry, green-eyed blonde Peggie Castle was actually spotted by a talent scout while she was lunching in a Beverly Hills restaurant. In her films she was usually somebody's "woman" rather than a girlfriend, and her career was confined to mostly "B"-grade action pictures, dramas or westerns: Harem Girl (1952), Wagons West (1952), The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951), Jesse James' Women (1954), among others. She did, however, have good roles in such films as Payment on Demand (1951) with Bette Davis, 99 River Street (1953) with John Payne (I), I, the Jury (1953), The White Orchid (1954), Miracle in the Rain (1956) with Jane Wyman and in Arrivederci Roma (1958) with Mario Lanza (I). After four seasons playing sexy femme lead Lily Merrill, the dance-hall hostess and romantic interest for steely-eyed Marshal Dan Troop in the TV western series "Lawman" (1958), she left show business in 1962. She later developed an alcohol problem and died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1973 at age 45.


TRIVIA:

• Measurements: 36-24 1/2-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
• Her birthplace home is the largest house in Appalachia, Virginia.