Peggy Webber

The daughter of a wildcat oil driller,{{cite book|last1=Weaver|first1=Tom|title=A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde: Interviews with 62 Filmmakers|date=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786458318|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50AbUfJS6OkC&q=%22Treasures+of+Literature%22+Webber&pg=PA191|page=191|accessdate=2 August 2016|language=en}} Webber was born in Laredo, Texas. Before she was 3 years old, she was entertaining audiences at intermission times in theaters.

In 1942, she graduated from Tucson High School, where she was active in dramatics.{{cite news|title=Peggy Webber to Be on Air|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6090310/tucson_daily_citizen/|work=Tucson Daily Citizen|date=June 13, 1946|location=Arizona, Tucson|page=5|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 2, 2016}} {{Open access}}

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 Mrs. Alice Rice in the 1952 film Submarine Command and Miss Dennerly in The Wrong Man, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.{{cite web | url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/radio-theaters-peggy-webber-is-90-and-cooler-than-you-5534031 | title=Radio theater's Peggy Webber is 90 – and cooler than you | date=6 May 2015 | publisher=Los Angeles Weekly | accessdate=August 2, 2015}}

Webber debuted on radio at age 12 on WOAI (AM) in San Antonio, Texas.DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}. P. 278. 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."{{cite magazine|title=Radio: Vocal Varieties|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777047,00.html|accessdate=2 August 2016|magazine=Time|date=August 5, 1946}}

Programs on which she was heard included The Dreft Star Playhouse, Dragnet,{{cite web | url=http://www.cartradio.com/peggy-webber.html| title=Peggy Webber | publisher=Cartradio.com| accessdate=August 2, 2015}} The Woman in My House,{{r|rp|page1=358}} Pete Kelly's Blues,{{r|rp|page1=269}} Dr. Paul,{{r|rp|page1=101}} The Damon Runyon Theater,Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. Pp. 89-90. 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 a recent interview in which she mentioned her current projects.Interview with Peggy Webber @7:45 pm

https://wamu.org/story/19/09/01/the-big-broadcast-september-8-2019/

Webber appeared on a number of television programs including "Dragnet". She portrayed Elise Sandor in Kings Row on ABC in 1955–56.Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-6477-7}}. P. 567. She played the part of Ella McIntyre in the 1956 Quicksand episode of “Cheyenne”. She also played abused sister Flora Stencil in the 1957 episode of Gunsmoke in the episode "Cheap Labor".

Webber wrote and directed "some 250 stage plays, radio and television programs." She was writer and producer for Treasures of Literature, an early television program. In her later years, she was responsible for writing, directing, and producing "hundreds of new audio programs."

Webber received the 2014 Norman Corwin Award for Excellence in Audio Theatre, "which celebrates a lifetime of achievement in this sonic art."{{cite journal|last1=Zizza|first1=Sue|title=Hear now festival honors radio actress: Webber receives Norman Corwin Award for excellence in audio theatre|journal=Radio World|date=October 2014|volume=38|issue=25|url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A386436089/GPS?sid=wikipedia|accessdate=2 August 2016}}{{subscription required|via=General OneFile}} She was the first woman so honored. Her program Treasure of Literature was named "Most Popular Television Program – 1949" by the Television Academy.{{cite web|title=Awards Search|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=Treasures+of+Literature&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2016-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_award_category=All|website=Television Academy|accessdate=2 August 2016}}

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