Peggy Pope
Biography
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Peggy Pope (May 15, 1929 – May 27, 2020) was an American actress of stage, television and film.
Pope made many acting appearances, including in such television series as Bewitched, Hart to Hart, Eight Is Enough, Barney Miller (in six episodes), Soap, The Golden Girls, Hope & Faith, and Law & Order.
She is likely best remembered, if not by name, as "the office lush", and later, recovering alcoholic, Margaret Foster, in the 1980 movie 9 to 5. She also had a small role as Elvira in the 1984 science fiction movie The Last Starfighter. A year later, she appeared in Once Bitten as Mark Kendall's mother. In 2008, she appeared as Sister Angela in Clark Gregg's Choke.
Pope's Broadway credits include Doctor Jazz (1975), The School for Wives (1971), Harvey (1970), The Rose Tattoo (1966), Viva Madison Avenue! (1960), The Long Dream (1960), and Moonbirds (1959).
Pope won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1968 for her performance in Muzeeka.
Filmography
Choke
2008
as Sister Angela
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Four Lane Highway
2007
as Waitress
The Substitute
1996
as Hannah Dillon
Curfew
1989
as Mrs. Alva
Meet the Munceys
1988
as Bernice Muncey
Roses Are for the Rich
1987
as Bea Osborne
Once Bitten
1985
as Mrs. Kendall
The Toughest Man in the World
1984
as Esther
The Last Starfighter
1984
as Elvira
All Night Long
1981
as Waitress
Nine to Five
1980
as Margaret Foster
Fame
1978
as Dottie Dorfman
Peeping Times
1978
as Prisoner
Oh, God!
1977
as Shoplifting Customer (uncredited)
Hail
1973
as Sister Veronica
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
1973
as Betty Waterman
...And Then It Happened
1972
as Emma
Made For Each Other
1971
as Group Member