Peggy Cartwright (Peggy Cartwright)

Peggy Cartwright

Actress. Original member of the Our Gang series.  She appeared in the first six shorts including “Our Gang” (1922). She was the last surviving member of the original “Our Gang” group of children. Canadian-born Cartwright was one of Hollywood’s earliest child actors (1915’s “Birth of a Nation”). At 50, she married African-American actor/activist Bill Walker (best remembered as ‘Rev. Sykes’ in the 1962 film classic “To Kill a Mockingbird”), making them one of the few interracial couples in Hollywood at the time. They were married 30 years, until Walker’s death in 1992.  Family links:  Parents:  Conway Cartwright (1876 – 1952)  Annie Dora Crawford Cartwright (1881 – 1963)  Spouse:  William Walker (1896 – 1992)  Sibling:  Louis Richard Cartwright (1911 – 1943)*  Peggy Cartwright (1912 – 2001) *Calculated relationship

Born

  • November, 14, 1912
  • Canada

Died

  • June, 06, 2001
  • Canada

Cemetery

  • Riverside National Cemetery
  • California
  • USA

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