British comedy actress
Between 1983 and 1985 she was with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford and the Barbican appearing in Measure for Measure and The Dillon.
In the 1980s she had parts in the popular TV series Inspector Morse and Casualty.
She always wanted to be an actress, but her father died when she was 14, and she had to learn shorthand and typing.
Born Margaret Rose Mount, but best known in Britain by her nickname, "Peggy".
She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1996 Queens New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
She ended her career in 1998 when she lost her sight during a performance of Chekhovs "Uncle Vanya."
Was an accomplished sailor and once owned a motor cruiser on the River Thames aptly named The Dragon.
She was adept at playing formidable mother-in-law roles.
She claimed to have had a very unhappy ,lonely, childhood and felt unloved by her mother.
Discovered acting at the drama society of her local Wesleyan chapel. Left school at 14 to work as a secretary and take private acting classes under Phyllis Reader. In 1944, she gave her first professional acting performance in "Hindle Wakes" in Keighley, Yorkshire. She then spent nine years with regional repertory companies.
I was lucky enough to spar with Peggy Mount, a huge star of television,and stage ever since her appearance as the harridan heroine of Sailor,Beware. [Sir Ian McKellan].
