Peggy Mount
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Emerging from a troubled Southend-on-Sea childhood, she turned school performances into a nine-year repertory apprenticeship across provincial towns under drama tutor Phyllis Reader. In 1955 she originated the domineering Emma Hornett in the West End run of Sailor Beware!, securing her reputation for strong-willed middle-aged women. Film work followed with Police Sergeant Fire in Dry Rot (1956) an…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources