Peggy Pope
Actor
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
Nine to Five
as Margaret Foster 1980
The Substitute
as Hannah Dillon 1996
Choke
as Sister Angela 2008
Once Bitten
as Mrs. Kendall 1985
Oh, God!
as Shoplifting Customer (uncredited) 1977
All Night Long
as Waitress 1981
Curfew
as Mrs. Alva 1989
Hail
as Sister Veronica 1973
The Toughest Man in the World
as Esther 1984
Made For Each Other
as Group Member 1971
Roses Are for the Rich
as Bea Osborne 1987
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
as Betty Waterman 1973
Peeping Times
as Prisoner 1978
Fame
as Dottie Dorfman 1978
Meet the Munceys
as Bernice Muncey 1988
Four Lane Highway
as Waitress 2007