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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Was Awesome: Peggy Cartwright, 1919

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.be/GDo2O04n8mk Peggy Cartwright was born in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1912.

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Peggy Cartwright was born in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in 1912. After she and her motherÌýÌýduring a scarlet fever outbreak, their doctor advised them to move to a warmer climate. Leaving her father behind, the two went to Los Angeles.

Peggy began her film career in uncredited roles in the DW Griffiths' groundbreaking and racist 1915 film,Ìý,Ìýand its anti-racist follow-up,Ìý. PeggyÌýÌýuntil her father insisted she and her mother return home so she could get a proper education. Highlights of her film career include appearing with an as yet unknown Rudolph Valentino inÌýÌý(1918) and with Harold Lloyd in this one,ÌýFrom Hand to MouthÌý(1919 - the full 20 minute versionÌý). In 1922, young Peggy was part of the originalÌýÌýtroupe for their first four films.

In the 1930s, Peggy Cartwright was in London performing on stage andÌýÌý(her grandfather wasÌý, a cabinet minister in the Laurier government). Peggy Cartwright lived to become the last survivor of the originalÌýOur GangÌýcast and the second last fromÌýBirth of a Nation. She died in Victoria in 2001 at the age of 88.