Is Peggie Castle Dead or Still Alive? Peggie Castle Birthday and Date of Death

Peggie Castle Death

Peggie passed away on August 11, 1973 at the age of 45 in Hollywood, California, USA. Peggie's cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver.

Peggie Castle Birthday and Date of Death

Peggie Castle was born on December 22, 1927 and died on August 11, 1973. Peggie was 45 years old at the time of death.

Birthday: December 22, 1927
Date of Death: August 11, 1973
Age at Death: 45

Peggie Castle - Biography

Peggie Castle (December 22, 1927 – August 11, 1973) was an American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in B-movies. She was also billed under the names Peggy Castle and Peggie Call.
Castle was discovered by a talent scout while eating in a restaurant in Beverly Hills. She was signed to a seven-year contract with Universal-International and made her film debut in the 1947 film When a Girl's Beautiful. In 1949, she was named "Miss Cheesecake" by the Southern California Restaurant Association. Later that year, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Castle "Miss Three Alarm". She later appeared in such films as Payment on Demand (1951), The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951) Invasion U.S.A. (1952), 99 River Street (1953), Beginning of the End (1957) and Arrivederci Roma (1957).

Castle was married four times. Her first marriage was to Revis Call. They married in 1945 and divorced in 1950. She married Universal publicist Robert H. Raines January 4, 1951. They divorced April 29, 1954. Her third marriage was to producer/director William McGarry in 1955. They had a daughter, Erin, before divorcing in 1969. Castle's fourth and final marriage was to Arthur Morganstern in 1971. They remained married until Morganstern's death in April 1973.
In her later years, Castle developed alcoholism. On August 11, 1973, her third husband, William McGarry found her body on the couch of her Hollywood apartment. Her death was later determined to be caused by cirrhosis.