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Peggy McCay Net Worth


Peggy McCay Net Worth

Peggy McCay net worth is
$1.7 Million

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Margaret Ann McCay (born November 3, 1927), known professionally as Peggy McCay, is an American actress whose career began in 1949, and includes theatre, television, soap operas, and feature films. She may be best known for originating the roles of Vanessa Dale on the CBS soap opera Love of Life (a role she played from 1951–55), and Caroline Brady, which she has played since 1983 on NBC's Days of Our Lives. 
Full NamePeggy McCay
Net Worth$1.7 Million
Date Of BirthNovember 3, 1930
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
OccupationActress
ProfessionActor
EducationColumbia University, Barnard College
NationalityAmerican
ParentsCathryn McCay, Michael McCay
NicknamesPeggy McCay, McCay, Peggy
IMDB
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Obie Award for Best Supporting Actress
NominationsDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
MoviesLad: A Dog, Daddy's Girl, The Lazarus Syndrome, Murphy's Romance, FBI Code 98, UFOria, Good Against Evil, Silk Hope, Two of a Kind, Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story, Uncle Vanya, Let Go, Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
TV ShowsLove of Life, Gibbsville, Eleanor and Franklin, The Young Marrieds, Room for One More, Days of Our Lives, The Lazarus Syndrome
Star SignScorpio
#Fact
1Attended Barnard College and earned a bachelor of arts from Columbia University
Peggy McCay

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Logan's Run1977TV SeriesDr. Mildred Krim
Kojak1977TV SeriesMrs. Smith
ABC Afterschool Specials1977TV SeriesMrs. Calder
Good Against Evil1977TV MovieIrene
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years1977TV MovieGrace Tully
Gibbsville1976-1977TV SeriesMrs. Malloy
Most Wanted1976TV SeriesSylvia Markle
Cannon1976TV SeriesNancy Strickland
Eleanor and Franklin1976TV SeriesGrace Tully
Barnaby Jones1973-1975TV SeriesRose Ballinger / Mrs. Tatum / Mrs. Benedict
Medical Story1975TV Series
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy1975TV MovieMrs. Malloy
S.W.A.T.1975TV SeriesLaura Huston
The Waltons1974TV SeriesMrs. Thomas
The Streets of San Francisco1974TV SeriesNurse
Marcus Welby, M.D.1972-1974TV SeriesJane Stewart
The F.B.I.1966-1972TV SeriesMrs. Barrows / Margaret Collins / Helen Lowe / ...
The Rookies1972TV SeriesMrs. Sloan
Longstreet1972TV SeriesMrs. Ames
A Death of Innocence1971TV MovieHelen McCloud
Gunsmoke1958-1971TV SeriesPene Lynott / Beth Cooter / Flora
Bonanza1971TV SeriesPat Griswold
The City1971TV MovieMrs. Lockney
Make Room for Granddaddy1971TV SeriesRita
The Interns1970TV SeriesAlice Vaughn
Profiles in Courage1964TV SeriesMargaret
Ben Casey1964TV SeriesNurse Helen Todd / Doris Farrow
Slattery's People1964TV SeriesEvelyn Breland
The Young Marrieds1964TV SeriesSusan Garrett (1964-1966)
The Great Adventure1964TV SeriesMrs. Callaway
Channing1964TV SeriesJoan Carlyle
The Fugitive1964TV SeriesAnn Guthrie
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962-1964TV SeriesMrs. Grainger / Sally Mitchell
The Virginian1963TV SeriesHelen Hammond Judson
Redigo1963TV SeriesJessie Graham
The Greatest Show on Earth1963TV SeriesAnne
Perry Mason1958-1963TV SeriesMargaret Layton / Stephanie Falkner
Laramie1963TV SeriesMartha Halloran
General Hospital1963TV SeriesIris Fairchild (1967-1970)
Hawaiian Eye1960-1963TV SeriesHelena Ogden / Lucy McDowell / Julia Tyler Brand / ...
The Andy Griffith Show1963TV SeriesSharon DeSpain
FBI Code 981963TV MovieDeborah Cannon
Wide Country1962TV SeriesMillicent Price
Room for One More1962TV SeriesAnna Rose
Lad: A Dog1962Elizabeth Tremayne
Surfside 61961-1962TV SeriesNicole Crane / Ann Wayne
77 Sunset Strip1960-1961TV SeriesFay Dakota / Eunice Rice
Lawman1961TV SeriesCassie Nickerson
The Roaring 20's1960-1961TV SeriesLibby Norton / Martha 'Topeka' Jones
Maverick1959-1960TV SeriesMelissa Bouchet / Polly Goodin / Melissa 'Missy' Maybrook
Play of the Week1959TV SeriesVary
The Alaskans1959TV SeriesMadeleine Rondolet
The David Niven Show1959TV SeriesAnn Thompson
The Investigator1958TV Series
Matinee Theatre1956-1958TV SeriesJane Wilson / Louise Grannick / Irene Dayton / ...
The Case Against Brooklyn1958Mrs. Jane Harris
The Adventures of Jim Bowie1957TV SeriesMalvina Creel / Nekeeta
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1957TV SeriesMyra Herbert
Uncle Vanya1957Sofia
The Court of Last Resort1957TV SeriesDarlene Fitzgerald
Lux Video Theatre1957TV SeriesJeanne
Robert Montgomery Presents1957TV SeriesGrizel McGregor
Armstrong Circle Theatre1956-1957TV SeriesMrs. Robertshaw
Studio One in Hollywood1957TV SeriesClaire
From the Desk of Margaret Tyding1956
Goodyear Playhouse1956TV SeriesSue
Appointment with Adventure1955TV Series
The United States Steel Hour1955TV SeriesAgatha
Love Story1954TV Series
Omnibus1954TV SeriesHilde
Mayor of the Town1954TV Series
Love of Life1953TV SeriesVanessa Dale
The Bride's Teapot1952TV Movie
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse1949-1951TV Series
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre1951TV Series
Kraft Theatre1949TV Series
Days of Our Lives1983-2016TV SeriesCaroline Brady
Let Go2011/IHelen
Cold Case2010TV SeriesZelda Panay '10
An Irish Vampire in Hollywood2007VideoAunt Margaret
James Dean2001TV MovieEmma Dean
Judging Amy2000TV SeriesPhyllis Younger
Silk Hope1999TV Movie
Providence1999TV SeriesDorothy Chenoweth
Profiler1997TV SeriesMelinda Gillespie
Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy1997TV MovieAvra
Daddy's Girl1996Grandmother
Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story1993TV MovieVirginia Bembenek
L.A. Law1993TV SeriesPatricia Holtz
The Commish1992TV SeriesMary O'Grady
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill1991TV SeriesIrene Hayes
Hardball1990TV Series
His & Hers1990TV Series
Amityville: The Evil Escapes1989TV MovieHelen Royce
Winnie1988TV MovieMrs. McKenna
A Year in the Life1988TV SeriesMiriam Charters
I Married Dora1987-1988TV SeriesLucille Farrell / Lillian Farrell
No Man's Land1987Benjy's Mom
Deadly Care1987TV MovieMrs. Halloran
Murphy's Romance1985Mrs. Willis
Cagney & Lacey1982-1985TV SeriesMrs. Carruthers / Mrs. Moline
UFOria1985Celia Martin
Highway to Heaven1985TV SeriesLouise
Hardcastle and McCormick1985TV SeriesDr. Coley
Airwolf1984TV SeriesMrs. Taggart
Gimme a Break!1984TV SeriesRobin Thornton
Night Court1984TV SeriesLouise Kerr
Memorial Day1983TV MovieMrs. Gibbs
Newhart1983TV SeriesFlo McKenna
St. Elsewhere1983TV SeriesClaire Fields
The Jeffersons1983TV SeriesShirley Schneider
The Powers of Matthew Star1983TV SeriesAlice Wellman
Second Thoughts1983Dr. Martha Carpenter
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home!1983TV MovieCynthia Peters
Two of a Kind1982TV MovieNurse Harris
Lou Grant1978-1982TV SeriesMarian Hume
Quincy M.E.1978-1982TV SeriesMrs. Irene Jordan / Sister
Bustin' Loose1981Gladys Schuyler
Amy1981Mrs. Grimes
Mark, I Love You1980TV MovieMargaret Hamilton
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier1980TV MovieEllen Bleier
Archie Bunker's Place1979TV SeriesMargaret
Promises in the Dark1979Miss Pritikin
Mrs. R's Daughter1979TV MovieMrs. Burroughs
The Lazarus Syndrome1979TV SeriesStacey
The Lazarus Syndrome1978TV MovieStacy
The Amazing Spider-Man1978TV SeriesDr. Davis
Bud and Lou1978TV Movie
How the West Was Won1976-1978TV SeriesMaggie Taylor
Loose Change1978TV Mini-SeriesMrs. Berenson

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Changing Minds, Changing Times1991Documentary short special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade2014TV MovieHerself
Top Chef Masters2013TV SeriesHerself - Guest Diner / Caroline Brady
The Talk2013TV SeriesHerself
The 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards2012TV SpecialHerself
SAG Foundation Conversations2010TV SeriesHerself
SoapTalk2003TV SeriesHerself
The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards1998TV SpecialHerself - Accepting Award for Favorite Daytime Serial
Changing Minds, Changing Times1991Documentary shortHerself
Now You See It1989TV SeriesHerself
The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1986TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series
Who's the Boss?1954TV SeriesHerself / panelist

Archive Footage

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1991Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Guest Actress in a Drama SeriesThe Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2016Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesDays of Our Lives (1965)
2015Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesDays of Our Lives (1965)
2013Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesDays of Our Lives (1965)
1994GeminiGemini AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting RoleWoman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993)
1993Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a SpecialWoman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993)
1987Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesDays of Our Lives (1965)
1986Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Guest Performer in a Drama SeriesCagney & Lacey (1981)
1986Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesDays of Our Lives (1965)

Known for movies

Iris Fairchild (1967-1970)

General Hospital (1963)
as Iris Fairchild (1967-1970)

Caroline Brady

Days of Our Lives (1983-2016)
as Caroline Brady

Vanessa Dale

Love of Life (1953)
as Vanessa Dale

Anna Rose

Room for One More (1962)
as Anna Rose

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