Today I heard the news that the legendary Diana Serra Cary, aka Baby Peggy, has just been refused financial support from the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF). Ms. Cary is 97 and in need of non-medical assistance to supplement the small pension she currently lives on. Apparently, her pension is considered “enough” by the organization and her silent era career is deemed too insignificant to qualify her for aid.
Friends, this is a disgrace. Here’s more details:
From the Vitaphone Project’s Ron Hutchinson:
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Baby Peggy (Diana Serra Cary), beloved star of silent films, received over a million fan letters for her 150 shorts and features. Her highly-praised autobiography, Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy?, spawned a feature-length documentary. Now 97 and healthy but alarmingly frail, she has attempted for months to find financial support for modest in-home, non-medical care from…
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