Baby Peggy — Blue Book of the Screen (1923) 🇺🇸

Baby Peggy today holds the great honor of being the youngest star in the world and has been for the past two years. Her first start was given her in a dog comedy, and after a series of dog-baby pictures she was given her opportunity to star in her own productions made by the Century Film Corporation.

Baby Peggy’s full name is Peggy Jean Montgomery. She was born in Merced, Calif., on October 26, 1918, and is no more than thirty-six inches in height. Peggy weighs no more than 68 pounds. Her hair and eyes are jet black.

The starlet has never worked for any other film company, although on two occasions through the courtesy of her producers she appeared in Marshall Neilan’s “Penrod” and “Fools First.”

Some of the important comedies in which Baby Peggy has starred are: “Little Miss Mischief,” “Betty, Be Good!” “The Little Rascal,” “Tips,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Jack and the Beanstalk” and “Hansel and Gretchel.”

The child star only recently celebrated her fourth birthday by buying a new home in Beverly Hills, a beautiful suburb of Hollywood, where Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks [Douglas Fairbanks Sr.], Charles Chaplin and others live.

She has many hobbies, although playing with her dolls stands at the head of the list.

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Baby Peggy is a little fellow, but she has been signed as a big star to appear in feature productions for a big film company.

Portrait by Howitz • Los Angeles

Collection: The Blue Book of the Screen (1923)