Peggy Fears (June , â€" August , ) was an American actress, who
appeared in Broadway musical comedies during the s and s before
becoming a Broadway producer.Leaving New Orleans at the age of , she
attended the Semple School. Yale University student Jock Whitney took
her to the Richman Club where vocalist Helen Morgan heard her singing
and encouraged her to attend auditions being conducted by Florenz
Ziegfeld.Beginning with Have a Heart (). Fears performed in ten
Broadway productions, including the Ziegfeld Follies of . In
Ziegfeld's No Foolin () she appeared with Edna Leedom and the Yacht
Club Boys plus a chorus line with Paulette Goddard, Susan Fleming,
Clare Luce and Baby Vogt. By , with Child of Manhattan (written by
Preston Sturges), Fears became a Broadway producer. Her only motion
picture appearance is the role of Gaby Aimee in The Lottery Lover
().In , Louise Brooks, a former lover to Fears by her own account,
wrote for Sight & Sound about meeting Peggy Fears and W.C. Fields in :
appeared in Broadway musical comedies during the s and s before
becoming a Broadway producer.Leaving New Orleans at the age of , she
attended the Semple School. Yale University student Jock Whitney took
her to the Richman Club where vocalist Helen Morgan heard her singing
and encouraged her to attend auditions being conducted by Florenz
Ziegfeld.Beginning with Have a Heart (). Fears performed in ten
Broadway productions, including the Ziegfeld Follies of . In
Ziegfeld's No Foolin () she appeared with Edna Leedom and the Yacht
Club Boys plus a chorus line with Paulette Goddard, Susan Fleming,
Clare Luce and Baby Vogt. By , with Child of Manhattan (written by
Preston Sturges), Fears became a Broadway producer. Her only motion
picture appearance is the role of Gaby Aimee in The Lottery Lover
().In , Louise Brooks, a former lover to Fears by her own account,
wrote for Sight & Sound about meeting Peggy Fears and W.C. Fields in :
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