Perry Wilson Anthony ( â€" December , ) was an American actress most
active during the s and s. She was best known for her role in the
film Fear Strikes Out.Perry was born Mary Elizabeth Wilson in in
Bound Brook, New Jersey. She was raised by her parents, Dorothy Roe
and Edward A. Wilson. The family moved to Truro, Massachusetts. Wilson
changed her first name to Perry when she was years old. She was a
Christian Scientist. Wilson attended the Tamara Daykarhanova School
for the Stage in New York City. where she met her future husband,
Joseph Anthony.Wilson and Anthony co-founded the America Actors
Company in . The company's first performance was The Trojan Women,
which co-starred Mildred Dunnock and Horton Foote. Wilson married
Anthony in , seven years after they first met. Wilson's Broadway
credits included Cream in the Well, which was directed by Mary Hunter
and written by Lynn Riggs. She also appeared on Broadway in The First
Crocus, Pillar to Post, Village Green, and His and Hers. Wilson toured
nationally with Ethel Barrymore in the production of The Corn is
Green, in which she portrayed Bessie Watty. Her film credits included
the film, Fear Strikes Out, co-starring Karl Malden and Tony Perkins.
She also appeared in the films, The Matchmaker. On television, Wilson
appeared in episodes of The United States Steel Hour, Naked City, The
Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Defenders and the Kraft
Mystery Theatre.Wilson met her husband, Joseph Anthony, with whom she
co-founded American Actors Company at Tamara Daykarhanova School for
the Stage in New York City. She largely retired from acting after the
birth of her two children, Ellen Anthony and Peter Anthony. She took
up painting and studied with Jerry Farnsworth in Truro, Massachusetts.
Her paintings focused largely on landscape scenes. She later retired
to her home in Truro, Massachusetts.
active during the s and s. She was best known for her role in the
film Fear Strikes Out.Perry was born Mary Elizabeth Wilson in in
Bound Brook, New Jersey. She was raised by her parents, Dorothy Roe
and Edward A. Wilson. The family moved to Truro, Massachusetts. Wilson
changed her first name to Perry when she was years old. She was a
Christian Scientist. Wilson attended the Tamara Daykarhanova School
for the Stage in New York City. where she met her future husband,
Joseph Anthony.Wilson and Anthony co-founded the America Actors
Company in . The company's first performance was The Trojan Women,
which co-starred Mildred Dunnock and Horton Foote. Wilson married
Anthony in , seven years after they first met. Wilson's Broadway
credits included Cream in the Well, which was directed by Mary Hunter
and written by Lynn Riggs. She also appeared on Broadway in The First
Crocus, Pillar to Post, Village Green, and His and Hers. Wilson toured
nationally with Ethel Barrymore in the production of The Corn is
Green, in which she portrayed Bessie Watty. Her film credits included
the film, Fear Strikes Out, co-starring Karl Malden and Tony Perkins.
She also appeared in the films, The Matchmaker. On television, Wilson
appeared in episodes of The United States Steel Hour, Naked City, The
Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Defenders and the Kraft
Mystery Theatre.Wilson met her husband, Joseph Anthony, with whom she
co-founded American Actors Company at Tamara Daykarhanova School for
the Stage in New York City. She largely retired from acting after the
birth of her two children, Ellen Anthony and Peter Anthony. She took
up painting and studied with Jerry Farnsworth in Truro, Massachusetts.
Her paintings focused largely on landscape scenes. She later retired
to her home in Truro, Massachusetts.
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