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Peggy Drake (born 6 October 1922) is an Austrian film and television actress. She has primarily appeared in B-movies of the 1940s. She was born Liesl Lotte Mayer in Vienna, Austria. Drake's acting career started with an uncredited role in the film Too Many Girls (1940). Her career was short-lived, with her appearance in only five films between 1940 and 1942. However, through her role in the serial film King of the Mounties, a continuation of the King of the Royal Mounted film series, she has become well known to fans. While filming The Tuttles of Tahiti with Charles Laughton (on a sound... MORE

Peggy Drake (born 6 October 1922) is an Austrian film and television actress. She has primarily appeared in B-movies of the 1940s. She was born Liesl Lotte Mayer in Vienna, Austria. Drake's acting career started with an uncredited role in the film Too Many Girls (1940). Her career was short-lived, with her appearance in only five films between 1940 and 1942. However, through her role in the serial film King of the Mounties, a continuation of the King of the Royal Mounted film series, she has become well known to fans. While filming The Tuttles of Tahiti with Charles Laughton (on a sound stage in Culver City), Drake became seriously ill with pneumonia, delaying filming for two months, and causing her to lose so much weight that she had to adopt a diet of sweet potato pudding to regain her figure before filming resumed. She left the business after 1942, but has appeared occasionally in film in uncredited roles. She also appeared in one episode of the television series A Family at War (1970). LESS