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Peggy King Profile
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| 16 February 30 | is born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
| ? | works as a secretary in Cleveland until she wins an amateur contest |
| ? | Charlie Spivak hears her perform and hires her to sing with his band |
| ? | marries Knobby Lee, one of Spivak's trumpeters |
| ? | producer Arthur Freed signs her to a contract after hearing her performance at New York’s Blue Angel. No project comes from it, so she returns to Cleveland and to the nightclubs. |
| 51 | looking and singing a little too much like Judy Garland sidetracks her career at MGM |
| 52 | Modern Screen magazine awards her the Golden Key Award through sponsor Howard Keel |
| Christmas 52 | entertains the troops in Korea with fellow actress Debbie Reynolds |
| 53 | joins a stock company in Texas after being recommended by co-star Debbie Reynolds |
| ? | her singing in a commercial paves the way for a regular spot on "The George Gobel Show" |
| 55 | Mitch Miller refuses to let her sing "Cry Me a River," written for her by Arthur Hamilton. Miller tells Peggy: "No song with the word 'plebeian' in it will ever be on the Columbia label." |
| turns down Las Vegas offers because she is too busy and is slated for a TV show of her own |
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| ? | works with Abbott and Costello in Las Vegas |
| April 55 | prefers to sing in bedroom slippers |
| is “Miss Color TV” |
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| November 55 | together with actress Shirley Yamaguchi, she autographs the plastered leg of Ray Heatherton |
| 56 | divorces Knobby Lee |
| April 56 | her marital problems haven’t gotten her down. Her latest success is at the Mocambo. |
| October 57 | gets out of an entanglement by sending Andre Previn’s big diamond ring to his business manager |
| Late 50s | is seen with Spike Jones and George Jessel at the Mocambo |
| ? | marries Sam Rudofka, the president of "After 6;” he’s nine years her senior |
| 18 April 62 | her son, Jonathan K., is born; he will die at age 38 in 2000 |
| 28 April 63 | her daughter, Suzanne “Suzy” K., is born |
| 30 July 94 | becomes the widow of Rudofker, who dies at age 72 in Philadelphia |
| 13 | as Peggy K. Rudofker, she resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Sources: Suzy Rudofker, Movie Life, Screen Stories, Modern Screen, Vue, www.IMDb.com | |
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