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Peggy Creel Profile
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| (Peggy E. Creel) |
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| c. 30 | is born |
| ? | hails from St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 7 March 47 | marries Robert L. Creel. He’s about 19; she, about 17. He will become an air conditioning engineer. |
| c. 48 | her first daughter is born |
| 51 | is crowned “Miss Central Florida” |
| 11 September 51 | is third runner-up to Penny Duncan at the “Miss America” contest held in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Afterwards contest officials, actor Wendell Corey among them, say Peggy received more votes than the winner. |
| ? | St. Petersburg’s Major Samuel G. Johnson demands an immediate and official repolling of the judges in the contest |
| 17 September 51 | New Jersey Governor Alfred Driscoll orders an investigation of the “Miss America” contest |
| c. 53 | her second daughter is born |
| 8 August 55 | she and Creel separate |
| October 55 | the press heralds her among “Hollywood’s new discoveries. A native of Georgia, Miss Creel was ‘discovered’ when her picture appeared in the society page of a Los Angeles newspaper...” |
| December 55 | is a dancer at Ciro’s. Her address is 4415 1/2 Woodman Avenue, Sherman Oaks. |
| 29 December 55 | is granted a divorce from Creel testifying he left her for weeks at a time without telling her where he was going. She tells Superior Judge Burnett Wolfson she was only taking $1 a month alimony because she expected to continue her career. Under a property settlement she will receive a $30 a week support for their two daughters, ages 7 and 2. |
| May 56 | she and Sy Devore and Valerie Allen and Mack Gray are a foursome at Patti Page’s Cocoanut Grove opening |
| Sources: Van Nuys News, Panama City News-Herald, The Bridgeport Telegram, Santa Fe New Mexican, Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram, The Lethbridge Herald | |
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