Portrait of Peggy McCay

Acting

Peggy McCay

Career

Active from 1957 to 1996, with a break from 1965 to 1974, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score49/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Case Against Brooklyn
The Case Against Brooklyn
GoodWatch score51/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peggy McCay Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • True Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title ยท average score 51
Let Go
Let Go (2011)
GoodWatch score 51

as Helen

2000s

1 title ยท average score 81
James Dean
James Dean (2001)
GoodWatch score 81

as Emma Dean

1990s

8 titles ยท average score 58
Judging Amy
Judging Amy (1999)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Phyllis Younger

Providence
Providence (1999)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Dorothy Chenoweth

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy
Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997)
GoodWatch score 58

as Avra

Daddy's Girl
Daddy's Girl (1996)
GoodWatch score 47

as Grandmother

Profiler
Profiler (1996)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Melinda Gillespie

Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993)

TV show ยท as Virginia Bembenek

Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993)

as Virginia Bembenek

The Commish
The Commish (1991)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Mary O'Grady

1980s

22 titles ยท average score 64
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989)
GoodWatch score 39

as Helen Royce

L.A. Law
L.A. Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Patricia Holtz

Airwolf
Airwolf (1984)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Mrs. Taggart

Night Court
Night Court (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Louise Kerr

Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home (1983)

as Cynthia Peters

Hardcastle and McCormick
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Second Thoughts
Second Thoughts (1983)

as Dr. Martha Carpenter

Newhart
Newhart (1982)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Flo McKenna

St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Claire Fields

Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Mrs. Moline

Mark, I Love You
Mark, I Love You (1980)

as Margaret Hamilton

1970s

25 titles ยท average score 61
Lou Grant
Lou Grant (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Marian Hume

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won (1977)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Maggie Taylor

Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Sister

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975)

as Mrs. Malloy

The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons (1975)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

Kojak
Kojak (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Mrs. Smith

Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones (1973)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Mrs. Benedict

The Waltons
The Waltons (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Nurse

ABC Afterschool Special
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Mrs. Calder

The Rookies
The Rookies (1972)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Mrs. Sloan

Cannon
Cannon (1971)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

1960s

17 titles ยท average score 69
Days of Our Lives
Days of Our Lives (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Caroline Brady

The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. (1965)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Helen Lowe / Marie Lennan

The Young Marrieds
The Young Marrieds (1964)

TV show ยท as Susan Garret

The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1963)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Ann Guthrie

FBI Code 98
FBI Code 98 (1963)

as Deborah Cannon

Room for One More
Room for One More (1962)

TV show

Lad: A Dog
Lad: A Dog (1962)

as Elizabeth Tremayne

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Mrs. Grainger / Sally Mitchell

The Virginian
The Virginian (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Helen Hammond Judson

Ben Casey
Ben Casey (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as June Keller

The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Sharon DeSpain

Surfside 6
Surfside 6 (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Nicole Crane

1950s

15 titles ยท average score 72
Hawaiian Eye
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Julia Tyler Brand / Lucy McDowell

The Case Against Brooklyn
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mrs. Jane Harris

Lawman
Lawman (1958)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Cassie Nickerson

77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Margaret Layton / Stephanie Falkner

Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya (1957)

as Sofia

Maverick
Maverick (1957)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Melissa 'Missy' Maybrook / Melissa Bouchet

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Myra Herbert

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Pene Lynott / Mrs. Cooter

Matinee Theater
Matinee Theater (1955)

TV show

Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV show ยท as Grizel McGregor

1940s

2 titles ยท average score 65
Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Claire

The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

TV show