{"id":258152,"date":"2026-08-18T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/iconic-actress-who-worked-with-welles-and-hitchcock-dies-aged-100\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:00:18","slug":"iconic-actress-who-worked-with-welles-and-hitchcock-dies-aged-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/iconic-actress-who-worked-with-welles-and-hitchcock-dies-aged-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic actress who worked with Welles and Hitchcock dies aged 100"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Actress Peggy Webber has died aged 100. <\/p>\n

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Peggy Webber, who worked for Orson Welles and Sir Alfred Hitchcock, has died of natural causes aged 100<\/p>\n

The prolific radio actress, who worked alongside Orson Welles<\/a> and Sir Alfred Hitchcock on the big screen, passed away on Saturday (15.08.26) at an independent living facility in Napa, California. <\/p>\n

Peggy’s son, Rob Sinskey, told The Hollywood Reporter his mother passed away from natural causes. <\/p>\n

She was previously living in Los Angeles, but was evacuated following the January 2025 wildfires. <\/p>\n

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Webber was best known for her radio work, but she worked alongside iconic actor and director Welles on his 1948 movie adaptation of Macbeth, portraying a “glamourous” version of Lady Macduff. <\/p>\n

\nAfter doing some radio work with Welles, he approached her about auditioning for the role. <\/p>\n

\nShe previously told Time magazine: “A few years later he called me to come audition for his movie version of Macbeth. <\/p>\n

\n“When I got there he was in this loose-fitting shirt and he looked exhausted. Sweating and everything. <\/p>\n

\n“He told me, ‘Now, I don\u2019t want you to do the traditional Lady Macduff. I want you to do a glamorous kind of young person. I want her to be maybe 21 or something like that.’ <\/p>\n

\n“I did it with a Scottish accent as he wanted and he said, ‘That\u2019s it. That\u2019s it.’ And I got the part.”<\/p>\n

\nWebber also worked for legendary filmmaker Hitchcock in his in 1956 movie The Wrong Man, in which she played Miss Dennerly. <\/p>\n

\nAnother of Webber’s notable movie roles saw her portray Jenni Whitlock in the 1958 horror film The Screaming Skull. <\/p>\n

\nShe also graced the small screen, making numerous appearances on M Squad – from 1957 to 1960 – and she starred in Dragnet from1967 to 1970. <\/p>\n

\nBut Webber’s main work came in thousands of radio show episodes, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, in which she appeared alongside Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. <\/p>\n

\nPeggy also appeared alongside Herbert Marshall in The Man Called X; Lionel Barrymore and Lew Ayres in The Story of Dr. Kildare; and she starred opposite William Conrad in Escape. <\/p>\n

\nWhat’s more, she portrayed the role of Casablanca character Ilsa – made famous by Ingrid Bergman on the 1942 big screen version – in a 1944 serialised version of the film for the NBC Radio anthology program Star Playhouse.<\/p>\n

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