Courtesy of Sophie Productions: richardglazier.... Diana Serra Cary recounts the famous children she schooled with and how she realized she wasn't the only famous child who had trouble at home.
I can't believe she was 97 when this interview took place. She was sharp as a tack. Very quick. No speech problems. She speaks about things that happened 90 years ago, as if they happened 10 years ago.
Few knew some of the stunts "Baby Peggy" did as a child this alone should earn her a star! Google the information yourself if you don't believe me for few will believe when I tell you what happened ..... At a tender age she fled a burning building by climbing out a window, clung to the underside of a train, thrown from a speeding pickup truck, narrowly escaped a horse trampling, and survived near-drownings all for the pursuit of making movies in an era with minimal supervision of child welfare. Google, "Diana Serra Cary, silent-film star 'Baby Peggy' who often cheated death on set, dies at 101 found in the Washington Post.
