Peggy Hyland(1884-1973)
- Actress
- Director
- Producer
The beautiful English brunette star of the silent screen Peggy Hyland
born in Birmingham in 1884. Educated in England and in convents in
Europe. Began working on stage in 1910. Peggy starred in more than 45
movies in both Britain and Hollywood, making her film debut in Percy
Nash's 'In the Rank' starring Gregory Scott for the Neptune Film Co in
1914, between 1916 and 1920 she was based in America working for Fox,
Vitagraph and Famous Players, perhaps her best known film was 'The
Merry-Go-Round' with Jack Mulhall for the Fox Film Co in 1919. Peggy
returned to England where she acted in Mr. Pim Passes By for the
Samuelson Film Co in 1921. In 1922 she wrote, produced, directed and
starred in 'With Father's Help' and in 1923 starred in the US
Production, 'Shifting Sands' directed by her husband Fred Leroy
Granville whom she later divorced, the following year she directed and
starred in 'The Haunted Pearls', she was last seen on screen in
'Forbidden Cargoes' in 1925. Beside from acting Peggy also directed
some short comedies in England in the early 1920's. She died in 1973
age 88.
