By Erik Pedersen Managing Editor Peggy Pope, who played a secretary in the 1980 movie 9 to 5, appeared in dozens of TV series and acted on Broadway, has died.
She was 91. Her family said Pope died May 27 in Fort Collins, CO, but did not give a cause of death. Born Florence Pope on May 15, 1929, in Montclair, NJ, she began her long career on Broadway in the late 1950s, appearing in small roles in a handful short-lived plays.
She ultimately would appear in seven Main Stem shows through 1975, including the 1970 revival of Harvey, for which James Stewart reprised his Oscar-nominated lead role as Elwood P.
Dowd from the 1950 film. By 1966, she was working in TV and made a couple of big-screen appearances in the early ’70s. In 1973, she landed
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