Editing Peggy Cass (section)

==Television and stage==
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One of Cass's earliest television roles was as Elinore Hathaway in ''[[The Hathaways (comedy)|The Hathaways]]'', a 26-episode [[Sitcom|situation comedy]] that aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from October 6, 1961, to March 30, 1962.{{cn|date=May 2024}} She starred with [[Jack Weston]] as suburban [[Los Angeles]] "parents" to a trio of performing [[Chimpanzee|chimpanzees]]. Weston portrayed Walter Hathaway, a real estate agent, and Cass was his zany wife, "mother" and [[Talent agent|booking agent]] for the [[Marquis Chimps]], named Candy, Charlie and Enoch.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

[[File:Peggy Cass and James Thurber and Joan Anderson.jpg|thumb|right|Peggy Cass (left) with [[James Thurber]] and Joan Anderson in ''A Thurber Carnival'' (1960) ]]

Cass filled in as announcer on Jack Paar's late night talk show that aired in the 1970s on ABC.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

In addition to her work with Paar, Cass's notable television work includes appearances on many game shows, on shows based mainly in New York City. She was a regular panelist on ''[[To Tell the Truth]]'' from 1960 through its 1990 revival, appearing in most episodes in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{cite web| first=Marshall| last=Akers| title=To Tell the Truth| publisher=University of Georgia New Media Institute| url=http://www.nmi.uga.edu/people/marshall/tttt|date=August 22, 2007| access-date=2007-05-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502051246/http://www.nmi.uga.edu/people/marshall/tttt| archive-date=May 2, 2007}}</ref> She was also a panelist on the pilot of the 1960s version of ''[[Match Game]]''.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

On ''To Tell the Truth'' and other series, she often displayed near-encyclopedic knowledge of various topics and would occasionally question the logic of some of the "facts" presented on the program. Cass appeared on ''[[What's My Line?]]'' in 1963, and made several appearances on the ''[[Pyramid (game show)|$10,000 & $20,000 Pyramid]]'' hosted by [[Dick Clark]] from 1973 to 1980, as well as the nighttime version, which was titled ''The $25,000 Pyramid'' (1974–1979), hosted by her friend [[Bill Cullen]]. All three of these versions were taped in New York City. She also appeared in the late 1970s on ''[[Shoot for the Stars]]'' hosted by [[Geoff Edwards]], which was another game show that partnered contestants with celebrities, also filmed in New York City.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

In 1983, she appeared in the New Amsterdam Theatre Company's concert staging of [[Kurt Weill]] and [[Ogden Nash]]'s ''[[One Touch of Venus]]'' as Mrs. Kramer, with [[Susan Lucci]] as her daughter, as well as [[Lee Roy Reams]], [[Ron Raines]], and [[Paige O'Hara]] as the titular Venus. In the spring of 1991, she participated in a concert staging of [[Cole Porter]]'s ''[[Fifty Million Frenchmen]]'' at New York City's [[French Institute Alliance Française]] as Mrs. Gladys Carroll, singing Porter's "The Queen of Terre Haute".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cole Porter / Fifty Million Frenchmen |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/fifty91.html |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=www.sondheimguide.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Fifty Million Frenchmen 1991 Studio Cast Import, Cast Recording |type=Audio CD |language=English |asin=B0000030H8}}</ref>

In 1987, Cass was featured in the early [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] sitcom ''[[Women in Prison (TV series)|Women in Prison]]''. Aside from sitcoms, she played the role of H. Sweeney on the [[NBC]] afternoon [[soap opera]], ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]'' from 1978 to 1979.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Cass appeared on the [[Television pilot|pilot episode]] of'' [[Major Dad]]'' on September 17, 1989.<ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=Pilot |date= |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639896/ |series=Major Dad |access-date=2022-03-04}}</ref> She portrayed Esther Nettleton, a civilian secretary working on the [[Marines|Marine]] base for Maj. John "Mac" MacGillis.