| Peggy Chantler Dick | |
|---|---|
| Credits | |
| Position | Writer |
| Biographical Information | |
| Birth Name | Margaret Chantler |
| Birthdate | March 1, 1923 |
| Birthplace | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Death Date | November 20, 2001 (age 78) |
| Death Place | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Series Affiliations | Douglas Dick (husband) |
Peggy Chantler Dick was a writer on Bewitched. She and her husband, Douglas Dick, co-wrote four episodes for the series (1969).
Biography[]
Peggy Chantler Dick was a writer and a script consultant. She was born Margaret Chantler on March 1, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Margaret (Peggy) Chantler graduated from Nortwestern University.
She began her writing career in radio when she interned with the writing team of the Edgar Bergen Radio Comedy Hour.
Like her brother David T. Chantler, born May 24, 1925, she settled in California and became a television writer active from the 1950s to the 1970s.
During her prolific writing career, she wrote episodes for over thirty series, including Lassie, Adventures of Superman (five episodes), The Eve Arden Show (nine episodes), The Donna Reed Show (two episodes), The Flying Nun, The Courtship of Eddie's Father (twelve episodes), and The Patridge Family. She is best known for her collaboration with William Cowley to turn the comic strip Dennis the Menace into a hit television series of which she wrote twenty-eight episodes between 1959 and 1961. She is also best known for serving as script consultant on the first two seasons of the series Hazel, in addition to having written twenty-three episodes between 1961 and 1964.
Peggy Chantler Dick occasionally worked with her husband, actor Douglas Dick, on series writing projects, including I Dream of Jeannie, Family Affair (three episodes) and Bewitched. All the scripts for Bewitched were written in 1969: three for the fifth season and the last for the sixth season.
She married Sidney Zwerling Silverman on April 19, 1950, and divorced in August 15, 1951. On April 13, 1963, she married Douglas Dick until her death.
Peggy Chantler Dick died of heart failure in Santa Monica on November 20, 2001 (sadly on her husband's birthday). She was 78.
Episodes[]
- Samantha's Super Maid
- Mrs. Stephens, Where Are You?
- Tabitha's Weekend
- Samantha's Double Mother Trouble
Sources[]
- "TV Writer, Peggy Chantler Dick Has Died", Los Angeles Times via MortysTV.com, November 28, 2001. Retrieved on December 18, 2024.
- Peggy Chantler Dick on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 18, 2024.