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Margaret Amacker, aka Peggy Doyle, Actress, 85

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deb...@comcast.net

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Aug 13, 2006, 2:31:40 PM8/13/06
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AMACKER, Margaret aka Peggy Doyle (85) died July 3, 2006 in San Luis
Obispo, CA. She was a character actor playing roles on stage, radio,
TV, films and commercials; most recently as the hip senior in Boost
mobile phone commercials.
Born and raised in Berkeley, CA to an Irish mother and a USA father,
she received her RN from John Hopkins and studied drama at UC Berkeley.
She acted professionally in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Preceded in
death by her husband Howard Dale Amacker, she is survived by brother
Patrick Goldsworthy of Seattle, WA; son Peter Doyle and wife of San
Luis Obispo, CA, daughter Susan Waner of Santa Monica, CA; six
grandchildren, one great-grandchild, cousins in California and Ireland.
Services are private.
Published in the Los Angeles Times on 8/11/2006.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236471/

nixi...@earthlink.net

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Aug 13, 2006, 2:36:54 PM8/13/06
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Maybe she read her IMDB entry and found out her debut was in "The
Brady Bunch"...

deb...@comcast.net

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Aug 13, 2006, 3:41:42 PM8/13/06
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> Maybe she read her IMDB entry and found out her debut was in "The
> Brady Bunch"...

Yeah, but she also appeared in "Kentucky Fried Movie"! (This was the
first R rated movie I ever saw)

wazzzy

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Aug 13, 2006, 4:42:58 PM8/13/06
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nixi...@earthlink.net wrote:

> Maybe she read her IMDB entry and found out her debut was in "The
> Brady Bunch"...

OH... so she was the teacher who's comparisions made Jan cry "Marcia!
Marcia! Marcia!"

tr...@iwvisp.com

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Aug 13, 2006, 6:39:24 PM8/13/06
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deb...@comcast.net wrote:
> AMACKER, Margaret aka Peggy Doyle (85) died July 3, 2006 in San Luis
> Obispo, CA. She was a character actor playing roles on stage, radio,
> TV, films and commercials; most recently as the hip senior in Boost
> mobile phone commercials.

Interesting that she didn't rate one photo in a Google Image search but
she apparently worked fairly consistently for 30 years.

Ray Arthur

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