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Janet Waldo
I Love Lucy's "Peggy Dawson"

Janet Waldo (right) and fellow "I Love Lucy" veteran Shirley Mitchell enjoy the show as they await their turns at the microphone at the 50th Anniversary Lucy Reunion

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Janet Waldo, who played "Katy, the Maid" in the 50th Anniversary Reunion Performance of "Lucy's First Sitcom," first appeared with Lucille Ball in one of the last episodes of Lucy's radio series, My Favorite Husband.



	Janet Waldo, as Peggy Dawson, keeps on jigglin' "old" Ricky's legs to keep the circulation going in "Young Fans."

That part led to a guest spot on I Love Lucy that Lucy fans will never forget - as "Peggy Dawson," the lovesick bobby-soxer with a crush on Ricky Ricardo, in "Young Fans" (Episode #20) (pictured here). Ms. Waldo began her long career in radio, where she won stardom as the irrepressible teenager, "Corliss Archer" in her popular comedy series Meet Corliss Archer, and as the teenager "Emmy Lou" in Ozzie and Harriet (both on radio and TV). She has extensive credits in animation, television, film and commercials, playing everything from the flighty, futuristic teenager, "Judy Jetson", of America's first family in space, The Jetsons, to Fred Flintstone's battle-ax mother-in-law on The Flintstones. Ms. Waldo is also the voice of both the slinky, svelte "Morticia" and the cackling "Granny" on The Addams Family, "Josie" of Josie and the Pussycats, the perpetually imperiled "Penelope Pitstop," and the 80-year-old motorbike freak "Granny Sweet." Feature animated films include The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, Once Upon a Forest, Alice in Wonderland, Jack and the Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast, The Trouble with Miss Switch, Heidi's Song, The Man Called Flintstone, and Fantastic Planet. Ms. Waldo has also played a wide variety of stage roles as a member of Theatre 40, a distinguished group of professional actors, and is currently a member of California Artists Radio Theatre (CART).

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