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FAIR, Peggy
(Mannix)
(KL5 - 6175
Los Angeles, CA
Peggy is a secretary. Born and raised in Los
Angeles, Peggy is a widow, very
efficient, and a former Department of Motor
Vehicles employee. She now works as the
full-time employee of
Joe Mannix, an Armenian private eye who lives and works
at 17 Paseo Verde Drive in West Los Angeles.
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Peggy Fair,
Mannix's Girl Friday |
Peggy married police officer Marcus Fair in
January of 1961. They had a little boy named
Toby later that year. Unfortunately, Marcus died
in the line of duty on March 1968. He was
posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Peggy’s
only relatives include her mother and some
family that lives in Chicago
Peggy uses her contacts with the DMV when
conducting background checks for Joe‘s clients
and sometimes goes undercover as a maid, or
hooker to help solve a case. She once even
helped Joe battle foreign agents who set out to
assassinate African Premier Obuko who was being
treated incognito in a nearby hospital.
Most of the time Peggy likes her job, but from
time to time, Peggy quit the employ of “Mr.
Mannix” when angered by Joe. But after an
appropriate cooling off period she returns to
work. When not mad at Joe, Peggy will offer him
advice or sometimes even loan him money when
he's short of cash. A loyal friend, Peggy was
also on hand to nurse Joe through a stretch of
temporary blindness when he was shot by a
killer's bullet.
In turn, Joe helped Peggy clear the name of her
late husband Marcus Fair, when his name appeared
on a list of policemen who were being paid off
by a burglary ring. Joe also came to the rescue
when Peggy and her son, Toby were held hostage
by people who desperately needed a roll of
incriminating film and when Peggy was held in
the clutches of syndicate thugs who have
mistaken her for a potential informer.
When not helping out Joe Mannix, Peggy is
helping her own friends like the time her
friends Brad Turner and Jimmy Whitewing were
wrongly accused of murder and Peggy let them
hide in her apartment; or the time, Peggy's
friend Glenn Gerard, a one-time juvenile
delinquent (now reformed) was sought for the
commission of a crime.
Occasionally, Peggy finds time for a love life.
Her romantic interests included dating a guy
named Gabe Johnson who turned out to be a prison
road-gang escapee falsely convicted by a sheriff
of a small southern community; and boyfriend,
Floyd Brown whom Mannix accused of stealing of
45 cartons of morphine.
When not being kidnapped or placed in other
perilous situations, Peggy enjoys listening to
music (jazz, blues, pop), eating soul food and
watching old Humphrey Bogart movies. She also
finds time to be a secretary for the local Boy
Scout troop meetings. At work, Peggy likes to
dress smart. She especially likes short skirts
that show off her lovely legs. But, when her
boss Joe Mannix fails to notice her new
wardrobes, well, let's just say, it doesn't make
Peggy's day.
TRIVIA NOTE: Gail Fisher who won a 1970 Emmy for
her portrayal of secretary Peggy Fair on the
detective series Mannix, died in Los Angeles
December 2, 2000 at the age of 65, due to kidney
failure.
Born in Orange, New Jersey on August
18, 1935, Fisher was the first black performer
to do a national television commercial with
spoken lines (for All detergent).
Hearing of her
death, Mike Connors who played private eye Joe Mannix told an Associated Press reporter "I
think she opened new ground for a lot of people
and allowed African-American actresses to be
seen in a different light."
MANNIX/CBS/1967-75
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Mike Connors |
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Joe Mannix |
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Gail Fisher |
as
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Peggy Fair |
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Joseph Campanella |
as |
Lou Wickersham
(1967-68) |
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Robert Reed |
as
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Lt. Adam
Tobias |
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Robert Wood
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as |
Lt. Art
Malcolm |
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Jack Ging
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as |
Lt. Dan Ives |
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