Peggy Alston

Peggy Alston is an actor and director.

Alston sang and acted in the 1979 off-Broadway show Mo’ Better Blues, initially understudying Thelma and then assuming the part for tours and revivals as late as 1984.

She went on to become a founding member of the Billie Holiday Theatre Company, as both director and actress. She appeared in the 1990 film The Exorcist III as the mother of a murdered boy. mainly on the stage, She also appeared in Sesame Street Episode 2184 (shushing Big Bird and finally getting up to leave).

NFT Credits

Credit Type Production Season
Actor Joe Turner’s Come and Gone 1996-97 Season