![]() She was married for many years to actor Sean McClory, who was just as busy a character actor on television and in movies as she was on radio and television. ![]() Webber was still doing voice work in the early twenty first century. Two of her finest performances were in the episodes "Homicide - The Student" and "The Joyriders," in which she played a teacher and a harried mother. Jack Webb used her on the Dragnet radio show and she made the transition to television with him, remaining as part of his stock company right through the late-'60s incarnation of the series. Film credits were rare and unusual for her, however, so busy was she in the new medium of television, where she became a writer and producer early on and won one of the earlier awards ever given in the small-screen medium, in 1947, for her anthology series Treasures of Literature. It was partly because of her work in radio that Orson Welles chose Webber for the role of Lady McDuff in his film of Macbeth (1948). She broke into radio in 1936, at age 11, and became one of the busier actresses in the medium. Webber was the daughter of a wildcat oil driller, born in Laredo, TX, and began her career at age two and a half, performing during intermissions in silent movie theaters in the second half of the 1920s. A chameleon-like presence on-screen, Webber melts into her roles so well that she can often be overlooked by less perceptive viewers, in terms of her range and depth. Tickets for the Castlefield Bowl show will go on sale on June 2 at 9am via GigsandTours and Ticketmaster.Many of those viewers who admire her will tell you that Peggy Webber is almost too good an actress for her own good, at least in terms of getting recognition for herself. Last year, whilst announcing he would not be involved in the reunion tour, Mackey said he wished the band the ‘very best with forthcoming performances in the UK’.Ĭocker will be joined by keyboardist Candida Doyle, drummer Nick Banks and guitarist Mark Webber on the 2023 gigs. Pulp last performed in the city at the O2 Apollo on Novemas part of their We Love Life tour.įormer Pulp bassist Steve Mackey died at the age of 56 in March of this year. The Castlefield Bowl show, which will feature support from indie musician Baxter Dury, will be the band’s first gig in Manchester for 22 years. They will also perform two nights at London's Eventim Apollo on July 28 and 29. Three new dates as part of Pulp’s summer tour were announced today with a performance at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl set for July 4. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community ![]() The band will also play a series of previously announced solo shows in London, Scarborough, Cardiff and their hometown Sheffield. The band are playing a series of summer festivals including this weekend’s Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington. Fronted by Jarvis Cocker, Pulp have released seven albums since 1983. Known for hits including Common People, Disco 2000 and Help the Aged, the band announced their reunion last year following a ten year hiatus. ![]() Britpop band Pulp have announced they will be performing in Manchester later this year for the first time in more than 20 years as part of their summer reunion tour. ![]()
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