Cynthia Pepper
Cynthia Pepper (born Cynthia Anne Culpepper; September 4, 1940) is an American actress whose principal work was during the early 1960s. She was the star of the 1961-62 television series "Margie". Early years. Culpepper was born in Los Angeles on September 4, 1940, the daughter of entertainer Jack Pepper (Edward Jackson Culpepper), and Pepper's second wife, Dawn Stanton. Her mother was a dancer. After she graduated from Hollywood High School, Pepper worked as a model and typist and took night classes at Los Angeles City College. Career. At 18 Pepper appeared on an episode of "Divorce  Court" on television. In 1960-61, she was cast as next-door teenager Jean Pearson, the romantic interest of young Mike Douglas in "My Three Sons". The next year, Pepper starred in her own 26-week series, "Margie", in the role of the Roaring Twenties teenager Margie Clayton. Pepper was 21 when "Margie" began. In 1965, Pepper was named as the co-star of a new TV series, "Sally and Sam", which was "tentatively scheduled" to be broadcast from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Mondays on CBS. She also guest starred as Amanda Peterson in an episode of  The Addams Family titled, "New Neighbors Meet The Addams Family". Personal life. On April 17, 1960, Pepper married Mervyn Edwards. They divorced in July, 1968. She next married James M. Pazillo on September 6, 1969. They divorced in 1996. Pepper has one son, Michael L. Edwards and resides in Las Vegas.