Gail Fisher was born on August 18, 1935 in New Jersey. As one of televisions's first prominent black actresses, she won several awards for playing Peggy Fair, the secretary on Mannix.
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💰Gail Fisher Net worth: $17 Million
About
As one of televisions's first prominent black actresses, she won several awards for playing Peggy Fair, the secretary on Mannix.
Before Fame
She was the first black woman to make it to the semifinals of the New Jersey State Fair pageant, and won several more.
Trivia
Mannix producers initially wrote in a budding romance between her and Mike Connors' character, Joe Mannix, but CBS was too reluctant to portray an interracial romance.
Family Life
She and her five siblings grew up around the slums of Orange, New Jersey, after their father, a carpenter, died.
Associated With
She studied for a time under Lee Strasberg at the American Academy of Arts in New York.
