Peggy Day — The Women Character Profile

About Peggy Day

Shy young friend pushed into divorce by Sylvia. Discovers she is pregnant at the Reno ranch and happily plans to return home to her husband.

Character Facts

Played by

Joan Fontaine

Appears in

The Women (1939)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Peggy Day — Social Close Friend — Mary Haines (Norma Shearer)

  Pre-existing friendship extends into the Reno divorce journey.

• Peggy Day — Conflict Manipulated Victim — Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell)

  Sylvia's actions indirectly force Peggy into a marital crisis.

• Peggy Day — Social Fellow Divorcee — Miriam Aarons (Paulette Goddard)

  Shared social experience fosters camaraderie among divorcees.

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More characters from The Women

• Mary Haines (Norma Shearer)
• Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford)
• Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell)
• The Countess De Lave (Mary Boland)
• Pat (Virginia Grey)
• Miriam Aarons (Paulette Goddard)
• Miss Atkinson (uncredited) (Dorothy Adams)
• Dolly Dupuyster (Hedda Hopper)
• Mrs. Van Adams (Cora Witherspoon)
• Mrs. Morehead (Lucile Watson)
• Miss Trimmerback (Mary Beth Hughes)
• Miss Wattson (Ruth Hussey)