Peggy Butler — The Woman on the Beach Character Profile

About Peggy Butler

Mysterious wife of blind painter Tod Butler. She shares deep metaphysical anxieties with Scott and becomes the emotional focal point of the film's central conflict.

Peggy Butler — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Joan Bennett

Appears in

The Woman on the Beach (1947)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Peggy Butler — Conflict Rivals — Eve Geddes (Nan Leslie)

  Unspoken rivalry over Scott's affection and attention.

• Peggy Butler — Romantic Lovers — Scott Burnett (Robert Ryan)

  Developing romantic infatuation that disrupts Scott's engagement.

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• Scott Burnett (Robert Ryan)
• Tod Butler (Charles Bickford)
• Eve Geddes (Nan Leslie)
• Johnnie (uncredited) (Jackie Jackson)
• Otto Wernecke (Walter Sande)
• Old Workman (uncredited) (John Elliott)
• Girl at Party (uncredited) (Carol Donell)
• Young Fisherman (uncredited) (Hugh Chapman)
• Donnie (uncredited) (Donald Gordon)
• Old Fisherman (uncredited) (Carl Faulkner)
• Coast Guardsman (uncredited) (Robert Andersen)
• Lenny (uncredited) (Carl Armstrong)