Peggy goldwyn biography

Peggy Elliott Goldwyn, founder of the Family of Woman Film Festival—which this year is themed “Women on the Margins” and runs Feb.

27 to March 4, in Sun Valley—is at first glance a long way from where she started her career and, at the same time, is pursuing a passion that seems perfectly in following from her long experience in Hollywood.

As a year-old in , Goldwyn became the extremely rare woman writing comedy for TV shows such as “The Odd Couple,” “That Girl,” and “Happy Days.” Though she has joked about being the “the only unbearded writer” in the room back then, that kind of minority experience—good or bad—has to sink in to one’s consciousness.

And then, in , she and her then-husband, Samuel Goldwyn, started and ran for years an independent film company that specialized in bringing foreign films to the U.S.

So, it seems somewhat fitting that Goldwyn is now consumed with scouring the world for outstanding f