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Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro Armendáriz (Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings, 1912–1963), Mexican Golden Age film star, Emilio Fernández's favorite actor (María Candelaria, Enamorada), two-time Ariel winner, Kerim Bey in From Russia with Love; distinct from his son Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Pedro Páramo (2024 film)

Pedro Páramo (2024) is a Mexican Netflix drama directed by Rodrigo Prieto, adapting Juan Rulfo's 1955 novel; screenplay by Mateo Gil, starring Manuel García-Rulfo and Tenoch Huerta, released November 6, 2024, winner of 7 Ariel awards.

Pedro Pascal

Pedro Pascal (José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal), Chilean American actor born 1975 in Santiago, known for Game of Thrones' Oberyn Martell, Narcos, The Mandalorian, and Emmy-nominated The Last of Us, plus Fantastic Four's Reed Richards.

Pedro Zamora

Pedro Zamora (1972-1994) was a Cuban-American HIV/AIDS educator and The Real World: San Francisco cast member, the first openly gay, HIV-positive reality TV personality, whose 1994 televised commitment ceremony with Sean Sasser was a television first.

Pee Mak (พี่มาก..พระโขนง)

Pee Mak (พี่มาก..พระโขนง, Pee Mak Phrakanong) is a 2013 Thai horror-comedy by Banjong Pisanthanakun, GTH, starring Mario Maurer and Davika Hoorne; it adapted the Mae Nak legend from the husband's view and became Thailand's highest-grossing film at over 1 billion baht.

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American comedy directed by Tim Burton, starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman on a cross-country quest for his stolen bicycle.

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

Pee-wee's Big Holiday is a 2016 Netflix Original comedy directed by John Lee, written by Paul Reubens and Paul Rust, produced by Reubens and Judd Apatow, in which Pee-wee Herman takes his first holiday, a road trip to Joe Manganiello's New York birthday party.

Pee-wee's Playhouse

Pee-wee's Playhouse, also called Pee Wee's Playhouse, is a CBS Saturday-morning children's series (1986-1991) starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, designed by Gary Panter, mixing puppets and camp, with six first-season Emmys.

Peep show

Peep show: a picture sequence or erotic show viewed through an eyehole or coin-operated booth. Also called raree show. Traces 16th-century street boxes, penny arcades, Kinetoscope parlors, 1960s Hodas and Sturman porn arcades, regulation, and webcam successors.

Peep Show (British TV series)

Peep Show is a British Channel 4 sitcom (2003-2015, nine series, 54 episodes) created by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb as Croydon flatmates Mark Corrigan and Jeremy Usbourne, filmed in first-person POV with inner monologues; it won a BAFTA and Rose d'Or.

Peeping Tom (1960 film)

Peeping Tom (1960) is Michael Powell's British psychological thriller, scripted by Leo Marks, about killer cameraman Mark Lewis (Karlheinz Böhm); reviled and censored on release, it ended Powell's career before Scorsese's 1970s revival made it a slasher-progenitor classic.

Peepli Live

Peepli Live (Peepli [Live]) is a 2010 Hindi satirical comedy-drama directed by Anusha Rizvi, produced by Aamir Khan, about a farmer whose planned suicide for government compensation becomes a media circus; India's 83rd Oscars foreign-film entry.

PeePooDo & The Super Fuck Friends

Peepoodo & The Super Fuck Friends is a French adult animated sex-education comedy web series by Balak and Bobbypills, two seasons 2018–2021, crowdfunded after Blackpills dropped it.

Peg Entwistle

Peg Entwistle, born Millicent Lilian Entwistle (1908–1932), was a Welsh-born Broadway actress, the Hollywood Sign Girl, whose 1932 suicide from the Hollywoodland sign's H followed the censorship-driven cutting of her only film role, Thirteen Women.

Pegah Ghafoori (پگاه غفوری)

Pegah Ghafoori (پگاه غفوری), Iranian-Canadian actress born 1999 in Tehran, Toronto-based, plays Fatima Hassan in MGM+ series From (2022–2026) and leads One Must Wash Eyes (2024); also a singer-songwriter and Luleå festival Best Actress winner.

Pegasus (飞驰人生) (2019 film)

Pegasus (飞驰人生) is a 2019 Chinese sports comedy directed and written by Han Han, starring Shen Teng as banned rally driver Zhang Chi making a comeback at the Bayinbuluke Rally; it earned 1.728 billion yuan in China and spawned sequels in 2024 and 2026.

Pegasus 2 (飞驰人生2) (film)

Pegasus 2 (飞驰人生2) is a 2024 Chinese racing comedy sequel written and directed by Han Han, starring Shen Teng as driving-school coach Zhang Chi returning to the Bayinbuluke Rally; it earned 33.98亿 yuan, 15th on China's all-time box office chart.

Pegasus 3 (飞驰人生3) (film)

Pegasus 3 (飞驰人生3) is Han Han's 2026 racing comedy starring Shen Teng, third in the Pegasus series. Released 17 February 2026, it topped the Spring Festival slot with 29.27亿元 and passed 43.86亿元 total.

Pegasus Market (쌉니다 천리마마트)

Pegasus Market (쌉니다 천리마마트, Cheap Cheonrima Mart) is a Kim Kyu-sam Naver webtoon and its 2019 tvN comedy adaptation: demoted Daema Group executive Jung Bok-dong tries to ruin Cheonrima Mart as revenge, 12 episodes, finale rated 2.208% nationwide.

Peggie Castle

Peggie Castle (Peggy Thomas Blair, 1927–1973), American actress of 1950s B-movies such as I, the Jury, and star as Lily Merrill, the Birdcage Saloon hostess, in the TV western Lawman; died of cirrhosis of the liver at 45.

Peggy (dog)

Peggy is an English dog, a pug and Chinese crested cross, who won Britain's Ugliest Dog competition in 2023 and starred as Dogpool in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Peggy Ann Garner

Peggy Ann Garner (1932-1984), American child actress from Canton, Ohio, won the 1945 Academy Juvenile Award as Francie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; later stage and TV work, three marriages, Walk of Fame star.

Peggy Ashcroft

Dame Peggy Ashcroft (Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, 1907–1991), English stage actress and RSC founding member, famed as Juliet and Margaret of Anjou; won the 1984 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Mrs. Moore in A Passage to India.

Peggy Carter

Peggy Carter (Margaret Elizabeth Carter) is a Marvel Comics spy created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuting in Tales of Suspense #75 (1966); known for Hayley Atwell's MCU portrayal, the Agent Carter series, and the Captain Carter variant.

Peggy Carter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Peggy Carter (Margaret Elizabeth Carter) is the MCU character played by Hayley Atwell since Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), lead of ABC's Agent Carter (2015–2016), and Captain Carter in What If...?, returning in Avengers: Doomsday.

Peggy Cass

Peggy Cass (Mary Margaret Cass, 1924–1999), American Tony-winning actress and comedian, best known as Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame on Broadway and film, and as a To Tell the Truth panelist.

Peggy Lipton

Peggy Lipton (Margaret Ann Lipton, 1946–2019), American actress, model, and singer; played undercover cop Julie Barnes on The Mod Squad and Norma Jennings on Twin Peaks; Golden Globe winner, four Emmy nominations, mother of Rashida and Kidada Jones.

Peggy McCay

Peggy McCay (Margaret Ann McCay, 1927–2018), American actress of stage and television; originated Vanessa Dale on Love of Life and played Caroline Brady on Days of Our Lives 1983–2016; won a 1991 Primetime Emmy.

Peggy Mitchell

Peggy Mitchell (Margaret Ann Mitchell) is a fictional EastEnders matriarch and Queen Vic landlady, played by Jo Warne in 1991 and Barbara Windsor 1994-2016, dying of cancer in 2016.

Peggy Mount

Peggy Mount (Margaret Rose Mount, 1916-2001) was an English actress famous for battleaxe roles: Emma Hornett in Sailor Beware!, Ada Larkin in The Larkins, George and the Dragon, and classical stage work; OBE 1996, died at Denville Hall.