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Peggy Olson

Peggy Olson, Margaret "Peggy" Olson, is the fictional Mad Men secretary-turned-copywriter played by Elisabeth Moss; Don Draper's protégé at Sterling Cooper who secretly gives up a baby and rises through the 1960s ad world to the series finale.

Peggy Rajski

Peggy Rajski (born 1953) is an American producer-director, Oscar winner for the short Trevor (1994), co-founder of The Trevor Project, and former dean of LMU's School of Film and Television.

Peggy Rea

Peggy Rea (Margaret Jane Rea, 1921-2011), American character actress; played Rose Burton on The Waltons, Lulu Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard, and Jean Kelly on Grace Under Fire; began on I Love Lucy in 1953.

Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue Got Married is a 1986 American fantasy comedy-drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage, about a divorcing woman who wakes up in 1960 after fainting at her 25th reunion; three Oscar nominations.

Peggy Wood

Peggy Wood (Mary Margaret Wood, 1892–1978), American stage, film, and television actress and singer; star of CBS's Mama (1949–1957) and Oscar-nominated Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (1965); ANTA president 1959–1966.

Pehla Nasha (पहला नशा)

Pehla Nasha (पहला नशा) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language thriller directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, starring Deepak Tijori and Pooja Bhatt, a remake of Body Double.

Pehredaar Piya Ki (पेहरेदार पिया की)

Pehredaar Piya Ki (पेहरेदार पिया की), also rendered पहरेदार पिया की, was a 2017 Sony TV Hindi drama about 9-year-old prince Ratan married to 18-year-old Diya (Tejasswi Prakash). Criticized for glorifying child marriage, shifted to late night by the BCCC, and pulled off air effective 28 August 2017.

Peking Opera Blues (刀马旦)

Peking Opera Blues (刀馬旦) is Tsui Hark's 1986 Hong Kong action comedy starring Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, and Cherie Chung as three women in 1913 Beijing stealing documents exposing Yuan Shikai; restored in 4K Dolby Atmos in 2026.

Pelangi di Mars

Pelangi di Mars (Rainbow on Mars) is a 2026 Indonesian family sci-fi film, Upie Guava's feature debut, about the first human born on Mars seeking Zeolite Omega; XR virtual production, released 18 March 2026, SU-rated, Netflix streaming.

Pelé: Birth of a Legend

Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) is an American biographical drama by Jeff and Michael Zimbalist about Pelé's rise from childhood to Brazil's 1958 World Cup win at age 17, starring Kevin de Paula, with a 33% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle Erobreren), Bille August's 1987 Danish-Swedish drama adapted from Martin Andersen Nexø's novel, stars Max von Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard as emigrants on Bornholm; it won the 1988 Palme d'Or and the 1989 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Pelli Chesi Choodu (கல்யாணம் பண்ணிப்பார்)

Pelli Chesi Choodu (Kalyanam Panni Paar), a 1952 Telugu-Tamil satirical comedy by L. V. Prasad for Vijaya Productions, starring NTR and Savitri, satirizing the dowry system; first film to run 100 days in 11 centers.

Pelli Choopulu

Pelli Choopulu (2016) is a Telugu romantic comedy, Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam's debut, starring Vijay Deverakonda and Ritu Varma; an arranged-marriage meeting leads to a food-truck venture. It won the 64th National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Best Dialogues, grossed over $1 million in the USA, and launched Deverakonda's career.

Pelli Pustakam (పెళ్ళి పుస్తకం)

Pelli Pustakam (పెళ్ళి పుస్తకం) is a 1991 Telugu comedy-drama directed by Bapu, written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, starring Rajendra Prasad and Divyavani as a married couple posing as single to get jobs; it inverts Missamma and won a Nandi Award.

Pelli SandaD

Pelli SandaD (పెళ్లి సందD), 2021 Telugu musical romantic comedy, sequel to 1996's Pelli Sandadi; directed by Gowri Ronanki, starring Roshan Meka and Sreeleela, music by M.M. Keeravani, released 15 October 2021, a box office hit despite negative reviews.

PEN15

PEN15 is a Hulu cringe comedy (2019-2021) in which creators Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play their 13-year-old selves in the year 2000; Emmy-nominated, two seasons, Peabody nominee.

Pencil (film)

Pencil (பென்சில்) is a 2016 Tamil teen thriller directed by Mani Nagaraj, starring G. V. Prakash Kumar, Sri Divya, and Shariq Hassan; a remake of the Korean 4th Period Mystery, released 13 May 2016 after delays.

Pencilmation

Pencilmation is an American animated comedy web series by Ross Bollinger, begun on Newgrounds in 2004 and centered on Pencilmate and Pencilmiss; its YouTube channel became the platform's most viewed and most subscribed animation channel, with 20.5M subscribers and 12.3B views by 2026.

Pendleton Ward

Pendleton Ward (Ward Taylor Pendleton Johnston), born 1982 in San Antonio, Texas, is the American animator who created Adventure Time (2010–2018) and co-created The Midnight Gospel; also Bravest Warriors, two Emmys, and Adult Swim's The Elephant.

Pendulum (2027 film)

Pendulum (2027) is an American horror-thriller, Mark Heyman's directorial debut, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor, Norman Reedus, and Jacki Weaver; produced by Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa and C2, released theatrically by Vertical January 1, 2027.

Penelope (2006 film)

Penelope is a 2006 fantasy romantic comedy directed by Mark Palansky, starring Christina Ricci as a wealthy young woman born with a pig's snout from a family curse.

Penelope (TV series)

Penelope is an American coming-of-age drama series created by Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn, about a 16-year-old who leaves her family on a camping trip to live alone in the wilderness.

Penelope (Ulysses episode)

"Penelope" is the eighteenth and final episode of James Joyce's Ulysses: Molly Bloom's eight-sentence, nearly unpunctuated interior monologue on the night of June 16, 1904, ending the novel with the word Yes.

Penelope Ann Miller

Penelope Ann Miller (Penelope Andrea Miller), American actress born 1964 in Los Angeles; Broadway debut in Biloxi Blues, Tony-nominated Our Town revival; films The Freshman, Carlito's Way (Golden Globe nomination), The Artist, Dahmer, and Reagan.

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz (born 1974, Alcobendas, Madrid) is a Spanish actress, Oscar winner for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and the first Spanish actress nominated for and winning an Academy Award; longtime Pedro Almodóvar collaborator (eight films) with a dense 2026 slate.

Penélope Guerrero

Penélope Guerrero, born 1997 in Jerez de la Frontera, is a Spanish actress and former trans-visibility YouTuber (Penélope Tacones), known for Sky Rojo, Vestidas de azul, and the Cannes 2024 film Transmitzvah.

Penelope Keith

Penelope Keith (1940–2026), English actress and dame, famed as Margo Leadbetter in The Good Life and Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in To the Manor Born; two BAFTAs, an Olivier, former High Sheriff of Surrey.

Penelope Pitstop

Penelope Pitstop: Hanna-Barbera cartoon character, the lone female Wacky Races driver of the Compact Pussycat, voiced by Janet Waldo, and heiress heroine of the 1969 CBS spin-off The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.

Penelope Spheeris

Penelope Spheeris (born 1945) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for The Decline of Western Civilization documentaries on Los Angeles punk and metal and for directing Wayne's World.

Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton (born 1946, Scarborough) is an English stage, film, and television actress, a dame since 2016, known for Isobel Crawley in Downton Abbey, Ever Decreasing Circles, Pinter's Betrayal, and the 2015 Olivier-winning Taken at Midnight.