Gail Fisher, born August 18, 1935 in Orange, New Jersey, is the first African-American actress to win an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. She won the awards for her role as Peggy Fair on the detective series Mannix, starring Mike Connors. She won two Golden Globes for her performance on Mannix. She is the second African-American woman to be featured prominently in a television series after Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek.
She passed away in December 2000 of kidney failure.
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