Peggy Guggenheim was born on August 26, 1898 in New York City, New York, USA as Marguerite Guggenheim. She was an actress, known for Eva (1962) and Sie 67 - Skizzen zu einem Porträit der modernen Frau (1967). She was married to Max Ernst and Peter S. Fischer . She died on December 23, 1979 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Is portrayed by Amy Madigan in Pollock (2000) Is interred in the garden of her Venice home, the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, next to her dogs. Gave birth to a son, Sinbad, and a daughter, Peegen, whose father was her first husband Peter S. Fischer . Supported the careers of many important modern artists including Jackson Pollock and her second husband Max Ernst . Was romantically linked to Samuel Beckett . One of the 20th century's most noted art collectors, founding The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. Born to Benjamin Guggenheim (1865-1912), a Philadelphia-born businessman who died aboard RMS Titanic, and his wife Florette Seligman (1870-1937), she was the second of three daughters. Due to her economizing lifestyle, she just owned one phone with a coin slot at her home.