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Cathy Rigby is an actress, speaker, and former gymnast. Her performance helped to popularize the sport of gymnastics in the United States. She is also known for her performance as Peter Pan.
Cathleen was born in 1952.[1] She married Tommy Mason on 27 January 1973 in Los Alamitos, California.[2]
Her appearance as the highest-scoring American gymnast at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, made her a favorite with American television audiences and helped to popularize gymnastics in America. After her gymnastics career ended, she became an actor. Her best known was for multiple productions of Peter Pan performing in the title role. She received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her 1990–91 performance as Peter Pan. In 1997, She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
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