Scream, Pretty Peggy is a 1973 American made-for-television horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Bette Davis, Ted Bessell, and Sian Barbara Allen. Its plot follows a young college student who is given a job by a sculptor housekeeping at a mysterious mansion where his sister and their elderly mother reside. It was broadcast as the ABC Suspense Movie on November 24, 1973. The film was shot on location at the old Noah Dietrich estate above the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Plot Agnes Thornton, a housekeeper for the reclusive Mrs. Elliott and her sculptor son, Jeffrey, is stabbed to death at the Elliotts' mansion. Her father, George, files a missing person report on his daughter after she fails to contact him, unaware she is dead. Meanwhile, college student and aspiring artist Peggy Johns visits the Elliott mansion after finding a job advertisement on campus. Jeffrey hires Peggy for the job, though his mother is ambivalent, and suggests several times to Peggy that she quit. In the house, Peggy notices a picture of a young blonde woman, whom she later learns is Jeffrey's sister, Jennifer. When Peggy inquires about her, Mrs. Elliott claims Jennifer is living abroad in Europe. Peggy grow somewhat suspicious when George Thorton arrives at the mansion searching for Agnes. Unbeknownst to Peggy, George is murdered by an unseen assailant while attempting to leave, and she later notices his car in the garage. As Peggy and Jeffrey begin to form an artistic—and later, romantic—bond, Peggy learns that Jennifer is not actually in Europe. Jeffrey reveals that Jennifer is psychotic, and lives in a secret apartment located above the home's garage, where she is cared for by himself and his mother. The empathetic Peggy wishes to meet Jennifer, but Jeffrey forbids it. Later, Peggy informs Mrs. Elliott that she knows the truth about Jennifer, and that she wants to befriend her, to which Mrs. Elliott responds with laughter. Mrs. Elliott again urges Peggy to quit the job, and the two get into an argument, ending in Mrs. Elliott firing her. Later that night, Peggy goes to meet Jeffrey in his artist's loft, and is met by a blonde woman in a flowing white gown, whom she believes to be Jennifer. Jennifer attempts to stab Peggy to death before chasing her through the house. Peggy eventually finds Jeffrey, who consoles her. When Peggy asks about George's car, Jeffrey tells