Yorkin was born
Peggy Diem on April 16, 1927, in New York City, where she also grew up. She described her family circumstances as "genteel poverty". Her father's alcoholism negated his career as a cinematographer for legendary filmmaker
D.W. Griffith and forced the family to live "on the kindness of my mother's relatives." She went to
Barnard College, had a brief acting stint and an early marriage that lasted two years. == Career ==