Fern Lea Peter was born on March 9, 1931 in Alameda County, California, USA as Fern Natalie Peckinpah. She is known for her work on Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005), Passion & Poetry: The Early Sam (2010) and Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004). She was previously married to Walter Peter.