Peggy Rea
Acting
Born 1921-03-31
Died 2011-02-05
Los Angeles, California, USA
72 credits
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Peggy Jane Rea was a Los Angeles-born American actress known for her many roles in television, often playing matronly characters.
Before she became an actress, Rea left UCLA to attend business school. She landed a job as a production secretary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1940s. Later, she was an assistant to writer-musician Kay Thompson until Thompson dropped her in April 1948. Some of the points of discord apparently included Rea's insistence on staying at the Algonquin Hotel (rather than Essex House, where Thompson was staying), and disappearing, on at least one occasion, on the eve of their New York opening to see Born Yesterday on Broadway without telling Thompson. The time had come for Peggy to make her mark as the character actress she was born to be.
She quickly landed on her feet with a supporting role in the National Road Company production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire (as Eunice Hubbell, 1948–1949) starring Anthony Quinn. Thompson severed ties with Rea, however the younger woman kept in touch with other members of Thompson's family, including Thompson's mother, brother and younger sister, with whom she enjoyed cordial relations.
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Acting
43 credits
MacGyver
Mission: Impossible
Charlie's Angels
The Waltons
Adam-12
The Golden Girls
The Red Skelton Show
Have Gun, Will Travel
I Love Lucy
Dr. Kildare
Burke's Law
All in the Family
Step by Step
Medical Center
The Dukes of Hazzard
Gunsmoke
ABC Afterschool Special
Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Odd Couple
Here's Lucy
Grace Under Fire
Monsters
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Single Guy
The Magician
The Wonderful World of Disney
Flying High
The Bastard
Devil in a Blue Dress
Love Field
Valley of the Dolls
Made in America
Cold Turkey
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
In Country
Lipstick
Angel of Death
Strange Bedfellows
What's the Matter with Helen?
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
Fun and Games
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
The Learning Tree
Other credits
17 credits
Ironside
The Donna Reed Show
Mannix
The Wild Wild West
Quincy, M.E.
Ben Casey
77 Sunset Strip
Family Affair
Ellery Queen
The Patty Duke Show
Gidget
Bronk
Paper Moon
The Immortal
Run, Buddy, Run
The Night Stalker
Busting Loose
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