Peggy Rea profile
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Peggy Rea

31st March 1921 Los Angeles, California, USA Acting

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.

28 Movies 63 TV Shows 92 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Curfew 23rd June 1989 as Mrs. Mary Cox
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Hunter 9th January 1973 as Helen Shaw's Friend
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MacGyver 29th September 1985 as Angry Woman At Airport
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Adam-12 21st September 1968 as Sandra Quillan
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Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
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Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Dress Shop Owner
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Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Mrs. Roniger
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Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Bess Roniger