Peggy Rea
Acting
1921-03-31 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995 · Movie
The Single Guy
1995 · Series
Nothing But the Truth
1995 · Movie
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993 · Movie
Grace Under Fire
1993 · Series
Made in America
1993 · Movie
Love Field
1992 · Movie
Step by Step
1991 · Series
Angel of Death
1990 · Movie
In Country
1989 · Movie
Curfew
1989 · Movie
Monsters
1988 · Series
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
1986 · Movie
MacGyver
1985 · Series
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
Fun and Games
1980 · Movie
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
1980 · Movie
A Rainy Day
1979 · Movie
The Cracker Factory
1979 · Movie
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979 · Series
The Gift of Love
1978 · Movie
Flying High
1978 · Series
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978 · Movie
The Bastard
1978 · Series
Busting Loose
1977 · Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Series
Lipstick
1976 · Movie
Ellery Queen
1975 · Series
Promise Him Anything
1975 · Movie
Bronk
1975 · Series
Win, Place or Steal
1975 · Movie
Paper Moon
1974 · Series
Blood Sport
1973 · Movie
The Magician
1973 · Series
Hunter
1973 · Movie
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Series
The Waltons
1972 · Series
The Night Stalker
1972 · Movie
What's the Matter with Helen?
1971 · Movie
Cold Turkey
1971 · Movie
All in the Family
1971 · Series
The Odd Couple
1970 · Series
The Immortal
1970 · Series
Medical Center
1969 · Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Series
The Learning Tree
1969 · Movie
Here's Lucy
1968 · Series
Adam-12
1968 · Series
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Family Affair
1966 · Series
Run, Buddy, Run
1966 · Series
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
Gidget
1965 · Series
Strange Bedfellows
1965 · Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Looking for Love
1964 · Movie
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 · Movie
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
The Patty Duke Show
1963 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
I Love Lucy
1951 · Series
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series