Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 31, 1921
Died
Feb 05, 2011
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
72 titles
Peggy Rea
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Devil in a Blue Dress
Carter’s Secretary
The Single Guy
Aunt Heidi
Nothing But the Truth
Flora
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Rose
Grace Under Fire
Made in America
Alberta
Love Field
Mrs. Heisenbuttel
Step by Step
Ivy Baker
Angel of Death
Marci
In Country
Mamaw
Curfew
Mrs. Mary Cox
Monsters
Babs
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
Mrs. Cratchmatter
MacGyver
Angry Woman At Airport
The Golden Girls
Mrs. Contini
Fun and Games
Rose
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
Motel Owner
A Rainy Day
Mrs. Jewels
The Cracker Factory
Pomeroy
The Dukes of Hazzard
Lulu (Coltrane) Hogg
The Gift of Love
Mrs. Mooney
Flying High
Sauna woman
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Woman on Train
The Bastard
Shopkeeper
Busting Loose
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels
Bridget
Lipstick
Reporter
Ellery Queen
Promise Him Anything
Mother
Bronk
Win, Place or Steal
Josephine
Paper Moon
Blood Sport
Mrs. Birdsong
The Magician
Emma
Hunter
Helen Shaw's Friend
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Atwater
The Waltons
The Night Stalker
What's the Matter with Helen?
Mrs. Schultz
Cold Turkey
Mrs. Proctor
All in the Family
Bertha
The Odd Couple
Miss Rykof
The Immortal
Medical Center
Landlady
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Mrs. Baker
The Learning Tree
Miss McClintock
Here's Lucy
Maude
Adam-12
Sandra Quillan
Valley of the Dolls
Neely O'Hara's Vocal Coach (uncredited)