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Peggy Rea
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 a…
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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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1995
Devil in a Blue Dress
Movie Carter’s Secretary
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1995
The Single Guy
TV show Aunt Heidi
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1995
Nothing But the Truth
Movie Flora
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1993
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Movie Rose
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1993
Grace Under Fire
TV show
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1993
Made in America
Movie Alberta
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1992
Love Field
Movie Mrs. Heisenbuttel
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1991
Step by Step
TV show Ivy Baker
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1990
Angel of Death
Movie Marci
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1989
In Country
Movie Mamaw
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1989
Curfew
Movie Mrs. Mary Cox
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1988
Monsters
TV show Babs
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1986
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
Movie Mrs. Cratchmatter
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1985
MacGyver
TV show Angry Woman At Airport
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1985
The Golden Girls
TV show Mrs. Contini
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1980
Fun and Games
Movie Rose
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1980
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
Movie Motel Owner
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1979
A Rainy Day
Movie Mrs. Jewels
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1979
The Cracker Factory
Movie Pomeroy
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1979
The Dukes of Hazzard
TV show Lulu (Coltrane) Hogg
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1978
The Gift of Love
Movie Mrs. Mooney
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1978
Flying High
TV show Sauna woman
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1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Movie Woman on Train
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1978
The Bastard
TV show Shopkeeper
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1977
Busting Loose
TV show
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show
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1976
Charlie's Angels
TV show Bridget
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1976
Lipstick
Movie Reporter
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1975
Ellery Queen
TV show
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1975
Promise Him Anything
Movie Mother
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1975
Bronk
TV show
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1975
Win, Place or Steal
Movie Josephine
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1974
Paper Moon
TV show
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1973
Blood Sport
Movie Mrs. Birdsong
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1973
The Magician
TV show Emma
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1973
Hunter
Movie Helen Shaw's Friend
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1972
ABC Afterschool Special
TV show Mrs. Atwater
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1972
The Waltons
TV show
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1972
The Night Stalker
Movie
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1971
What's the Matter with Helen?
Movie Mrs. Schultz
