Peggy Rea
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Ironside
1967
Series
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Lulu
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Peggy
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Widow
1957
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
Jean Mosely
1957
Series
MacGyver
Angry Woman At Airport
1985
Series
Mannix
1967
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Miss Katie
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Big Bertha Kropnik
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Housewife
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Woman Grocery Shopper
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Woman on Street
1951
Series
Mission: Impossible
Cleaning Woman
1966
Series
Adam-12
Sandra Quillan
1968
Series
The Golden Girls
Mrs. Contini
1985
Series
The Waltons
1972
Series
The Waltons
Rose Burton
1972
Series
I Love Lucy
Nurse
1951
Series
I Love Lucy
Dorothy
1951
Series
I Love Lucy
Susan
1951
Series
I Love Lucy
Clubwoman
1951
Series
The Wild Wild West
1965
Series
Charlie's Angels
Bridget
1976
Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Series
Dr. Kildare
Dorothy Gitner
1961
Series
Dr. Kildare
Nurse Helen O'Hara
1961
Series
Dr. Kildare
Nurse Carrie
1961
Series
Burke's Law
Sylvia Lewis
1963
Series
Gunsmoke
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Lady
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Dress Shop Owner
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Roniger
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Rosey
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Bess Roniger
1955
Series
Step by Step
Ivy Baker
1991
Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Mrs. Baker
1969
Series
All in the Family
Bertha
1971
Series
The Dukes of Hazzard
Lulu (Coltrane) Hogg
1979
Series
Ben Casey
1961
Series
Medical Center
Landlady
1969
Series
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Atwater
1972
Series
Grace Under Fire
1993
Series
Grace Under Fire
Jean Kelly
1993
Series
Here's Lucy
Maude
1968
Series
The Odd Couple
Miss Rykof
1970
Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Revivalist
1964
Series
Monsters
Babs
1988
Series
Family Affair
1966
Series
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Series
Ellery Queen
1975
Series
The Single Guy
Aunt Heidi
1995
Series
Gidget
1965
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Lacy
1954
Series
The Magician
Emma
1973
Film
Devil in a Blue Dress
Carter’s Secretary
1995
Series
Bronk
1975
Series
Flying High
Sauna woman
1978
Series
Paper Moon
1974
Film
The Night Stalker
1972
Film
Valley of the Dolls
Neely O'Hara's Vocal Coach (uncredited)
1967
Series
The Immortal
1970
Series
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
Film
Made in America
Alberta
1993
Busting Loose
1977
Series
The Bastard
Shopkeeper
1978
Film
Love Field
Mrs. Heisenbuttel
1992
Film
Strange Bedfellows
Mavis Masters
1965
Film
Lipstick
Reporter
1976
Film
In Country
Mamaw
1989
Film
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Mrs. Peter Ramsey
1964
Film
Cold Turkey
Mrs. Proctor
1971
Film
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
Mrs. Cratchmatter
1986
Film
The Gift of Love
Mrs. Mooney
1978
Film
Looking for Love
Relative (uncredited)
1964
Film
Angel of Death
Marci
1990
Film
Fun and Games
Rose
1980
Film
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Woman on Train
1978
Film
Nothing But the Truth
Flora
1995
Film
Win, Place or Steal
Josephine
1975
Film
The Cracker Factory
Pomeroy
1979
Film
The Learning Tree
Miss McClintock
1969
Film
Blood Sport
Mrs. Birdsong
1973
Film
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Rose
1993
Film
What's the Matter with Helen?
Mrs. Schultz
1971
Film
Promise Him Anything
Mother
1975
Film
Curfew
Mrs. Mary Cox
1989
Film
Hunter
Helen Shaw's Friend
1973
Film
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
Motel Owner
1980
Film
A Rainy Day
Mrs. Jewels
1979