Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
31 Mar, 1921 (104 years old)
Death date
05 Feb, 2011

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

Devil in a Blue Dress
102 min 1995

Devil in a Blue Dress

Thriller Movie
Made in America
111 min 1993

Made in America

Comedy Movie
Love Field
720p
102 min 1992

Love Field

Drama Movie
In Country
1080p
120 min 1989

In Country

Drama Movie
Curfew
1080p
86 min 1989

Curfew

Horror Movie
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
DVD
86 min 1986

Hamburger: The Motion Picture

Comedy Movie