Peggy Rea
Peggy Rea
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Richard Benjamin
Writers: Holly Goldberg Sloan,
Cast: Clyde Kusatsu, David Bowe, Jeffrey Joseph, Jennifer Tilly, Nia Long, Paul Rodríguez, Peggy Rea, Ted Danson, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Smith,
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writers: Don Roos,
Cast: Beth Grant, Brian Kerwin, Cooper Huckabee, Dennis Haysbert, Johnny Ray McGhee, Louise Latham, Michelle Pfeiffer, Peggy Rea, Stephanie McFadden, Troy Evans,
Director: George Pal
Writers: Charles Beaumont,
Cast: Arthur O'Connell, Barbara Eden, Frank Kreig, John Ericson, John Qualen, Lee Patrick, Minerva Urecal, Noah Beery Jr., Peggy Rea, Tony Randall,