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.
Known for
Quincy, M.E.
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Lulu
Have Gun, Will Travel
Peggy
Have Gun, Will Travel
Widow
Have Gun, Will Travel
Jean Mosely
The Donna Reed Show
Charlie's Angels
Bridget
I Love Lucy
Nurse
I Love Lucy
Susan
I Love Lucy
Clubwoman
I Love Lucy
Dorothy
The Waltons
The Waltons
Rose Burton
The Golden Girls
Mrs. Contini
Grace Under Fire
Grace Under Fire
Jean Kelly
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Mrs. Baker
MacGyver
Angry Woman At Airport
Mannix
The Wild Wild West
Step by Step
Ivy Baker
Mission: Impossible
Cleaning Woman
Medical Center
Ben Casey
Here's Lucy
Maude
All in the Family
Bertha
Dr. Kildare
Dorothy Gitner
Dr. Kildare
Nurse Helen O'Hara
Dr. Kildare
Nurse Carrie
Ironside
The Odd Couple
Miss Rykof
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Atwater
The Dukes of Hazzard
Lulu (Coltrane) Hogg
Burke's Law
Sylvia Lewis
77 Sunset Strip
Family Affair
Adam-12
Sandra Quillan
The Patty Duke Show
The Single Guy
Aunt Heidi
Gunsmoke
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
Lady
Gunsmoke
Dress Shop Owner
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Roniger
Gunsmoke
Rosey
Gunsmoke
Bess Roniger
Bronk
Gidget
Ellery Queen
The Magician
Emma
Busting Loose
Paper Moon
The Immortal
Devil in a Blue Dress
Carter’s Secretary
Made in America
Alberta
Valley of the Dolls
Neely O'Hara's Vocal Coach (uncredited)
Lipstick
Reporter
The Night Stalker
In Country
Mamaw
Strange Bedfellows
Mavis Masters
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Mrs. Peter Ramsey
The Bastard
Shopkeeper
Cold Turkey
Mrs. Proctor
Love Field
Mrs. Heisenbuttel
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
Mrs. Cratchmatter
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Woman on Train
The Cracker Factory
Pomeroy
The Learning Tree
Miss McClintock
Curfew
Mrs. Mary Cox
The Gift of Love
Mrs. Mooney
Nothing But the Truth
Flora
Blood Sport
Mrs. Birdsong
Looking for Love
Relative (uncredited)
Fun and Games
Rose
What's the Matter with Helen?
Mrs. Schultz
Hunter
Helen Shaw's Friend
Win, Place or Steal
Josephine
Promise Him Anything
Mother
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Rose
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
Motel Owner
A Rainy Day
Mrs. Jewels
The Red Skelton Show
Miss Katie - Waiters' Boss
The Red Skelton Show
Big Bertha Kropnik
The Red Skelton Show
Housewife
The Red Skelton Show
Woman Grocery Shopper
The Red Skelton Show
Woman on the street