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.
68 acting credits
Acting · 68
Mannix
1967
MacGyver
1985
Ironside
1967
Charlie's Angels
1976
Mission: Impossible
1966
Adam-12
1968
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Waltons
1972
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Golden Girls
1985
Ben Casey
1961
The Wild Wild West
1965
The Odd Couple
1970
Medical Center
1969
Burke's Law
1963
Step by Step
1991
I Love Lucy
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
The Donna Reed Show
1958
All in the Family
1971
Here's Lucy
1968
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Family Affair
1966
Monsters
1988
Grace Under Fire
1993
The Single Guy
1995
Ellery Queen
1975
The Magician
1973
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Bronk
1975
Gidget
1965
The Immortal
1970
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
Paper Moon
1974
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
Love Field
1992
The Night Stalker
1972
Valley of the Dolls
1967
Made in America
1993
Busting Loose
1977
In Country
1989
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
1986
Lipstick
1976
Strange Bedfellows
1965
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
Hunter
1973
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
Cold Turkey
1971
What's the Matter with Helen?
1971
The Cracker Factory
1979
Blood Sport
1973
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Fun and Games
1980
The Learning Tree
1969
The Gift of Love
1978
Curfew
1989
Looking for Love
1964
Win, Place or Steal
1975
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
1980
Nothing But the Truth
1995
Promise Him Anything
1975
A Rainy Day
1979