Anecdotes

Former saleslady and MGM secretary to Arthur Freed.

Played in Anthony Quinn's National Road Company production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" for 2-1/2 years.

Hearty, happy, plumpish, matronly character actress mainly scored in light TV offerings, and best known for playing Rose Burton on La famille des collines (1972), Lulu Hogg on Shérif, fais-moi peur! (1979) and the mother-in-law on Une maman formidable (1993).

One of Lucy's original "Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League" members on the classic I Love Lucy (1951) episodes.

Peggy Rea passed away on February 5, 2011, less than two months away from what would have been her 90th birthday on March 31.

Rea acted appeared as a general store owner in Bonanza (1959) who adopted an orphaned little girl. Rea also was a recurring actress in the competing Western-based serial Gunsmoke (1955), appearing in at least six episodes as dressmaker Bess Roniger.

Musical comedy experience with Cole Porter's "Out of This World" and the revue "Lend an Ear".

Surname pronounced "Ray".

Buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California.