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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2013 15:03:19 GMT -5
Peggy Rea, TV Actress With Matronly Aura, Dies at 89
By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
Published: February 11, 2011
Peggy Rea, a matronly actress who had supporting roles on popular television series from the 1970s to the ’90s, died on Saturday at her home in Toluca Lake, Calif. She was 89. The cause was complications of heart failure, Kimmie Burks, a friend, said.
Ms. Rea played Rose Burton, Olivia Walton’s cousin, on “The Waltons”; Lulu Hogg, Boss Hogg’s wife, on “The Dukes of Hazzard”; and Jean Kelly, the mother-in-law of Brett Butler’s character, on “Grace Under Fire.” Ms. Rea’s first role on television was as a nurse on “I Love Lucy” in 1953. She also appeared on “All in the Family,” “Step by Step” and “Gunsmoke,” among other shows.
Peggy Jane Rea was born March 31, 1921, in Los Angeles. She left the University of California, Los Angeles, to attend business school, then took a job as a production secretary at MGM.
In 1947 she moved to New York to act on stage. She appeared on Broadway twice in 1950: as Eunice Hubbell in a revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire” and in the Cole Porter musical “Out of This World.” She gave up acting for a time and worked as a production secretary on “Gunsmoke” and other television shows in Los Angeles.
Ms. Rea returned to acting full time in 1962. Her film credits include parts in “7 Faces of Dr. Lao” (1964) and “In Country” (1989).
Ms. Burks said no immediate family members survive.
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Post by chet on Sept 10, 2014 21:07:17 GMT -5
She also had a one-frame, five second role as Patty Duke's singing coach in Valley of the Dolls.
Peggy always reminded me of someone i wish i would have known. I bet she was just as delightful in person.
Just joined this forum, I'm a BIG Walton's fan (have it on right at the moment too). It brings me back to my teenage years in the seventies when life was so much simpler and it didn't seem like i had to look so hard to find goodness in the world.
Sad to see how many of the cast has passed away.
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Post by Sussie of Teckelhut Acres on Sept 10, 2014 21:09:34 GMT -5
That is sad that she did not have any family left other that the fans that loved her.
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Post by chet on Sept 10, 2014 21:12:21 GMT -5
That is sad that she did not have any family left other that the fans that loved her. That's about where I'm at now, my mother its 86 and has dementia. In some ways i feel like I've already lost her. I have a sister and that's it. I envy people with lots |
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Post by chet on Sept 10, 2014 21:16:47 GMT -5
of family. (posted before i finished).
I do think the way Rose's grandchildren disappeared so quickly was weird. I would have thought they would have done an episode with the father coming back to get them clean and sober.
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Post by Sussie of Teckelhut Acres on Sept 10, 2014 21:52:35 GMT -5
That is sad that she did not have any family left other that the fans that loved her. That's about where I'm at now, my mother its 86 and has dementia. In some ways i feel like I've already lost her. I have a sister and that's it. I envy people with lots I watched that disease eat up my Aunt and my Uncle. It was terrible watching them turn into scared rabbits over a period of time. It was a blessing when they passed away. |
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Post by nedandres on Sept 15, 2014 22:22:58 GMT -5
Peggy was a delightful person. My family and I sat with her and Martha Nix Wade at dinner for the 2004 CA Reunion. She enjoyed chatting about different acting parts she had done. Was in the Little Ricky birth episode of "I Love Lucy" as a nurse.
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 15, 2014 23:26:43 GMT -5
Peggy was a delightful person. My family and I sat with her and Martha Nix Wade at dinner for the 2004 CA Reunion. She enjoyed chatting about different acting parts she had done. Was in the Little Ricky birth episode of "I Love Lucy" as a nurse. |
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Post by JeriJet on Sept 16, 2014 5:51:06 GMT -5
Peggy was a delightful person. My family and I sat with her and Martha Nix Wade at dinner for the 2004 CA Reunion. She enjoyed chatting about different acting parts she had done. Was in the Little Ricky birth episode of "I Love Lucy" as a nurse. What a great piece of trivia -- thank you! ....
And, that episode is stuck in my mind forever 
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Post by nedandres on Sept 18, 2014 15:59:10 GMT -5
She was a fascinating woman and very fun to chat with. Glad to have met her.
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