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Peggy Jane Rea (March 31, 1921 – February 5, 2011)[1] was an American actress known for her many roles in television, often playing matronly characters.[2]

Peggy Rea
Peggy Rea in I Love Lucy, 1953
Born	Peggy Jane Rea (1921-03-31)March 31, 1921 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	February 5, 2011(2011-02-05) (aged 89) Toluca Lake, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1953–1998

Life and career

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. Although Thompson severed ties with Rea, 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.[3] Rea 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.

She appeared in such television shows as I Love Lucy, The Wild Wild West, Hazel, Bonanza, Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke, Sergeant Bilko, Ironside, Burke's Law, Marcus Welby, M.D., All In The Family, Maude, Hunter, The Odd Couple, Gidget, Busting Loose, MacGyver, and The Golden Girls.

She appeared in feature films, including Norman Lear's Cold Turkey and In Country.

Rea is probably best known for her role as Lulu Coltrane Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). Throughout the series' nine-year run Rea appeared in 19 episodes as the wife of Hazzard County Commissioner Jefferson Davis Hogg (played by Sorrell Booke), aka Boss Hogg.

After portraying a landlady in an earlier episode of The Waltons, Rea permanently joined the cast in 1979 in the role of Rose Burton, a cousin of Olivia Walton, a surrogate parental figure replacing Ellen Corby (Grandma), Michael Learned (Olivia), and the following year, Ralph Waite (John).

Rea remained with the series until the spring of 1981 when her character of Rose was proposed to by her beau Stanley Perkins (played by William Schallert) shortly before the show's cancellation. Rea's character of Rose appeared in the Walton's Thanksgiving Reunion in 1993. Rea later appeared as a regular on the first season of Step By Step from 1991 to 1992 and Grace Under Fire during the 1990s.

Credits

Her recurring roles included:

• Clubwoman and Nurse I Love Lucy (recurring various roles)
• The Red Skelton Show 1966–1971
• Peggy on Have Gun Will Travel (8 episodes)
• Mrs. Roniger and other roles on Gunsmoke 1962–1971
• Cousin Bertha on All in the Family
• Martha Burkhorn on All in the Family
• Rose Burton on The Waltons
• Lulu Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard 1979–1985
• Ivy Baker on Step by Step 1991–1992
• Jean Kelly on Grace Under Fire 1993–1998 (51 episodes)

Death

Rea died in Toluca Lake, California, aged 89, from complications of heart failure on February 5, 2011.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	7 Faces of Dr. Lao	Mrs. Peter Ramsey
	Looking for Love	Relative	Uncredited
1965	Strange Bedfellows	Mavis Masters
1966	Walk, Don't Run	Ukrainian Shot Putter	Uncredited
1967	Valley of the Dolls	Neely O'Hara's Vocal Coach
1968	Here's Lucy	Maude
1969	The Learning Tree	Miss McClintock
1971	Cold Turkey	Mrs. Proctor
	What's the Matter with Helen?	Mrs. Schultz
1974	Win, Place or Steal	Josephine
1976	Lipstick	Reporter
1979–1981	The Waltons	Cousin Rose Burton	seasons 8–9; 38 episodes
1979	The Dukes of Hazzard	Lulu Coltrane Hogg
1986	Hamburger: The Motion Picture	Mrs. Cratchmatter
1987	The Golden Girls	Mrs. Contini
1989	Curfew	Mrs. Mary Cox
	In Country	Mamaw
1992	Love Field	Mrs. Heisenbuttel
1993	Made in America	Alberta
	Grace Under Fire	Jean Kelly	51 episodes
	A Waltons Thanksgiving Reunion	Rose Burton	TV movie
1995	Devil in a Blue Dress	Carter's Secretary

References

External links

• Peggy Rea at IMDb

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Peggy Jane Rea (Los Ángeles, California; 31 de marzo de 1921 - ibíd.; 5 de febrero de 2011)[1] fue una actriz estadounidense, conocida por sus papeles en la televisión.[2] Dejó la UCLA, para asistir a la escuela de negocios, consiguiendo posteriormente un trabajo como secretaria de producción de MGM en la década de 1940.

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