Career Highlights: All in the Family: Barney the Gold Digger, I Love Lucy: No Children Allowed, I Love Lucy: Lucy Goes to the Hospital
First Major Screen Credit: I Love Lucy: Lucy Goes to the Hospital (1953)
Biography
American actress Peggy Rea began gaining notice in the 1960s as a member of Red Skelton's TV stock company. In the 1970s, she was seen as Olivia Walton's cousin Rose Burton in The Waltons and on an irregular basis as man-chasing Lulu Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard. Later seen in maternal roles, Peggy Rea was featured on Step By Step (1991) as Ivy Williams, the mother of Suzanne Sommers' character, and as Brett Butler's mom Jean Kelly in Grace Under Fire (1993- ). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide