Peg_Hillias

Peg Hillias

Peg Hillias

American actress

Margaret "Peg" Hillias (June 24, 1906 – March 18, 1960) was an American actress of stage, film and television.

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Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Hillias first acted as a student at Northeast High School. She also acted at the Kansas City Theater and the Resident Theater.[1]

On radio, Hillias was the lead actress in Manhattan Mother and worked in three other serials. She also participated in USO entertainment overseas during World War II.[1]

Hillias portrayed Eunice Hubbell, neighbor to Stanley and Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, which she played on Broadway and reprised in the film version, starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.[2]

Hillias died on March 18, 1960, in St. Luke's Hospital[1] in Kansas City from complications that followed heart surgery.[3]

Filmography

References

  1. [1]
    "Miss Margaret Hillias". The Kansas City Star. March 19, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved January 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. [2]
    Staggs, Sam (July 25, 2006). When Blanche Met Brando: The Scandalous Story of 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. Macmillan. p. 205. ISBN 9781466830486. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Peg Hillias is dead". The New York Times. March 20, 1960. p. 86. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
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