Peggy Moran - Actress ( Hollywood Classic Era)
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Moran in Spring Parade (1940)
About:
Born Mary Jeanette Moran, October 23, 1918, Clinton, Iowa, U.S.
Died October 24, 2002 (aged 84), Camarillo, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1938–1943
Spouse
Henry Koster-(m. 1942; died 1988)
Children 2
Father Earl Moran
Introduction:
Peggy Moran (born Mary Jeanette Moran, October 23, 1918 – October 24, 2002) was an American film actress who appeared in films between 1938 and 1943.
Early years:
Born Marie Jeanette Moran on October 23, 1918, in Clinton, Iowa, Moran was the daughter of Earl Moran, an artist specializing in pin-ups for calendars and magazines, and dancer Louise Scott, formerly a member of the Denishawn Dance Company.
Moran's family moved to Hollywood when she was 5. She attended the Micheltorina School and John Marshall High School, graduating in 1937.
Career:
Moran's film career began at Warner Bros. in the late 1930s. She starred in a number of B movies, including The Mummy's Hand (1940), Slightly Tempted (1940), Horror Island (1941), Treat 'Em Rough (1942), and King of the Cowboys (1943), and played smaller parts in A pictures, such as the "first cigarette girl" in Ninotchka (1939). After marrying director Henry Koster on October 29, 1942, a bust of Moran was featured in every picture her husband directed. After her marriage, Moran retired from acting and appeared in only one other film: a documentary made in 2000. The existing bust did not fit the period of one film, so Koster had a new bust made at a cost of $4000. Films also used "silhouettes, cameos, paintings, and even photographs" of Moran.
Personal life:
Koster and Moran had two sons. After Koster retired in 1966, the couple traveled extensively until his death in 1988.
Death:
On October 24, 2002, only one day after her 84th birthday, Moran died of complications from injuries she had suffered in a car accident on August 26, 2002. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered at sea.
Filmography:
Year Title Role Notes
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris Golddigger Alternative title: The Gay Impostors
Boy Meets Girl New York Operator Uncredited
Secrets of an Actress Actress Uncredited
Campus Cinderella Co-Ed Uncredited
Girls' School Myra
The Sisters Girl Uncredited
1939
Rhythm of the Saddle Maurine McClune
King of the Underworld Young Man's Wife Scenes deleted
Zenobia Party Guest Uncredited
Alternative title: Elephants Never Forget
Winter Carnival Viola
Ninotchka First Cigarette Girl Uncredited
Little Accident Tall Girl Uncredited
First Love Girl at School Uncredited
The Big Guy Joan Lawson Alternative title: Warden of the Big House
1940
West of Carson City Millie Harkins
Oh Johnny, How You Can Love Kelly Archer
Danger on Wheels Pat O'Shea
Alias the Deacon Phyllis Alternative title: The Hillbilly Deacon
Hot Steel Babe Morrison
I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby Linda Carroll
Argentine Nights Peggy
The Mummy's Hand Marta Solvani
Slightly Tempted Judy Ross
One Night in the Tropics Mickey Fitzgerald
Trail of the Vigilantes Barbara Thornton
1941
Double Date Penny Kirkland
Horror Island Wendy Creighton
Hello, Sucker Rosalie Watson
Flying Cadets Kitty Randall
1942
Treat 'Em Rough Betty Newman
There's One Born Every Minute Helen Barbara Twine
Drums of the Congo Enid Waldron
The Mummy's Tomb Marta Solvani Banning Uncredited
Seven Sweethearts Albert "Al" Van Maaster Alternative title: Tulip Time
1943
King of the Cowboys Judy Mason
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