Peg Hillias

Peg Hillias
Publicity Photo of Peg Hillias
Born(1906-06-24)June 24, 1906
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States
DiedMarch 18, 1960(1960-03-18) (aged 53)
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
OccupationActress

Margaret "Peg" Hillias (June 24, 1914 – March 18, 1960) was an American actress of stage, film and television.

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. ^ a b c "Miss Margaret Hillias". The Kansas City Star. March 19, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved January 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  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. ^ "Peg Hillias is dead". The New York Times. March 20, 1960. p. 86. Retrieved January 16, 2023.