Peg Hillias

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

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

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. "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.
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