Peg Hillias

American actress

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

Margaret "Peg" Hillias (June 24, 1906 – 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

1951: A Streetcar Named Desire - Eunice Hubbell
1952: CBS Television Workshop (TV Series)
1952: Kraft Theatre (TV Series)
1953: The Doctor (TV Series)
1954: Inner Sanctum (TV Series) - Elizabeth
1954: The Mask (TV Series)
1954: The Telltale Clue (TV Series) - Martha Connor
1953-1954 Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) - Mrs. Preiss
1955: Star Tonight (TV Series)
1955: Producers' Showcase (TV Series) - Mrs. Webb
1954-1955: The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) - Mrs. Joddy / Miss Clemm
1955: Frontier (TV Series) - Sister Superior
1956: Dr. Christian (TV Series) - Ruth Belford
1954-1956: The Big Story (TV Series) - Anne Foley
1956: Gunsmoke (TV Series) - Jenny
1956: Telephone Time (TV Series) - Dot Peters
1957: State Trooper (TV Series) - Virginia Syckles
1954-1957 Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series) - Narrator
1957: That Night! - Doctor
1957: The Wayward Girl - Hilda Carlson
1950-1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV Series) - Mrs. Bayley / Widow Baines / Miss Martha / Freda Benson / Meg March / Margaret March
1957: Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) - Mrs. Jonas
1957: Peyton Place - Marion Partridge
1955-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV Series) - Mrs. Allen
1958: Tombstone Territory (TV Series) - Mrs. Danbury
1958: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) - Madame Grishka
1958: Wagon Train (TV Series) - Jenny Barrister
1957-1958 The Californians (TV Series) - Sarah Jameson / Nellie Bender
1958: Playhouse 90 (TV Series) - Mrs. Howell
1959: Special Agent 7 (TV Series) - Mrs. Talbot (final appearance)

References

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