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'''Peggy Moran''', born '''Mary Jeanette Moran''', (October 23, 1918--October 24, 2002) was an American film actress who appeared in 36 films between 1938 and 1943. She starred in B movies like ''[[The Mummy's Hand]]'' (1940), ''Slightly Tempted'' (1940), ''[[Treat 'Em Rough]]'' (1942) with [[Eddie Albert]] and [[William Frawley]], and ''King of the Cowboys'' (1943) with [[Roy Rogers]] and [[Smiley Burnette]], and played smaller parts in A pictures, such as the memorable "first cigarette girl" in ''[[Ninotchka]]'' (1939), which starred [[Greta Garbo]].
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She married film director [[Henry Koster]] from 1942 until his death in 1988. They had two sons.
{{Infobox person
| name = Peggy Moran
| image = Peggy Moran Spring Parade (1940).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Moran in ''[[Spring Parade]]'' (1940)
| birth_name = Mary Jeanette Moran
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|10|23|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Clinton, Iowa]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|10|24|1918|10|23|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Camarillo, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1938–1943
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Henry Koster]]|1942|1988|reason=d.}}
| children = 2
| father = [[Earl Moran]]
}}

'''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]],<ref>Thomassini, Christine (2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sa-hslR6DIcC&q=%22peggy+moran%22+%22october+23+1918%22 Magill's Cinema Annual]''. Gale Research International. p.&nbsp;553. {{ISBN|1558624597}}.</ref> 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 school#Repertory and performance|Denishawn Dance Company]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="whf">{{cite book|last1=Mank|first1=Gregory William|title=Women in Horror Films, 1940s|date=2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786423354|pages=39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CyuSCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Peggy+Moran%22+actress&pg=PA39|accessdate=14 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Moran's family moved to Hollywood when she was 5.<ref name="pp">{{cite news |last1=Underhill |first1=Duncan |title=Formula For Success: Make Yourself Indelible |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press/154898899/ |access-date=September 8, 2024 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=June 29, 1941 |page=16}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name="whf"/> She attended the Micheltorina School and [[John Marshall High School (Los Angeles)|John Marshall High School]],<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/608487341/?clipping_id=154879812 "Queen and Gallant Escort"]. ''Los Angeles Evening Express''. June 5, 1931. p.&nbsp;7. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/683910787/?clipping_id=154885634 "H. H. S. Artist Wins Chest Poster Prize"]. ''Los Angeles Evening Citizen News''. November 10, 1936. p.&nbsp;16. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/154885268/ "'Lady Luck' Smiles on Acting Tyro"]. ''Los Angeles Evening Citizen News''. January 26, 1938. p.&nbsp;10. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-heights-bulletin-news/154879680/ "Marshall High Holds Alumni Dance This Week"]. ''Lincoln Heights Bulletin-News''. December 4, 1947. p.&nbsp;14. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref> graduating in 1937.<ref name="whf"/>

== Career ==
Moran's film career began at Warner Bros. in the late 1930s.<ref name="opa">{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786452071|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z3rGCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Peggy+Moran%22+actress&pg=PA217|accessdate=14 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> 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,<ref>Associated Press (November 3, 1942). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-star/154906141/ "Peggy Moran, Actress, Wed"]. ''The Minneapolis Star''. p.&nbsp;8. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Marriages|author=|date=November 14, 1942|work=The Billboard|page=27|quote=KOSTER-MORAN — Henry Koster, movie director, to Peggy Moran, actress, in Las Vegas, Nev., October 29.|id={{ProQuest|1032285699}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Transition|author=|date=November 16, 1942|work=Newsweek|page=8|quote=Married: Peggy Moran, 24, actress, to Henry Koster, 39, film director; secretly, in Las Vegas, Oct. 29.|id={{ProQuest|1796835362}}}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1411624/Peggy-Moran.html|title=Peggy Moran|date=2002-10-29|publisher=telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=2009-02-26}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=See |first1=Kay |title=Wife Kept in Public Eye but at Big Cost |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/704936942/?match=1&terms=%22Peggy%20Moran%22%20actress |access-date=September 8, 2024 |work=Press-Telegram |date=October 7, 1953 |location=California, Long Beach |page=B 10}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Koster and Moran had two sons. After Koster retired in 1966, the couple traveled extensively until his death in 1988.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peggy-moran-603199.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123134813/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peggy-moran-603199.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 23, 2011|title=Peggy Moran|last=Vallance|first=Tom |date=2002-11-04|newspaper=The Independent|accessdate=2009-02-26}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-31-me-moran31-story.html|title=Peggy Moran, 84; Horror Film Scream Queen|last=Oliver|first=Myrna |date=2002-10-31|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2009-02-26}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:50px;"|Year
! style="width:250px;"|Title
! style="width:250px;"|Role
! style="width:250px;" class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|rowspan=6|1938
|''[[Gold Diggers in Paris]]''
|Golddigger
|Alternative title: ''The Gay Impostors''
|-
|''[[Boy Meets Girl (1938 film)|Boy Meets Girl]]''
|New York operator
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[Secrets of an Actress]]''
|Actress Waiting to See Carstairs
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[Campus Cinderella]]''
|Co-Ed
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[Girls' School (1938 film)|Girls' School]]''
|Myra
|
|-
|''[[The Sisters (1938 film)|The Sisters]]''
|Girl
|Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=8|1939
|''[[Rhythm of the Saddle]]''
|Maurine McClune
|
|-
|''[[King of the Underworld (1939 film)|King of the Underworld]]''
|Young Man's Wife
|Scenes deleted
|-
|''[[Zenobia (film)|Zenobia]]''
|Party Guest
|Uncredited<br>Alternative title: ''Elephants Never Forget''
|-
|''[[Winter Carnival (film)|Winter Carnival]]''
|Viola
|
|-
|''[[Ninotchka]]''
|First Cigarette Girl
|Uncredited
|-
|''Little Accident''
|Tall Girl
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[First Love (1939 film)|First Love]]''
|Girl at School
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[The Big Guy]]''
|Joan Lawson
|Alternative title: ''Warden of the Big House''
|-
|rowspan=12|1940
|''[[West of Carson City]]''
|Millie Harkins
|
|-
|''[[Oh Johnny, How You Can Love]]''
|Kelly Archer
|
|-
|''[[Danger on Wheels]]''
|Pat O'Shea
|
|-
|''[[Alias the Deacon (1940 film)|Alias the Deacon]]''
|Phyllis
|Alternative title: ''The Hillbilly Deacon''
|-
|''[[Hot Steel]]''
|Babe Morrison
|
|-
|''[[I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby (film)|I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby]]''
|Linda Carroll
|
|-
|''[[Argentine Nights]]''
|Peggy
|
|-
|''[[The Mummy's Hand]]''
|Marta Solvani
|
|-
|''[[Spring Parade]]''
|Irene
|
|-
|''[[Slightly Tempted]]''
|Judy Ross
|
|-
|''[[One Night in the Tropics]]''
|Mickey Fitzgerald
|
|-
|''[[Trail of the Vigilantes]]''
|Barbara Thornton
|
|-
|rowspan=4|1941
|''[[Double Date (film)|Double Date]]''
|Penny Kirkland
|
|-
|''[[Horror Island]]''
|Wendy Creighton
|
|-
|''[[Hello, Sucker]]''
|Rosalie Watson
|
|-
|''[[Flying Cadets]]''
|Kitty Randall
|
|-
|rowspan=5|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]]''
|
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[Seven Sweethearts]]''
|Albert "Al" Van Maaster
|Alternative title: ''Tulip Time''
|-
|1943
|''[[King of the Cowboys]]''
|Judy Mason
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0602955/ Peggy Moran] at [[The Internet Movie Database]]
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [http://gammillustrations.bizland.com/monsterkid2/id5.html Interview About ''The Mummy's Hand'']
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*{{IMDb name|0602955}}
*[http://gammillustrations.bizland.com/monsterkid2/id5.html Interview About ''The Mummy's Hand'']

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[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in California]]

Latest revision as of 18:41, 22 December 2024

Peggy Moran
Moran in Spring Parade (1940)
Born
Mary Jeanette Moran

(1918-10-23)October 23, 1918
Clinton, Iowa, U.S.
DiedOctober 24, 2002(2002-10-24) (aged 84)
Camarillo, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1938–1943
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1942; died 1988)​
Children2
FatherEarl Moran

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

[edit]

Born Marie Jeanette Moran on October 23, 1918, in Clinton, Iowa,[1] 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.[2][3]

Moran's family moved to Hollywood when she was 5.[4][2][3] She attended the Micheltorina School and John Marshall High School,[5][6][7][8] graduating in 1937.[3]

Career

[edit]

Moran's film career began at Warner Bros. in the late 1930s.[9] 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,[10][11][12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

Personal life

[edit]

Koster and Moran had two sons. After Koster retired in 1966, the couple traveled extensively until his death in 1988.[2]

Death

[edit]

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.[15]

Filmography

[edit]
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 Waiting to See Carstairs 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
Spring Parade Irene
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 Uncredited
Seven Sweethearts Albert "Al" Van Maaster Alternative title: Tulip Time
1943 King of the Cowboys Judy Mason

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Thomassini, Christine (2003). Magill's Cinema Annual. Gale Research International. p. 553. ISBN 1558624597.
  2. ^ a b c Vallance, Tom (November 4, 2002). "Peggy Moran". The Independent. Archived from the original on January 23, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Mank, Gregory William (2005). Women in Horror Films, 1940s. McFarland. p. 39. ISBN 9780786423354. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  4. ^ Underhill, Duncan (June 29, 1941). "Formula For Success: Make Yourself Indelible". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 16. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "Queen and Gallant Escort". Los Angeles Evening Express. June 5, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "H. H. S. Artist Wins Chest Poster Prize". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. November 10, 1936. p. 16. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "'Lady Luck' Smiles on Acting Tyro". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. January 26, 1938. p. 10. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  8. ^ "Marshall High Holds Alumni Dance This Week". Lincoln Heights Bulletin-News. December 4, 1947. p. 14. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  9. ^ Lentz, Harris M. III (2003). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786452071. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  10. ^ Associated Press (November 3, 1942). "Peggy Moran, Actress, Wed". The Minneapolis Star. p. 8. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "Marriages". The Billboard. November 14, 1942. p. 27. ProQuest 1032285699. KOSTER-MORAN — Henry Koster, movie director, to Peggy Moran, actress, in Las Vegas, Nev., October 29.
  12. ^ "Transition". Newsweek. November 16, 1942. p. 8. ProQuest 1796835362. Married: Peggy Moran, 24, actress, to Henry Koster, 39, film director; secretly, in Las Vegas, Oct. 29.
  13. ^ "Peggy Moran". telegraph.co.uk. October 29, 2002. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
  14. ^ See, Kay (October 7, 1953). "Wife Kept in Public Eye but at Big Cost". Press-Telegram. California, Long Beach. p. B 10. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  15. ^ Oliver, Myrna (October 31, 2002). "Peggy Moran, 84; Horror Film Scream Queen". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
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