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.
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.
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.
Hillias died on March 18, 1960, in St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City from complications that followed heart surgery.
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)
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