Peggy Moran was an American film actress who appeared in films between 1938 and 1943.

Life and career

Born Mary Jeanette Moran in Clinton, Iowa

Clinton, Iowa

Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26231as of 2010. Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa , was named in honor of the seventh governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton. Clinton is the principal city of the Clinton Micropolitan Statistical...

, Moran starred in a number of B movies like The Mummy's Hand

The Mummy's Hand

The Mummy's Hand is a black-and-white horror film, produced by Ben Pivar for Universal Studios. Although it is sometimes claimed by fans as a sequel or follow-up to the 1932 film The Mummy, it does not continue the 1932 film's storyline, or feature any of the same characters, and its plot...

(1940), Slightly Tempted (1940), Treat 'Em Rough

Treat 'Em Rough

Treat 'Em Rough is a film about a boxer called the Panama Kid who returns to his hometown with his trainer Hotfoot and valet Snake Eyes when his father is accused of embezzling, and becomes involved with his father's ravishing secretary...

(1942) with Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Edward Albert Heimberger , known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid.Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing...

 and William Frawley

William Frawley

William Clement "Bill" Frawley was an American stage entertainer, screen and television actor. Although Frawley acted in over 100 films, he achieved his greatest fame playing landlord Fred Mertz for the situation comedy I Love Lucy.-Early life:William was born to Michael A. Frawley and Mary E....

, and King of the Cowboys

King of the Cowboys

King of the Cowboys is a 1943 movie directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette...

(1943) with Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye , was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain...

 and Smiley Burnette

Smiley Burnette

Lester Alvin Burnett , better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical...

, and played smaller parts in A pictures, such as the memorable "first cigarette girl

Cigarette girl

Cigarette girl or Cigarette Girl may refer to:*Cigarette girl , someone who sells or provides cigarettes in a casino*Cigarette Girl, a 2009 film*Cigarette Girl *The Cigarette Girl from the Future, an album by Beauty Pill...

" in Ninotchka

Ninotchka

Ninotchka is a 1939 American film made for Metro Goldwyn Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch which stars Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. It was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Walter Reisch, based on a screen story by Melchior Lengyel. Ninotchka is Greta Garbo's first full...

(1939), which starred Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo , born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish film actress. Garbo was an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods. Many of Garbo's films were sensational hits, and all but three were profitable...

. After marrying director Henry Koster

Henry Koster

Henry Koster was born Hermann Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany. He became a film director and later moved to Hollywood. Koster's father, a salesman, left home when Henry was a young man...

 in 1942, Moran retired from films.

With Koster, Moran had two sons. After Koster retired in 1966, the couple traveled extensively until Koster's death in 1988. On October 24, 2002, only one day after her 84th birthday, Moran died of complications from injuries she suffered after a car accident on August 26, 2002.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1938	Gold Diggers in Paris Gold Diggers in Paris Gold Diggers in Paris is a 1938 Warner Bros. movie musical directed by Ray Enright with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins.-Plot:...	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 The Sisters (1938 film) The Sisters is a 1938 American drama film produced and directed by Anatole Litvak. The screenplay by Milton Krims is based on the 1937 novel of the same title by Myron Brinig.-Plot:...	Girl	Uncredited
1939	Rhythm of the Saddle	Maurine McClune
	King of the Underworld	Young Man's Wife	Scenes deleted
	Zenobia Zenobia (film) Zenobia is a 1939 comedy film starring Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Jean Parker, June Lang, Stepin Fetchit, and Hattie McDaniel...	Party Guest	Uncredited Alternative title: Elephants Never Forget
	Winter Carnival	Viola
	Ninotchka Ninotchka Ninotchka is a 1939 American film made for Metro Goldwyn Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch which stars Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. It was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Walter Reisch, based on a screen story by Melchior Lengyel. Ninotchka is Greta Garbo's first full...	First Cigarette Girl	Uncredited
	Little Accident	Tall Girl	Uncredited
	First Love First Love (1939 film) First Love is a 1939 Oscar nominated Universal musical film directed by Henry Koster. The film is a rewriting of the fairy tale Cinderella. It was released on both VHS and DVD .-Plot:...	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 I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby (film) I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby is a 1940 comedy film starring Broderick Crawford and Jessie Ralph....	Linda Carroll
	Argentine Nights	Peggy
	The Mummy's Hand The Mummy's Hand The Mummy's Hand is a black-and-white horror film, produced by Ben Pivar for Universal Studios. Although it is sometimes claimed by fans as a sequel or follow-up to the 1932 film The Mummy, it does not continue the 1932 film's storyline, or feature any of the same characters, and its plot...	Marta Solvani, Stage Name of Marta Sullivan
	Spring Parade	Irene
	Slightly Tempted	Judy Ross
	One Night in the Tropics One Night in the Tropics One Night in the Tropics is a 1940 comedy film noteworthy for being the film debut of Abbott and Costello. The team play minor roles but steal the picture with five classic routines, including an abbreviated version of "Who's On First?" Their work earned them a two-picture deal with Universal, and...	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 Treat 'Em Rough Treat 'Em Rough is a film about a boxer called the Panama Kid who returns to his hometown with his trainer Hotfoot and valet Snake Eyes when his father is accused of embezzling, and becomes involved with his father's ravishing secretary...	Betty Newman
	There's One Born Every Minute	Helen Barbara Twine
	Drums of the Congo	Enid Waldron
	The Mummy's Tomb The Mummy's Tomb The Mummy's Tomb is the 1942 sequel to The Mummy's Hand .Lon Chaney, Jr. disliked the role of Kharis the mummy. Make-up artist Jack Pierce spent up to eight hours to wrap Lon Chaney. A rubber mask was used for long shots...		Uncredited
	Seven Sweethearts	Albert "Al" Van Maaster	Alternative title: Tulip Time
1943	King of the Cowboys King of the Cowboys King of the Cowboys is a 1943 movie directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette...	Judy Mason

External links

• Interview About The Mummy's Hand