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Peggy Moran

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Actor
Born:
October 23, 1918 in Clinton, IA
Death:
October 25, 2002 in Camarillo, Calif
Biography:Pretty "Peggy Moran" -- as the American actress was invariably described in press releases and reviews -- was the daughter of prominent portrait artist Earl Moran. She was brought to Hollywood by her mother, a former dancer, where the young girl received a screen tests and a handful of movie bit parts. After a few years' radio work, Peggy appeared in support of "Deanna Durbin" in Universal's "First Love" (1939) and "Spring Parade" (1940), both directed by Peggy's future husband "Henry Koster". Under contract to Universal, Peggy was decorative in "One Night in the Tropics" (1940) (Abbott and Costello's screen debut), appropriately frightened in "The Mummy's Hand" (1941) and amusing in "There's One Born Every Minute" (1942) (another screen debut, this time "Elizabeth Taylor"'s). After her marriage, Peggy retired, appearing only as a lark in Koster's pictures. Never a star, Peggy Moran was always a most... Full Biography
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