Peggy Ryan
Acting 1924-08-28 Long Beach, California, USA
A vastly talented musical performer, Peggy Ryan found stardom dancing alongside partner Donald O'Connor as Universal's answer to Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. Paired up in many a low-budget WWII-era musical, she was best known for her dancing feet, but she was no slouch in the singing department and her buoyant personality added plenty of zest to the escapist fare she appeared in. Christened Margaret O'Rene Ryan, Peggy was, as they say, born in a trunk in 1924 to a pair of vaudeville dancers …
Known For
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940
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Pleasure Palace
1980
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Follow the Boys
1944
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All Ashore
1953
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That's the Spirit
1945
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Top Man
1943
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Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
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Mister Big
1943
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Miss Annie Rooney
1942
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Get Hep to Love
1942
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What's Cookin'?
1942
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Chip Off the Old Block
1944
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The Flying Irishman
1939
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Patrick the Great
1945
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⭐ 8.0
Babes on Swing Street
1944
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Girls' Town
1942
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The Women Men Marry
1937
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⭐ 7.0
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
1938
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The Merry Monahans
1944
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This Is the Life
1944