Peggy Moran

Peggy Moran 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, 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.
Moran's family moved to Hollywood when she was 5. She attended the Micheltorina School and John Marshall High School, graduating in 1937.

Career

Moran's film career began at Warner Bros. in the late 1930s. She starred in a number of B movies, including The Mummy's Hand, Slightly Tempted, Horror Island, Treat 'Em Rough, and King of the Cowboys, and played smaller parts in A pictures, such as the "first cigarette girl" in Ninotchka. After marrying director Henry Koster on October 29, 1942, 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. 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.

Personal life

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

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.