Peggy Ryan
Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan (August 28, 1924 – October 30, 2004) was an American dancer and actress, best known for starring in a series of movie musicals at Universal Pictures with Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean.
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| Full name at birth | Margaret O'Rene Ryan
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| Date of birth | 28 August 1924
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| Place of birth | Long Beach, California, USA
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| Date of death | 30 October 2004
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| Age | 80 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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| Cause of death | Complications from Multiple strokes
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| Resting place | Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend
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| Occupation | Actress/Dancer
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| Dress size | 3435 heather bluff
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![Peggy Ryan - Movieland Magazine Pictorial [United States] (April 1944)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/2/r/2rkg5aoxdgu9d9ak.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Shares the same birthday (28th August) with another teenage vaudeville vet and frequent costar, Donald O`Connor.
- Organized and was leader of a group of older women dancers called "Peg`s Leg`s" that entertained around Las Vegas. Was the daughter of vaudevillian parents, The Dancing Ryans. Made movie debut at age five.
- She was still teaching and entertaining until just a few days prior to her admission to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas on September 24,2004 where she passed away on October 30, 2004. Peggy Ryan was 80 years old.
- Longest recurring role was that of "Jenny Sherman", Steve McGarrett`s (`Jack Lord`) secretary on the longest running police show "Hawaii Five-O" (1968). She was on the show from 1969 until 1976. The series ended in 1980.
- Her son James "Spike" Cross from her marriage to actor James Cross died in an automobile accident in 1987.
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