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Margaret O'Rene 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.
Peggy Ryan (1924-2004) was a musical performer who danced with Donald O'Connor in many WWII-era musicals. She also appeared in TV shows like Hawaii Five-O and Simon & Simon, and taught tap dancing in Las Vegas.
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- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Peggy Ryan was a versatile musical performer who starred in many low-budget WWII-era films with partner Donald O'Connor. She was born in a trunk in 1924, discovered by George Murphy, and died in 2004 from complications of strokes. She had three marriages, three children, and a long career as a dancer and teacher.
- August 28, 1924
- October 30, 2004
Peggy Ryan, the tap-dancing partner to Donald O’Connor in more than a dozen film musicals in the 1940s and an actress who served as Jack Lord’s secretary on television’s “Hawaii Five-O,” has...
Nov 15, 2004 · LAS VEGAS, Nov. 14 - Peggy Ryan, who was Donald O'Connor's dance partner in movie musicals like "This Is the Life" and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," died here on Nov. 6. She was 80. The...
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Biography. 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 ...
Nov 6, 2004 · Peggy Ryan, who has died aged 80, was such a performer, celebrated principally for her energetic and witty dance numbers with Donald O'Connor in Universal musicals in the 1940s. It was the era,...
