Full Name June Maley Years active 1943-1961 | Name Peggy Maley Role Actress | |
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Born June 8, 1923 (age 84) Pottsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. Spouse Ricky Rayfield (m. 1952–1952) Movies Similar People Hugh Sanders, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Jay C Flippen, Kathleen Case Died October 1, 2007 ( Aged 84 ), Hatfield, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Peggy Maley (born June 8, 1926, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania) was an American actress who appeared in numerous movies and television programs. In 1942 she was crowned Miss Atlantic City.
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Film

Maley delivered the famous feeder line to Marlon Brando in the film The Wild One: "Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against?"
Stage

Maley was in the Broadway productions of I Gotta Get Out (1947) and Joy to the World (1948).
Television
Maley had a brief seven-year acting career on television from 1953-1960. Her first appearance was as Diane Chandler in Ramar of the Jungle. She made three appearances in The Star and the Story, three on Dragnet, starring Jack Webb, three on Richard Diamond, Private Detective, and three on Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr. In 1957 she played murderess Lola Florey in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Silent Partner" and as The Blonde Woman in the 1958 episode of The Walter Winchell File "The Reporter". She made her final television appearance in 1960 as Verna in Lock-Up starring MacDonald Carey.
She appeared in Private Secretary January 10, 1954. She appeared in "Wanted Dead or Alive" the episode was "The Kovack Affair" with Steve McQueen original air date 3/28/1959.
Personal life
Maley married garment manufacturer Rickey Rafield in 1952, a union that lasted only 12 weeks before he divorced her.