Peggy Ryan

Peggy Ryan

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...

Known For

The Grapes of Wrath

as Hungry Girl (uncredited)

Here Come the Co-Eds

as Patty Gayle

Follow the Boys

as Peggy Ryan

Cast Credits

Pleasure Palace

as Elderly Woman

All Ashore

as Gay Night

Shamrock Hill

as Eileen Rogan

Men in Her Diary

as Doris Mann

On Stage Everybody

as Molly Sullivan

That's the Spirit

as Sheila Gogarty

Patrick the Great

as Judy Watkin

Here Come the Co-Eds

as Patty Gayle

Bowery to Broadway

as Specialty dancer

Babes on Swing Street

as Trudy Costello

The Merry Monahans

as Patsy Monahan

This Is the Life

as Sally McGuire

Follow the Boys

as Peggy Ryan

Chip Off the Old Block

as Peggy Flaherty

Top Man

as Jane Warren

Mister Big

as Peggy

Get Hep to Love

as Betty Blake

Girls' Town

as Penny

The Grapes of Wrath

as Hungry Girl (uncredited)

The Flying Irishman

as Edith Corrigan