Peggy Jane Rea (March 31, 1921 – February 5, 2011)[1] was an American actress known for her many roles in television, often playing matronly characters.

[3] Rea quickly landed on her feet with a supporting role in the National Road Company production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire (as Eunice Hubbell, 1948–1949) starring Anthony Quinn.

Throughout the series' seven-year run, Rea appeared in 19 episodes as the wife of Hazzard County Commissioner Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg (played by Sorrell Booke).

Rea remained with the series until the spring of 1981 when her character of Rose was proposed to by her beau Stanley Perkins (played by William Schallert) shortly before the show's cancellation.

Her recurring roles included: Rea died in Toluca Lake, California, aged 89, from heart failure on February 5, 2011.