Peggy Miley is an American actress and writer. She has played supporting roles in films such as Alice, The Little Princess, Bandits, The Back-up Plan, and Primary Colors. She played Doris Driscoll in the Netflix series Stranger Things. She is also known for her work in commercials, including a Christmas television ad for Cheerios in which she played the grandmother.[1]

Peggy Miley
Born1941 (age 82–83)
OccupationActress
Years active1984–present

Personal life

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Miley graduated from St. Jean Baptiste High School in 1959 where she was involved with theatre, and from St. John's University with a degree in literature in 1963. In 1975 she completed a master's degree in Humanities at NYU.[2]

Television

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Miley has guest starred on several television series including Becker, Boy Meets World, Liv and Maddie, NYPD Blue, Big Love, Monk, Mike & Molly and Six Feet Under.[3] She played a supporting role in the 1998 television movie Winchell.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Frog Goes to Dinner Pauline Video short
1988 The Beat Mrs. Peggy Kahn
1990 Alice Delores
1993 Twenty Bucks Aunt Zoha
1995 A Little Princess Ms. Mabel
1996 Pie in the Sky Ruby's Mom Abagail
1998 The Odd Couple II Millie
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection Regent Cuzar
2001 Bandits Mildred Kronenberg
2002 Surprise Martha Short
2007 An Irish Vampire in Hollywood Aunt Mary Video
2008 San Saba Paula
2010 The Back-up Plan Shirley
2011 The Resident Mrs. Carla Rosenbaum
2014 Life After Beth Mrs. Bettina Howard
2014 Just Before I Go Mrs. Sonya Phillips
2014 Carpool Lane Magician Peg " Short
2017 Altitude Mrs. Walsh
2017 Suburbicon Betty

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 South of Sunset Mattie "Dream Girl"
1994 Burke's Law Ms. Angela "Who Killed Good Time Charlie?"
1994 California Dreams Mrs. Rose Stimpson "Follow Your Dreams"
1994 Murphy Brown Rosie "Be Careful What You Wish For"
1995 OP Center Maureen TV miniseries
1996 The Secret World of Alex Mack Mrs. Rose Hardwick "Working"
1997 The Pretender Rosie "Mirage"
1997 Unhappily Ever After Mrs. Abigail Dempsey "Shampoo"
1997 NYPD Blue Mrs. Margaret Holden "Tom and Geri"
1998 Frasier Bernice Brisco "Bad Dog"
1998 The Naked Truth Shirley "Jake or Fake?"
1998 3rd Rock from the Sun Rosa, The Columbian "Collect Call for Dick"
1998 Winchell Olivia TV film
1998 Becker Mrs. Maggie Forrester "Man Plans, God Laughs"
1999 ER Mary, Bird Lady "Sticks and Stones"
2000 Boy Meets World Nana Marie aka Nana Boo Boo "She's Having My Baby Back Ribs"
2000 Freaks and Geeks Sylvia the Lunch Lady "Chokin' and Tokin'"
2000 The Others Ms. Rose Jean "Mora"
2000 The Norm Show Marva "Norm vs. Halloween"
2000 That's Life Marnie "Bad Hair Week"
2001 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Mrs. Corrine Smiley "Sabrina, the Activist"
2001 The Practice Martha McKee "Liar's Poker"
2003 NYPD Blue Gretchen Wingley "Maybe Baby"
2003 Six Feet Under Rose Jean "Death Works Overtime"
2004 The Shield Lou-Ann Klopp "Mum"
2005 Monk Mrs. Sylvia Willis "Mr. Monk Gets Drunk"
2008 Little Britain USA Anna 'Fat Fighters' Guest role
2008 Bones Charlotte Utley "The Passenger in the Oven"
2010 Big Love Mrs. June Walker "Under One Roof", "Next Ticket Out"
2010 Zeke and Luther Irma "Double Crush", "Seoul Bros"
2011 Big Time Rush Bonnie Bitters "Big Time Moms"
2012 40 Aunt Dot TV series
2012–13 Next Caller Sister Marcie Unaired TV series
2013 The Mindy Project Steve's Mom Beverly "Danny's Friend"
2013 Crash & Bernstein Rosie "Parade Crasher"
2013 Modern Family Hattie "Goodnight Gracie"
2013 Lab Rats Mother Perry "My Little Brother"
2015 Mike & Molly Joan "Molly's Neverending Story"
2015 Liv and Maddie Sylvia "Gift-A-Rooney"
2016 Assistant Living Show Carney TV film
2017 Raven's Home Ma Jablonski "The Baxter's Get Bounced"
2019 Stranger Things Doris Driscoll TV series
2020 Curb Your Enthusiasm Mocha Jane "The Surprise Party"
2020 Shameless Rhoda Tipping "Go Home, Gentrifier!"

References

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  1. ^ "Cheerios Christmas-Grandma and Baby - Retro Junk Commercial". Retrojunk.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Catching Up With...Actress Peggy Miley - Celebrity Parents Magazine". Celebrity Parents Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Peggy Miley: RESUME". Peggymiley.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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