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E. J. Peaker
Peaker with Robert Morse, 1968
Born

Edra Jean Peaker


1942
OccupationActress
Years active1966–2001

Edra Jean Peaker (born 1942)[1] is an American actress. Peaker is best known for her appearances in the movie Hello, Dolly! and in the TV musical series That's Life.

Biography[edit]

Peaker was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma,[1] and graduated from Centennial High SchoolinPueblo, Colorado.[2] She attended the University of New Mexico and the University of Vienna for 1+12 years each.[2]

On television, Peaker portrayed Gloria Quigley in That's Life,[3]: 1066-1067  Rose Harris in The Greatest American Hero,[3] and Carla St. James in Madame's Place.[3]: 637-638  She was also a co-host of the syndicated variety series Top of the Month.[3]: 1097 .

She played Minnie Fay in the 1969 movie Hello, Dolly!. She was the associate producer of the 1993 made-for-TV movie Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back. She has made over 50 television commercials, guest-starred on television and appeared in films.

Peaker lives in Encino, California where she has been a champion of the homeless.[4]

Selected filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

  • Occasional Wife .... Ginger Snap ( 1966)
  • That Girl .... Sheila (1966)
  • The Flying Nun .... Diane (1967)
  • Good Morning World .... Genevieve (1968)
  • That's Life .... Gloria Quigley (1968)
  • Three's a Crowd .... Ann Carson (1969)
  • Disneyland Showtime.... Herself (1970)
  • The Odd Couple .... Julie (1971)
  • Night Gallery .... Nurse (1971)
  • Cade's County .... Gerri Randell (1971)
  • Banyon .... Jan Shelton (1972)
  • Love, American Style (1969–1973)
  • Police Woman .... Kathy Brooks (1974)
  • Get Christie Love! .... Connie Sawyer (1975)
  • The Rockford Files .... Jeannie Szymczyk (1975)
  • The Four Deuces .... Lori Rogers, the Songbird (1976)
  • Barnaby Jones .... Sheila Wild (1976)
  • Most Wanted (1976)
  • The Streets of San Francisco .... Beth Herrick (1972–1976)
  • Quincy, M.E. .... Michelle Rowan (1977)
  • Wonder Woman .... Lois (1978)
  • Charlie's Angels .... Donna Dawson (1978)
  • The Greatest American Hero .... Reseda Rose Blake (1981)
  • Madame's Place .... Carla St. James (1982)
  • CBS Schoolbreak Special .... Barbara Kopchek (1987)
  • Houston Knights (1988)
  • Hunter .... Claire Prossi (1990)
  • Out of This World .... Carla (1991)
  • Surviving Gilligan's Island .... Natalie Schafer (2001)
  • Features[edit]

  • Getting Away from It All (1972) .... Alice Selby
  • The All-American Boy (1973) .... Janelle Sharkey
  • Graduation Day (1981) .... Blondie
  • Fire in the Night (1986) .... Mary Swanson
  • Private Road: No Trespassing (1987) .... Virginia Milshaw
  • The Banker (1989) .... Renee
  • Dreamrider (1993) .... Mrs. Jennings
  • The Last Producer (2000) .... Rosie
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ a b The Great Movie Musical Trivia Book. Hal Leonard Corporation. 1996. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-55783-222-1. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  • ^ a b "E. J. Peaker Gets Roles By The Pair". Intelligencer Journal. Pennsylvania, Lancaster. September 24, 1968. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ a b c d Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  • ^ Levin, Myron (December 21, 1986). "Actress Is an Angel in Jeans to Encino Homeless". Los Angeles Times.
  • External links[edit]


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