Peggy Ryan

She was continuing to teach tap-dance up to two days before her death from the effects of a stroke. As of 2004, she lives in Los Angeles, California. She was brought back to the small screen to play a minor role, as a secretary, in Hawaii Five-0. Her artwork shows strong influence from Marc Chagall. Her third wedding, in 1958, was to Hawaiian columnist Eddie Sherman, following which she left movies for choreography and semi-retirement. While continuing to act sometimes, since the 1990s she has concentrated on painting. They toured together in a nightclub act before being divorced in 1957. She performed as a singer, making several LP records.

She left Universal and was paired up with dancer Ray McDonald for 1949's Shamrock Hill and 1953's All Ashore, and married him in 1953. She became one of the most popular pin-up girls of the time, and posed for several pictorials in Playboy Magazine. She married James Cross in 1945; they were divorced in 1952. She quickly became a noted sex symbol and moved to Hollywood in the early 1960s. Her first pairing with O'Connor was 1942's What's Cookin'?, and they appeared in films together throughout World War II. She started appearing in films in Italy in the late 1950s. Her singing, acting, and dancing skills were noticed by George Murphy, who helped her get a role in 1937's Top of the Town. Sommer was born as Elke Schletz in Berlin.

Her parents were the Vaudeville team "The Merry Dancing Ryans," and Peggy joined them onstage before she was two years old. Elke Sommer (born 5 November 1940) is a German born actor, entertainer, and artist. Peggy Ryan (born Margaret O'Rene Ryan on 28 August 1924 in Long Beach, California - 30 October 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American dancer who starred in a series of movie musicals at Universal Studios tapping with Donald O'Connor. Hawaii Five-O - 1968 (television series). All Ashore - 1953.

Shamrock Hill - 1949. There's a Girl in My Heart - 1949. Men in Her Diary - 1945. On Stage Everybody - 1945.

That's the Spirit - 1945. Patrick the Great - 1945. Here Come the Co-eds - 1945. Bowery to Broadway - 1944.

Babes on Swing Street - 1944. The Merry Monahans - 1944. This Is the Life - 1944. Chip Off the Old Block - 1944.

Top Man - 1943. Mister Big - 1943. When Johnny Comes Marching Home - 1942. Get Hep to Love - 1942.

Give Out, Sisters - 1942. Private Buckaroo - 1942. Miss Annie Rooney - 1942. Girls' Town - 1942.

What's Cookin'? - 1942. Sailor's Lady - 1940. The Grapes of Wrath - 1940. She Married a Cop - 1939.

The Flying Irishman - 1939. Billy Rose's Casa Maņana Revue - 1938. Women Men Marry - 1937. Top of the Town - 1937.

The Wedding of Jack and Jill - 1930.