Biography

Peggy Maley was born on June 8, 1923 in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Wild One (1953), Human Desire (1954) and Climax! (1954). She was married to Donald Schonbrun and Richard Eugene (Ricky) Rafeld. She died on October 1, 2007 in Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA.

In 1942, aged 18 or 19, she was crowned "Miss Atlantic City".

Left Hollywood in 1960 to manage her father's bars and grills in New Jersey.

Her romantic entanglements reportedly included King Farouk of Egypt, Columbia Studios film producer Harry Cohn, mobster Joe Fischetti, drummer Buddy Rich and actors Ralph Meeker, John Hodiak, and Brad Dexter.

Friends with Farley Granger, Ava Gardner, Shelley Winters, and Betty Grable.

After living in New Jersey and New York in the 1960s and 1970s, she returned to the state of California where she has resided for the past 10+ years.