R.I.P. Peggy Cummins

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Irish actor Peggy Cummins, who left her mark as the brazen femme fatale in the film noir Gun Crazy, has died aged 92, having suffered a stroke. She died in a London hospital on 29 December, surrounded by family, her friend Dee Kirkwood told the Hollywood Reporter.

Cummins, who was born in Prestatyn, Wales, began acting as a child, having been spotted at a tram stop in Dublin by a theatre owner. She made her debut on the London stage aged 13. After a stint in British cinema, in 1945 she went to Hollywood, where Darryl F Zanuck, head of 20th Century Fox, cast her as the lead in Otto Preminger’s Forever Amber. “Fox made a big splash for me when I came over. I weighed 98 pounds and had an 18-inch waist,” she later said.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/02/peggy-cummins-iconic-1940s-femme-fatale-gun-crazy-dies-aged-92

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Every time I see a picture of the great

actresses from an earlier age, I cringe and feel sad/angry thinking about all the jokes that were made about the "casting couches". Then I get even more angry thinking how little things have changed after 40-50 years.