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Ann Savage

Known for Saved by the Bell · Detour · Death Valley Days

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ann Savage (February 19, 1921 – December 25, 2008) was an American film and television actress. She is best-remembered as the cigarette-puffing femme fatale in the critically acclaimed film noir Detour (1945), and starred in more than twenty B movies between 1943 and 1946. Effectively leaving the film business in the mid-1950s, Savage made occasional appearances on television and worked for…

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Born
Feb 19, 1921
Died
Dec 25, 2008
Birthplace
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ann Savage (February 19, 1921 – December 25, 2008) was an American film and television actress. She is best-remembered as the cigarette-puffing femme fatale in the critically acclaimed film noir Detour (1945), and starred in more than twenty B movies between 1943 and 1946.

Effectively leaving the film business in the mid-1950s, Savage made occasional appearances on television and worked for industrial and inspirational film producers during the 1950s - 1970s. She made a number of live appearances at film festivals, especially for screenings of Detour, and in 1986, she returned to film with an appearance in Fire with Fire (AKA Captive Hearts) and as a guest on the television series Saved by the Bell.

In 2007, she was cast by director Guy Maddin as his mother in My Winnipeg, "a part that had been tipped to bring her an Academy Award and which introduced her to a legion of new fans."

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Known For

Filmography

Movies

After Midnight with Boston BlackieBetty Barnaby
1943
Dangerous BlondesErika McCormick
1943
Footlight GlamourVicki Wheeler
1943
Klondike KateKathleen O'Day
1943
Murder in Times SquareMiss Ruth
1943
One Dangerous NightVivian
1943
Passport to SuezValerie King
1943
Saddles and SagebrushAnn Parker
1943
The More the MerrierMiss Dalton (uncredited)
1943
Two Señoritas from ChicagoMaria
1943
What a WomanJane Hughes
1943
Dancing in ManhattanValerie Crawford
1944
Ever Since VenusJanet Wilson
1944
The Last HorsemanJudy Ware
1944
The Unwritten CodeMary Lee Norris
1944
Two-Man SubmarinePat Benson
1944
Apology for MurderToni Kirkland
1945
DetourVera
1945
Midnight ManhuntSue Gallagher
1945
Scared StiffSally Warren
1945
The SpiderFlorence Cain
1945
Lady ChaserInez Marie Polk/Palmer
1946
Renegade GirlJean Shelby
1946
The Dark HorseMary Burton
1946
The Last Crooked MileSheila Kennedy
1946
Jungle FlightLaurey Roberts
1947
On the Right SideMary
1949
Satan's CradleLil
1949
Pygmy IslandCapt. Ann R. Kingsley
1950
Pier 23Ann Harmon
1951
Woman They Almost LynchedGlenda
1953
Fire with FireSister Harriet
1986
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-ScreenSelf
2004
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Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im PelzSelf
2004
My WinnipegMother
2008

Television

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1 eps
1951
Death Valley DaysDiamond Babe · 1 eps
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North1 eps
1952
City Detective2 eps
1953
Saved by the BellMrs. Thornhill (uncredited) · 1 eps
1989

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