Ann Savage

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Ann Savage February 19 1921 December 25 2008 was an American film and television actress She is bestremembered as the cigarettepuffing 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 mid1950s 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann Savage actress licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia