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Peggy Shannon(1907-1941)

  • Actress
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Peggy Shannon
Peggy Shannon was born Winona Sammon on January 10, 1907, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She attended Catholic school where she became friends with child actress Madge Evans. While visiting her aunt in New York sixteen year old Peggy was discovered by producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. He hired her as a chorus girl in The Ziegfeld Follies. Peggy married actor Alan Davis in 1926. The following year she was starring on Broadway in Earl Carrol's production of What Anne Brought Home. In 1931 she was offered a contract at Paramount studios. With her beautiful face and red hair Peggy was promoted as "the new Clara Bow". When Clara suffered a nervous breakdown Peggy was given her role in The Secret Call (1931). Although she starred in the films This Reckless Age (1932) and Hotel Continental (1932), her career never really took off. She also developed a reputation for being difficult to work with. After her movie contract was not renewed she tried returning to Broadway. Unfortunately by this time she had serious drinking problem and was fired from the play The Light Behind The Shadow. Peggy continued to get small parts in B-movies like Youth on Parole (1937) and Cafe Hostess (1940). She divorced Alan in 1940 and married camera man Al Roberts. On May 11, 1941 her husband returned home from a trip and found Peggy slumped over the kitchen table. She had died from a heart attack at the young age of thirty-four. Her autopsy revealed that she had a serious liver ailment caused by her alcoholism. Three weeks after her death Albert committed suicide. Peggy is buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Hollywood, California. The epitaph on her tombstone says "That Red Headed Girl, Peggy Shannon".
BornJanuary 10, 1907
DiedMay 11, 1941(34)
BornJanuary 10, 1907
DiedMay 11, 1941(34)
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Tom Douglas and Peggy Shannon in The Road to Reno (1931)
David Landau, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, and Peggy Shannon in This Reckless Age (1932)
Richard Bennett, Frances Dee, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Peggy Shannon, and Frances Starr in This Reckless Age (1932)
Clive Brook, Peggy Shannon, and Charles Starrett in Silence (1931)
Peggy Shannon in The Road to Reno (1931)
Tom Douglas, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Peggy Shannon, and Lilyan Tashman in The Road to Reno (1931)
Spencer Tracy, James Dunn, Walter Byron, and Peggy Shannon in Society Girl (1932)
Clive Brook and Peggy Shannon in Silence (1931)
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Peggy Shannon in The Road to Reno (1931)
Peggy Shannon and Charles Starrett in Silence (1931)
James Dunn and Peggy Shannon in Society Girl (1932)
William 'Stage' Boyd, Davison Clark, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Wynne Gibson, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Peggy Shannon, Leni Stengel, Lilyan Tashman, and Judith Wood in The Road to Reno (1931)

Known for:

Maailman perikato (1933)
Maailman perikato
6.4
  • Claire Arlington
  • 1933
Fighting Lady
  • Dora Hart
  • 1935
Peggy Shannon and Theodore von Eltz in Hotel Continental (1932)
Hotel Continental
5.6
  • Ruth Carleton
  • 1932
Jason Robards Sr., Peggy Shannon, and Ray Walker in The Devil's Mate (1933)
The Devil's Mate
5.0
  • Nancy Weaver
  • 1933

Credits

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Actress

  • George O'Brien and Virginia Vale in Triple Justice (1940)
    Triple Justice
    6.0
    • Susan
    • 1940
  • All About Hash (1940)
    All About Hash
    5.3
    Short
    • Edith Henry, Mickey's mother
    • 1940
  • Joan Bennett and George Raft in The House Across the Bay (1940)
    The House Across the Bay
    6.5
    • Alice
    • 1940
  • Beatrice Blinn, Dorothy Comingore, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, Wynne Gibson, and Peggy Shannon in Cafe Hostess (1940)
    Cafe Hostess
    6.5
    • Nellie
    • 1940
  • Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, and Clarence Kolb in The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
    The Amazing Mr. Williams
    6.6
    • Kitty (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Dad for a Day (1939)
    Dad for a Day
    6.6
    Short
    • Mary Baker (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, and Norma Shearer in Naiset (1939)
    Naiset
    7.7
    • Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Peggy Shannon, Lee Tracy, and Virginia Weidler in Fixer Dugan (1939)
    Fixer Dugan
    5.9
    • Aggie Moreno
    • 1939
  • Rosella Towne in The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)
    The Adventures of Jane Arden
    5.7
    • Lola Martin
    • 1939
  • John Garfield and Rosemary Lane in Blackwell's Island (1939)
    Blackwell's Island
    6.0
    • Pearl Murray
    • 1939
  • Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley, Jane Bryan, Elisabeth Risdon, and Sig Ruman in Mustat enkelit (1938)
    Mustat enkelit
    5.6
    • Inmate Ruth (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Marian Marsh and Gordon Oliver in Youth on Parole (1937)
    Youth on Parole
    6.3
    • Peggy
    • 1937
  • Romancing Along
    Short
    • 1937
  • Ellis Island (1936)
    Ellis Island
    5.4
    • Betty Parker
    • 1936
  • Doris Nolan and Michael Whalen in The Man I Marry (1936)
    The Man I Marry
    • Margot Potts
    • 1936

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 1.64 m
  • Born
    • January 10, 1907
    • Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
  • Died
    • May 11, 1941
    • North Hollywood, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Al RobertsOctober 1940 - May 11, 1941 (her death)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    • 5 Articles
    • 3 Pictorials

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  • Trivia
    On May 11, 1941, Shannon's second husband, Albert G. Roberts (born 11 October 1902), and his friend found Shannon slumped over the kitchen table dead with her head down on her arms, a cigarette in her mouth, and an empty glass in her hand. 19 days after Shannon's death, Roberts fatally shot himself right on the spot where she died.
  • Quotes
    I am as much like Clara Bow as onion soup is like a fine day.

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