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Ann Savage

Ann Savage
Ann Savage
Born: Feb 19, 1921 in Columbia, South Carolina
Died: Dec 25, 2008
Occupation: Actor
Active: '40s
Major Genres: Comedy, Mystery
Career Highlights: Detour, The More the Merrier, Pier 23
First Major Screen Credit: The More the Merrier (1943)
2 Videos for Ann Savage
My Winnipeg (2007) Renegade Girl (1946)
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Biography:

Former model Ann Savage signed her first film contract at Columbia, where she reportedly spent much of her time keeping lascivious studio head Harry Cohn at arm's length. It was always a bit off-putting to watch Savage play standard distressed damsels in films like After Midnight With Boston Blackie (1946); her true forte was portraying hard-boiled babes who spelled trouble.

Savage's most famous screen portrayal, that of a blackmailing hitchhiker who comes to a sudden and unexpected bad end, can be found in what was probably her cheapest picture: the 1946 cult favorite Detour. Quitting films cold in 1953, Ann Savage made a screen comeback in 1986, playing a nun in Fire With Fire.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.