1. Peggy Cummins lived most of her early life in Killiney, Dublin, where she was educated, and later in London.
23 Facts About Peggy Cummins
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Peggy Cummins's father was Dublin-born Franklin Bland Fuller, who was a grandson of architect James Franklin Fuller.
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Peggy Cummins's mother was actress Margaret Cummins, who played such film roles as Anna in Smart Woman and Emily in The Sign of the Ram.
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Peggy Cummins had supporting roles in Salute John Citizen and Old Mother Riley Detective.
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Peggy Cummins appeared on the London stage in 1943 aged 17, playing the part of 12-year-old Fuffy in Junior Miss at the Saville Theatre and in the title role of Alice in Wonderland in 1944 at the Palace Theatre.
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Peggy Cummins tested for a role in Cluny Brown before being considered for Amber.
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Peggy Cummins tried her in two films directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz, The Late George Apley, playing the daughter of Ronald Colman, and Escape, co starring with Rex Harrison.
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Peggy Cummins then appeared with Charles Coburn in Green Grass of Wyoming, a sequel to My Friend Flicka released in 1943.
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Peggy Cummins went back to the US for Gun Crazy, a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife.
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Peggy Cummins returned to London in 1950 to marry and work in British films.
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Peggy Cummins was in The Love Lottery with David Niven, and To Dorothy a Son with Shelley Winters and John Gregson.
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Peggy Cummins later starred alongside Dana Andrews in the horror film Night of the Demon, directed by Jacques Tourneur, and Hell Drivers, which featured Stanley Baker, Patrick McGoohan, and Herbert Lom.
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Peggy Cummins went back to comedies with The Captain's Table, Your Money or Your Wife, and Dentist in the Chair.
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In 1964 Peggy Cummins was reunited with Herbert Lom in an episode of the British TV series The Human Jungle.
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At the screening, Peggy Cummins viewed the film with an audience for the first time in six decades.
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Peggy Cummins said she had never worked with her co-star Dana Andrews before, though she knew and liked him; they remained friends for the rest of his life.
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On 29 September 2010, Peggy Cummins introduced the film Street Corner as part of the Capital Tales Event at BFI Southbank London hosted by Curator Jo Botting.
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Peggy Cummins played Bridget Foster in the film written by Muriel and Sydney Box and directed by Muriel Box.
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On 29 August 2013, Peggy Cummins introduced the world premiere of a digital remastering of Night of the Demon, screened by the British Film Institute in the courtyard of the British Museum.
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Peggy Cummins was married to businessman Derek Dunnett from 1950 until his death in 2000.
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Peggy Cummins was a trustee of the charity which is run entirely by volunteers and raises funds for communication and mobility aids for people with cerebral palsy.
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On 25 January 2013, Peggy Cummins was honoured at the Noir City Film Festival at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco with a screening of a restored print of Gun Crazy.
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Peggy Cummins died on 29 December 2017, eleven days after her 92nd birthday, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, England, following a stroke.