Peggy Shannon

1907-01-10 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

Biografia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peggy Shannon (born Winona Sammon, January 10, 1907 – May 11, 1941) was an American actress. She appeared on the stage and screen of the 1920s and 1930s. Shannon began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in 1923 before moving on to Broadway productions. She was signed to Paramount Pictures and groomed to replace Clara Bow as the newest "It girl", whom she replaced in the 1931 film, The Secret Call. Her growing dependency on alcohol eventually derailed her career. She appeared in her final film, Triple Justice, in 1940. In May 1941, Shannon died at the age of 34 from a heart attack, brought on by alcoholism. Her husband, Albert G. Roberts, shot himself three weeks after her death. Shannon was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1907[ (some sources erroneously cite 1909 or 1910) to Edward and Nannie Sammon. She had a younger sister, Carol. She attended Annunciation Academy Catholic School and Pine Bluff High School before being hired as a chorus girl by Florenz Ziegfeld while visiting her aunt in New York in 1923. The following year she was cast in the Ziegfeld Follies followed by a role in Earl Carroll's Vanities. While on Broadway in 1927, she was spotted by B. P. Schulberg, production head of Paramount Pictures, and was offered a contract. When she arrived in Hollywood, she was hailed as the next "It girl", replacing the former, Clara Bow. Prior to the shooting of The Secret Call, Bow had suffered a nervous breakdown and Shannon was hired to replace her only two days after her arrival in Hollywood. Shannon would sometimes work sixteen-hour days (from 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. the next day) while shooting a film, and when shooting wrapped, would rush to begin another film. She would occasionally work on two separate films in one day. Through films and publicity, Shannon became known as a fashion plate, wearing styles three months before they became popular. In 1932, she signed a new contract at Fox and became known as difficult and temperamental on the set and was rumored to have had a drinking problem. In 1934, Shannon returned to New York City to do the Broadway show, Page Miss Glory. In 1935, she continued on Broadway with The Light Behind the Shadow, but was soon replaced, with a press release claiming a tooth infection, though rumors claimed it was her drinking. In 1936, she returned to Hollywood with Youth on Parole. She found it harder to conceal her drinking. Fewer movie roles were offered, while her drinking worsened. She made her last film appearance in the 1940 film, Triple Justice, opposite George O'Brien.

Películas

	Cafe Hostess	Nellie	1940-01-11
	All About Hash	Edith Henry	1940-03-30
	Triple Justice	Susan	1940-09-22
	The House Across the Bay	Alice	1940-03-01
	Dad for a Day	Mary Baker, Mickey's mother	1939-10-20
	The Women	Mrs. Jones (uncredited)	1939-09-01
	The Adventures of Jane Arden	Lola Martin	1939-03-18
	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Kitty (uncredited)	1939-11-22
	Fixer Dugan	Aggie Moreno	1939-04-21
	Blackwell's Island	Pearl Murray	1939-01-24
	Girls on Probation	Inmate Ruth	1938-10-22
	Youth on Parole	Peggy	1937-10-04
	Ellis Island	Betty Parker	1936-11-04
	The Case of the Lucky Legs	Thelma Bell	1935-10-05
	Night Life of the Gods	Daphne Lambert	1935-03-01
	The Devil's Mate	Nancy Weaver	1933-08-20
	Fury of the Jungle	Joan Leesom	1933-10-23
	Girl Missing	Daisy Bradford	1933-03-04
	Turn Back the Clock	Elvina Evans Wright / Elvina Evans Gimlet	1933-08-25
	Deluge	Claire Arlington	1933-08-17
	Back Page	Jerry Hampton	1933-11-07
	Hotel Continental	Ruth Carleton	1932-02-21
	Society Girl	Judy Gelett	1932-05-29
	False Faces	Elsie Fryer	1932-10-12
	The Painted Woman	Kiddo	1932-08-20
	This Reckless Age	Mary Burke	1932-01-09
	Touchdown!	Mary Gehring	1931-11-15
	Silence	Norma Davis / Norma Powers	1931-08-29
	The Road to Reno	Lee Millet	1931-09-25
	The Secret Call	Wanda Kelly	1931-07-24