Peg Entwistle
| Peg Entwistle | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
Millicent Lilian Entwistle 5 February 1908 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Died | 16 September 1932 (aged 24) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1925–1932 |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Keith (m. 1927; div. 1929) |
Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle (February 5, 1908 – September 16, 1932) was a Welsh-born English stage and screen actress. Entwistle began her stage career in 1925, appearing in several Broadway productions. She appeared in only one film, Thirteen Women, which was released after her death.
Entwistle gained notoriety after she jumped to her death from the "H" on the Hollywoodland sign in September 1932, at the age of 24.
Born Millicent Lilian Entwistle in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, to English parents Emily Entwistle (née Stevenson) and Robert Symes Entwistle, she spent her early life in West Kensington, London. It is often reported that her mother died when she was very young, but there is no documented evidence supporting this. There is, however, a Last Will and Testament dated 15 December 1922, in the Entwistle family archives, in which Robert Entwistle specifically stated that "Millicent Lilian Entwistle is the daughter of my first wife whom I divorced and the custody of my said daughter was awarded to me. I do not desire my said daughter to be at any time in the custody or control of her said mother."
Peg Entwistle reportedly emigrated to America via Liverpool aboard the SS Philadelphia and settled in New York City. However, documents and photographs made available by the Entwistle family for a biography show state that Entwistle and her father were in Cincinnati, Ohio and New York City, in early spring 1913. This information is also backed up in the Internet Broadway Database, and The New York Times, where Robert S. Entwistle is listed in the cast of several plays in 1913.
In December 1922, Robert Entwistle died, the victim of a hit-and-run accident on Park Avenue and 72nd Street in New York City. Peg and her two younger half-brothers were taken in by their uncle, who had come with them to New York and was the manager of Broadway actor Walter Hampden.
...
Wikipedia