Peggy Cummins
| Peggy Cummins | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Augusta Margaret Diane Fuller 18 December 1925 Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1940–1965 |
| Spouse(s) | William Herbert Derek Dunnett (m. 1950-2000; his death); 1 son, 1 daughter |
Peggy Cummins (born 18 December 1925) is a retired Welsh-born Irish actress, best known for her performance in Joseph H. Lewis' Gun Crazy (1949), playing a femme fatale, who robs banks with her lover (played by John Dall).
She was born Augusta Margaret Diane Fuller in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales. Her Irish parents were visiting there when a storm kept them from returning to their home in Dublin.
Cummins lived most of her early life in Dublin, where she was educated, and later in London. Her father was Franklin Bland Fuller (1897–1943), who was a grandson of architect James Franklin Fuller. Her mother was actress Margaret Cummins (1889–1973), who played such film roles as Anna in Smart Woman (1948) and Emily in The Sign of the Ram. In 1938, actor Peter Brock noticed Cummins at a Dublin tram stop and introduced her to Dublin's Gate Theatre Company. Peggy’s London stage debut was in the role of Maryann, the juvenile lead in "Let’s Pretend", a children’s revue which opened at the St James’s Theatre on her 13th birthday. She also 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.
Cummins made her film debut at 15 in the British production directed by Herbert Mason, Dr. O'Dowd (1940). Her first major film was English Without Tears (1944) with Michael Wilding and Lilli Palmer, directed by Harold French and released in the USA as Her Man Gilbey.
In 1945, Cummins was brought to Hollywood by Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century-Fox, to play Amber in Kathleen Winsor's Forever Amber. She was soon replaced by Linda Darnell because she was "too young". She went on to make six films in Hollywood, including Gun Crazy with John Dall (1949). During a brief stay in Italy in 1948 while filming That Dangerous Age (1949) (also titled If This Be Sin and directed by Gregory Ratoff) with Myrna Loy and Roger Livesey, Cummins took voice lessons to prepare for a possible Hollywood musical.
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