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Welsh Actress Who Committed Suicide 1932


Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle (5 February 1908 – 16 September 1932) was a British stage and screen actress. She began her stage career in 1925, appearing in several Broadway productions. She appeared in only one film, Thirteen Women (1932), which was released posthumously. Entwistle gained notoriety after she jumped to her death from atop the 'H' on the Hollywoodland sign in September 1932, at the age of 24.

Early life
Born Millicent Lilian Entwistle in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, to English parents who moved to London when she was a small girl.

Peggy eventually migrated to the USA and starred as an Actress on Broadway before moving to Hollywood.

I heard the sad story of Peggy many years ago and recently came across the story again recently in an old book, I have simply been thinking today of her sad life story, for Peggy Hollywood was a disaster shortly after her death a letter reached her apartment offering her a big break in the movies sadly it came too late.
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hunkalove · 70-79, M
A sad story. I didn't know she was Welsh.
senghenydd · M
@hunkalove Peggy was born in Port Talbot Wales, the family moved to London she eventually migrated to the US the rest is history.