98 years |
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Birth date |
December 18, 1925 |
Date of death |
December 29, 2017 (92 years) |
Zodiac sign |
Sagittarius |
Place of Birth |
Wales |
Occupation |
Actress |
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Peggy Cummins (18 December 1925 – 29 December 2017) was a Welsh-born Irish actress, best known for her performance in Joseph H. Lewis's Gun Crazy (1949), playing a trigger-happy femme fatale, who robs banks with her lover, played by John Dall.
Cummins 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.
She lived most of her early life in Killiney, Dublin, where she was educated, and later in London. Her father was Dublin-born 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 and Emily in The Sign of the Ram (both 1948).
There is a legend that actor Patrick Brock noticed Cummins at a Dublin tram stop and introduced her to Dublin's Gate Theatre Company, but Peggy told Barbara Roisman Cooper when interviewed aged 88: "That is absolutely nonsense." As a child in Dublin, she attended the Abbey School of ballet. From there she was spotted and chosen for a non-speaking role in The Duchess of Malfi at the Gate Theatre. "I played one of the children, only seen in silhouette because they had been murdered ... that was my start in the theatre." 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.
Height | 5 ft 5 in / 165 cm |
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Weight | 112 lb / 51 kg |
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Breast/Bust size | 31 in / 81 cm |
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Waist size | 23 in / 60 cm |
Hips size | 33 in / 84 cm |
Bra size | 36B (US) / 80B (EU) |
Cup size | B (US) |
Dress Size | – |
Shoe (Feet) Size | – |
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Hair Color | Blonde |
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Eye Color | Blue |
Nationality | Welsh |
Race / ethnicity | White |