Ann Savage Dead at 87

Ann Savage dies | Ann Savage Death at 87 year old Age.

Ann Savage was famous in the 1940s. Savage’s iconic movie was “Detour”, pictured below. Savage died at 87. Savage had suffered some strokes and died in her sleep. Savage was at a nursing home when she died on Dec. 25.Ann Savage acted in more than 30movies. Savage lost her popularity in the 1950s but she persisted.

Her manager, Kent Adamson, revealed Sunday the actress passed away at a nursing home in Los Angeles on Christmas Day from complications after a series of strokes.

Savage made her mark as a film noir actress in movies such as Detour, Apology For Murder and Scared Stiff, all made in the 1940s. She was also staple in Hollywood B movies such as Dark Horse, Jungle Fight and Satan's Cradle.

The actress died in her sleep at a nursing home on Christmas Day from complications following a series of strokes, said her manager, Kent Adamson.

Her Hollywood career had largely been over since the mid-1950s, but she had a resurgence over the past year with a starring role in Canadian cult filmmaker Guy Maddin's "My Winnipeg."

Savage was best-known for director Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 B-movie "Detour," in which she played a woman ruthlessly blackmailing a stranger, played by Tom Neal.

Savage did some television in the 1950s, including "Death Valley Days" and "The Ford Television Theatre," then left Hollywood for New York City, where she appeared in commercials and industrial films.In 1986, Savage returned to acting with an appearance in "Fire With Fire," a drama whose cast included Virginia Madsen and D.B. Sweeney.

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