Peggy Cummins

Peggy Cummins

Known for

Acting

Born

December 18, 1925

Birthplace

Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, UK

Died

December 29, 2017 (aged 92)

Biography

Peggy Cummins (born Augusta Margaret Diane Fuller; 18 December 1925 – 29 December 2017) was an Irish actress, born in Wales, who is best known for her performance in Joseph H. Lewis's Gun Crazy (1950), playing a trigger-happy femme fatale, who robs banks with her lover. In 2020, she was listed at number 16 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Best known work

Night of the Demon

Night of the Demon

1957

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

1950

Hell Drivers

Hell Drivers

1957

The Love Lottery

The Love Lottery

1954

Moss Rose

Moss Rose

1947

Escape

Escape

1948

Green Grass of Wyoming

Green Grass of Wyoming

1948

Meet Mr. Lucifer

Meet Mr. Lucifer

1953

The Late George Apley

The Late George Apley

1947

Street Corner

Street Corner

1953

Filmography

1963
The Human JungleTV
as Stella (1 episode)
1962
In the Doghouse
as Sally Huxley
1960
Dentist in the Chair
as Peggy Travers
1960
Your Money or Your Wife
as Gay Butterworth
1959
The Captain's Table
as Mrs. Judd
1957
Night of the Demon
as Joanna Harrington
1957
Hell Drivers
as Lucy, Hawlett Trucking Secretary
1957
Full Screen Ahead
as Self
1957
Carry On Admiral
as Susan Lashwood
1956
The March Hare
as Pat McGuire
1954
To Dorothy, a Son
as Dorothy Rapallo
1954
The Love Lottery
as Sally
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Kitty Norton
1953
Always a Bride
as Clare Hemsley
1953
Street Corner
as Bridget Foster
1952
Who Goes There!
as Christine Deed
1950
My Daughter Joy
as Georgette Constantin
1950
Gun Crazy
as Annie Laurie Starr
1949
That Dangerous Age
as Monica Brooke
1948
Green Grass of Wyoming
as Carey Greenway
1948
Escape
as Dora Winton
1947
Moss Rose
as Belle Adair aka Rose Lynton
1947
The Late George Apley
as Eleanor 'Ellie' Apley
1944
English Without Tears
as Bobbie Heseltine
1944
Welcome, Mr Washington
as Sarah Willoughby