Peggy Shannon
Birthday
1907/01/10
Day of death
1941/05/11 (34 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Also know as
Winona Sammon
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peggy Shannon (born Winona Sammon, January 10, 1907 – May 11, 1941) was an American actress. She appeared on the stage and screen of the 1920s and 1930s. Shannon began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in 1923 before moving on to Broadway productions. She was signed to Paramount Pictures and groomed to replace Clara Bow as the newest "It girl", whom she replaced in the 1931 film, The Secret Call. Her growing dependency on alcohol eventually derailed her career...Read more
Acting
(1940) The House Across the Bay
as Alice
(1939) Blackwell's Island
as Pearl Murray
(1933) Turn Back the Clock
as Elvina Evans Wright / Elvina Evans Gimlet
(1935) The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Thelma Bell
(1932) Hotel Continental
as Ruth Carleton
(1939) Fixer Dugan
as Aggie Moreno
(1935) Night Life of the Gods
as Daphne Lambert
(1933) Girl Missing
as Daisy Bradford
(1933) Back Page
as Jerry Hampton
(1936) Ellis Island
as Betty Parker
(1939) Dad for a Day
as Mary Baker, Mickey's mother
(1937) Youth on Parole
as Peggy
(1932) Society Girl
as Judy Gelett
(1932) The Painted Woman
as Kiddo
(1933) Fury of the Jungle
as Joan Leesom
(1932) False Faces
as Elsie Fryer
(1933) Deluge
as Claire Arlington
(1931) The Road to Reno
as Lee Millet
(1939) The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Kitty (uncredited)
(1932) This Reckless Age
as Mary Burke
(1938) Girls on Probation
as Inmate Ruth
(1940) Triple Justice
as Susan
(1939) The Women
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
(1931) Silence
as Norma Davis / Norma Powers
(1939) The Adventures of Jane Arden
as Lola Martin
(1933) The Devil's Mate
as Nancy Weaver
(1940) Cafe Hostess
as Nellie
(1931) The Secret Call
as Wanda Kelly
(1931) Touchdown!
as Mary Gehring
(1940) All About Hash
as Edith Henry