Peg Entwistle

Peg Entwistle's story always stops me cold. She was a British-born stage actress with real Broadway credits, yet she's remembered for a single posthumous film and the tragic way she ended her life at just 24, jumping from the Hollywoodland sign in 1932. I find it unbearably poignant that her name became inseparable from that landmark rather than her craft. To me she's a symbol of early Hollywood's cruelty, the dream that chews people up and leaves a legend instead of a career. I wish more people knew her as the working actress she was, not only as the cautionary tale.

Name (English)

Peg Entwistle

Name (Japanese)

ペグ・エントウィスル

Reading

ぺぐ・えんとうぃする

Born

February 5, 1908 – September 16, 1932

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

Port Talbot, United Kingdom

Occupation

film actor / stage actor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AB

Tags

• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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