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- Peggy Shannon was born Winona Sammon on January 10, 1907, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She attended Catholic school where she became friends with child actress Madge Evans. While visiting her aunt in New York sixteen year old Peggy was discovered by producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. He hired her as a chorus girl in The Ziegfeld Follies. Peggy married actor Alan Davis in 1926. The following year she was starring on Broadway in Earl Carrol's production of What Anne Brought Home. In 1931 she was offered a contract at Paramount studios. With her beautiful face and red hair Peggy was promoted as "the new Clara Bow". When Clara suffered a nervous breakdown Peggy was given her role in The Secret Call (1931). Although she starred in the films This Reckless Age (1932) and Hotel Continental (1932), her career never really took off. She also developed a reputation for being difficult to work with. After her movie contract was not renewed she tried returning to Broadway. Unfortunately by this time she had serious drinking problem and was fired from the play The Light Behind The Shadow. Peggy continued to get small parts in B-movies like Youth on Parole (1937) and Cafe Hostess (1940). She divorced Alan in 1940 and married camera man Al Roberts. On May 11, 1941 her husband returned home from a trip and found Peggy slumped over the kitchen table. She had died from a heart attack at the young age of thirty-four. Her autopsy revealed that she had a serious liver ailment caused by her alcoholism. Three weeks after her death Albert committed suicide. Peggy is buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Hollywood, California. The epitaph on her tombstone says "That Red Headed Girl, Peggy Shannon".
- S.J. Warmington was born on 16 December 1884 in Hoxton, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sabotage (1936), Murder! (1930) and Wisp o' the Woods (1919). He was married to Olga Slade. He died on 11 May 1941 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
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Composer, author, pianist, teacher and conductor, educated in New York public schools. He studied with Tali Esen Morgan, and led his own orchestra, while also teaching piano in Asbury Park, New York. Joining ASCAP in 1928, his song compositions include "Triestesse", "Gigue", "Amour Discret", Valse Frivole", "Magic Love", "The Fearless Suitor", "Marching Song of the Foreign Legion", "Chanson Algerian", "The Moorings", and "Sarabande".- Fred Morgan was born in June 1878 in Islington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for East Lynne (1913), Flying from Justice (1915) and The Beetle (1919). He died on 11 May 1941 in London, England, UK.