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Ann Savage was an American film and television actress. She is best remembered as the cigarette-puffing femme fatale in the critically acclaimed film noir Detour (1945). She featured in more than 20 B movies between 1943 and 1946.
Birth Name
Bernice Maxine Lyon
Born
Saturday, 19 February 1921
Died
Thursday, 25 December 2008
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Winnipeg | Mother | 2008 |
| Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen | Self | 2004 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Vera in Detour | 2003 |
| American Cinema | Vera (clip from Detour (1945)) | 1995 |
| Saved by the Bell | Mrs. Thornhill | 1989 |
| Fire with Fire | Sister Harriet | 1986 |
| City Detective | Natalie / Lisa | 1953 |
| Woman They Almost Lynched | Glenda | 1953 |
| I'm the Law | Millie Evans | 1953 |
| Mr. & Mrs. North | Jani Holloway | 1952 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Winnipeg | Mother | 2008 |
| Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen | Self | 2004 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Vera in Detour | 2003 |
| American Cinema | Vera (clip from Detour (1945)) | 1995 |
| Saved by the Bell | Mrs. Thornhill | 1989 |
| Fire with Fire | Sister Harriet | 1986 |
| City Detective | Natalie / Lisa | 1953 |
| Woman They Almost Lynched | Glenda | 1953 |
| I'm the Law | Millie Evans | 1953 |
| Mr. & Mrs. North | Jani Holloway | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Maggie | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Diamond Babe | 1952 |
| Front Page Detective | Patti Carroll | 1951 |
| Pygmy Island | Capt. Ann R. Kingsley | 1950 |
| Pier 23 | Ann Harmon | 1950 |
| Satan's Cradle | Lil | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Colette | 1949 |
| Jungle Flight | Laurey Roberts | 1947 |
| Renegade Girl | Jean Shelby | 1946 |
| Lady Chaser | Inez Marie Polk / Palmer / Inez Marie Polk/Palmer | 1946 |
| The Last Crooked Mile | Sheila Kennedy | 1946 |
| The Dark Horse | Mary Burton | 1946 |
| The Spider | Florence Cain | 1945 |
| Detour | Vera | 1945 |
| Apology for Murder | Toni Kirkland | 1945 |
| Midnight Manhunt | Sue Gallagher | 1945 |
| Scared Stiff | Sally Warren | 1945 |
| Dancing in Manhattan | Valerie Crawford | 1944 |
| The Unwritten Code | Mary Lee Norris | 1944 |
| Ever Since Venus | Janet Wilson | 1944 |
| The Last Horseman | Judy Ware | 1944 |
| Two-Man Submarine | Pat Benson | 1944 |
| What a Woman! | Jane Drake / Jane Hughes | 1943 |
| Klondike Kate | Kathleen O'Day | 1943 |
| Footlight Glamour | Vicki Wheeler | 1943 |
| Dangerous Blondes | Erika McCormick | 1943 |
| Passport to Suez | Valerie King | 1943 |
| Two Señoritas from Chicago | Maria | 1943 |
| The More the Merrier | Miss Dalton | 1943 |
| Saddles and Sagebrush | Ann Parker | 1943 |
| Murder in Times Square | Miss Ruth | 1943 |
| After Midnight with Boston Blackie | Betty Barnaby | 1943 |
| One Dangerous Night | Vivian | 1942 |
