Peg Entwistle: The Hollywoodland Sign Girl

Peg Entwistle was talented AF, y'all. All she did was carry in a cup of poison in a Broadway production of Hamlet and the New York Theatre Guild was like, "That girl's got the goods!" Winning rave reviews in pretty much everything she did, Peg undoubtedly had a huge career in front of her - that is until lack of work during The Great Depression took a devastating toll on her mental health.

 

For further reading, check out Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography by James Zeruk, Jr.

 

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