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There are many legends about the Hollywood Sign. One of our favorites is Peg Entwistle - The Hollywood Sign Girl
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After having success on Broadway, Peg Entwistle went to Hollywood to try to make it on the big screen
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For months, Peg lived at her uncle's house in Beachwood Canyon, waiting for the phone to ring
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As the legend goes, one night she hiked up to the Hollywood Sign, climbed up the "H" and jumped off
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The following week, according to the legend, a letter arrived for Peg offering her the lead role in a play about a woman driven to suicide
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From 1927 through 1929, Brian Keith's stepmother was Peg Entwistle. Maybe Peg's influence gave the 1961 Parent Trap star the acting bug?
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Peg starred in one film before she died called "Thirteen Women." Maybe she wasn't the depressed starlet that history has made her out to be and something else happened that fateful night? One thing is for certain - the legend of the Hollywood Sign girl is alive and well today.

Photos courtesy of Alex Pitt, Duff Ferguson

August 2012

Posted on August 17, 2012 by diana

CNET released an article about the history and upkeep of the Hollywood Sign. This is just one of the many press stories about the Sign that are written every month.. To see the article, click here.

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