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[April 2013]As part of the 90th celebration of the Hollywood Sign, the Hollywood Sign Trust will be featuring "Legends and Lore of the Hollywood Sign" slideshows on the home page. … »
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There are many legends about the Hollywood Sign. One of our favorites is Peg Entwistle - The Hollywood Sign Girl - 8000 slideright true 60 bottom 30
After having success on Broadway, Peg Entwistle went to Hollywood to try to make it on the big screen - 8000 slideright true 60 bottom 30
For months, Peg lived at her uncle's house in Beachwood Canyon, waiting for the phone to ring - 8000 slideright true 60 bottom 30
As the legend goes, one night she hiked up to the Hollywood Sign, climbed up the "H" and jumped off - 8000 slideright true 60 bottom 30
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 - 8000 slideright true 60 bottom 30
From 1927 through 1929, Brian Keith's stepmother was Peg Entwistle. Maybe Peg's influence gave the 1961 Parent Trap star the acting bug? - 9000 slideright true 60 bottom 30
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
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