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I just read that actress Peggy Moran has passed away. Actually she died on the 25th but I guess it's just making the news now? Here's the story:
Peggy Moran, a Hollywood's B-movie queen of the '30s and '40s, dies at 84 October 31, 2002 - 5:32 pm
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - Peggy Moran, who made more than 30 horror and western films in the 1930s and 1940s and was once dubbed one of Hollywood's top 'shrieking violets,' has died. She was 84. Moran died Oct. 25 in Camarillo of complications from injuries suffered in an Aug. 26 car accident, said her son, Peter Koster.
Her reputation was made by a handful of popular horror movies, including 1940's The Mummy's Hand and 1941's Horror Island.
The Mummy's Hand later proved popular on cable TV, reviving her popularity with horror fans. She played one of a group of explorers searching for the tomb of an Egyptian princess.
She appeared at conventions around the country and last year was invited to the premiere of Universal's The Mummy Returns, starring Brendan Fraser.
Among her other film roles were with Gene Autry in Rhythm of the Saddle and Roy Rogers in King of the Cowboys. She also appeared in comedies such as One Night in the Tropics, Abbott and Costello's screen debut.
Her movie career ended when she married director Harry Koster, who made Harvey, starring James Stewart, and The Bishop's Wife, starring Cary Grant and David Niven.
Moran said Koster never delivered on his promise to put her in his films - except for a bust of her head that appeared in every movie he made after they wed.
Harry Koster died in 1988. Besides her son, Moran is survived by a stepson, Bob Koster.
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