Ann Savage(1921-2008)

In May 2007, "Time" Magazine called her walking nightmare portrayal of Vera in Détour (1945) one of the Top "10 All-Time Best Villains", included alongside James Cagney in L'enfer est à lui (1949), Robert Mitchum in Les nerfs à vif (1962), and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator (1984).

No one would wish to be remembered for things like Two-Man Submarine (1944) or Saddles and Sagebrush (1943), which were typical of the kind of pictures I did. The part in Détour (1945) seemed like the opportunity every actress longs for. When I first read the script by Martin Goldsmith, I knew that I was going to be part of something very exciting.