Ann Savage(1921-2008)

In May 2007, "Time" Magazine called her walking nightmare portrayal of Vera in Detour (1945) one of the Top "10 All-Time Best Villains", included alongside James Cagney in La furia umana (1949), Robert Mitchum in Il promontorio della paura (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 Detour (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.