Ann Savage (born February 19, 1921 in Columbia, South Carolina as Bernice Maxine Lyon) was a motion picture actress for over sixty years who is mainly remembered as the cigarette-puffing femme fatale in Detour (1945) and other Hollywood B-movies and film noirs of the 1940s. Savage and Detour co-star Tom Neal made 5 movies and 1 television show together. Savage temporarily left the entertainment business in the early 1950s. She returned to screen acting in the 1986 film Fire with Fire, the television show Saved By The Bell, and made numerous live appearances at film festivals and screenings of Detour. Embraced by the independent film generation, Ann crowned her career with a stunning portrayal as Canadian director Guy Maddin's mother in his most personal film - My Winnipeg (2007).
