The Resume

(February 21, 1921-December 25, 2008)
Birth Name is Bernice Lyon
Acted in films 'Two Senoritas from Chicago (1943),' 'Saddles and Sagebrush (1943),' 'Apology For Murder (1945),' 'Detour (1945),' 'The Last Crooked Mile (1946),' and 'Fire With Fire (1986)'
Best Known as Vera in 'Detour (1945)'

Why she might be annoying:

She got next to nowhere in Hollywood.
She almost exclusively made B-Films.
She shares her name with the painter Anne Savage and Anne Savage the DJ.
She was typecast as vicious, cold-hearted femme fatales.
She was a smoker.
She made five films with the over-confrontational loser, Tom Neal.
She went broke as soon as her husband died.
She starred in the 'Double Indemnity' rip-off, 'Apology For Murder (1945).'
Her last name was 'Savage.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She received critical acclaim for her work in 'Detour (1945)' and has been called one of the great Femme Fatales.
'Detour' has become a cult classic.
She disliked the constant passes her frequent costar, Tom Neal, made at her.
After almost a decade of playing femme fatales, she made her 1986 comeback playing a nun in 'Fire With Fire (1986).'
Her marriage lasted over 20 years.
She started her career out as a model.
She used to fly her own airplane, A 250 Comanche.

Credit: Soccer

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• B-Movie Babes
• Film Noir Femme Fatales
• I Died in 2008 (Ranked: 87)
• I Got to See Jesus for Christmas, What Did You Get? [Died December 25th] (Ranked: 2008)
• I Had a Peek-a-Boo Hairstyle [Veronica Lake Style]
• I Portrayed a Nun
• Look at Me, I'm Signing Autographs
• Look at Young Me and Old Me
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 217)
• Pilots
• Pop Matters Best 20 Female Acting Performances [2008] (Ranked: 7)
• Profiles 15501-15750 (Ranked: 15679)
• Soccer's Profiles
• Time’s Top 25 Greatest Movie Villains [2007]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20081225)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 137 Votes: 43.07% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 79 Votes: 62.03% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 46.51% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 86 Votes: 52.33% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 93 Votes: 43.01% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 76 Votes: 55.26% Annoying