- Katharine Hepburn, A Bill of Divorcement, 1931. While Brots Peg Entwistle and Jill Esmond (Laurence Olivier’s first wife) plus Anita Louise simply passed on the role of Sidney, it was Irene Dunne’s usual $15,000 pay-cheque that bounced her from what became Katharine Hepburn’s screen debut. Variety hit the spot when noting “a vital something that sets her apart from the picture galaxy.” Peg, from Wales, committed suicide that year at 24, by jumping from the 50ft high H of the Hollywoodland sign.
Birth year: 1908Death year: 1932Other name: Casting Calls: 1