Shortly before her death, the real Peg was in the movie Thirteen Women, in which her once larger role was cut down to 15 seconds in the edited film. Peg was known in Hollywood as the young actress who had a few small roles before she jumped from the famed Hollywood sign. A hiker found her body not long after and her purse with her suicide note, which said, "I am afraid I am a coward. I am sorry for everything. If I had done this a long time ago it would have saved a lot of pain. — P.E."