Bell. My Winnipeg In 2007, she enjoyed a comeback, and rave reviews, when Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin cast her as his mother in his My Winnipeg (2008), a "personal portrait of his hometown". Maddin, according to Savage's manager, is a fan of Detour, and Savage's role in his film—"a part that had been tipped to bring her an Academy Award"—also "introduced her to a legion of new fans, including Steven Spielberg, John Travolta, and Martin Scorsese". Maddin has stated that he cast Savage because she "would have scared the pants off Bette Davis". My Winnipeg was critically acclaimed and won prizes from both the Toronto Film Critics Association and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle as well as the Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Genie Award nomination. Death Remaining blonde through her eighties and continuing to attend film festivals and galas, Savage had a series of strokes and became a resident of the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in California. She died in her sleep on December 25, 2008, aged 87. Her remains were interred with her husband D'Armand at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Her personal and career memorabilia will become part of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin alongside the archives of Robert De Niro, David Mamet, David O. Selznick, Gloria Swanson, and others. Legacy In 2005, Savage was elevated to the status of "icon and legend" by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2007, Time named Savage's role as Vera in Detour one of the "Top 10 Movie Villains" and Detour as one of the 100 best movies. In 2010, McFarland and Co. published Savage Detours: The Life and Work of Ann Savage, by Kent Adamson and Lisa Morton. Partial filmography One Dangerous Night (1943) - Vivian After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943) - Betty Barnaby Murder in Times Square (1943) - Miss Ruth (uncredited) Saddles and Sagebrush (1943) - Ann Parker The More the Merrier (1943) - Miss Dalton (uncredited) Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943) - Maria Passport to Suez (1943) - Valerie King Dangerous Blondes (1943) - Erika McCormick Footlight Glamour (1943) - Vicki Wheeler Klondike Kate (1943) - Kathleen O'Day The Beautiful Cheat (1943) - Jane Drake Two-Man Submarine (1944) - Pat Benson The Last Horseman (1944) - Judy Ware Ever Since Venus