Personal Life
Peggy Cummins had several suitors in Hollywood. She briefly dated Howard Hughes. She also dated the future American president John F. Kennedy for a short while. Huntington Hartford also pursued her.
In 1954, she became the First Honorary Commander of the 582d Air Resupply Squadron at RAF Molesworth, England to be designated by the United States Air Force Squadron.
She was married to Derek Dunnett (William Herbert Derek Dunnett) from 1950 until his death in 2000; and had two children with him, a boy, 1954, and a girl, 1962. Her husband Derek, from a wealthy family in the seed business, was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, 9 February 1921. He died in East Sussex, England in July 2000.
Peggy Cummins' film career ended in 1961 and she lived in retirement in Hampshire, England. During the 1970s Cummins was very active in a national charity, Stars Organisation for Spastics, raising money and chairing the management committee of a holiday centre for children with disabilities in Sussex. She now lives in London.
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