Eilene Janssen, born in Los Angeles in 1938, began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s. She gained recognition for her role as Peggy in The Boy with Green Hair (1948), a film that explores identity and societal norms through its fantastical narrative. In Beginning of the End (1957), she showcased her versatility as an actress amidst the chaos of giant mutant grasshoppers. Janssen's contributions to cult cinema reflect a fascinating evolution from child star to a prominent figure in genre films, before her retirement from acting in 1968.
Beginning of the End
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation. Worse yet, thousands of them are headed toward Chicago! Can they be stopped... or is this the BEGINNING OF THE END?
