ALICIA [MRS. RED BUTTONS] BUTTONS - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED CIRCA 1979 - HFSID 270616

ALICIA BUTTONS (MRS. RED BUTTONS)
ANS: "Alicia & Red" by Alicia Buttons, 4x3. No place, 1979 July. On inside portion of card embossed "Richard Bertine Antiques/Beverly Hills" on front to comedienne and actress Phyllis Diller. In full: "Love you/Happy Birthday". "Buttons" has been written in unknown hand beneath signature. Date ("7/ '79") is also in another hand. ALICIA BUTTONS, the former Alicia Prats, was the third wife of comedian and Academy Award-winning actor RED BUTTONS (1919-2006) from January 27, 1964 until her death in March 2001. The couple had two children, Adam and Amy. Comedienne PHYLLIS DILLER (1917-2012), known for her outrageous appearance, zany outfits, distinctive laugh and a stand-up act that featured frequent references to her fictional husband, "Fang", and zingers about her sex appeal and numerous plastic surgeries, got her big break in March 1955 (at age 37), when she debuted at San Francisco's Purple Onion club. A subsequent appearance on The Tonight Show hosted by Jack Paar launched her national career, which got a big boost after Bob Hope saw Diller in a Washington, D.C. club. A favorite of the comedian, Diller would appear in three of Hope's films and 23 of his TV specials. Diller, who recorded her first comedy record album in 1959, took her groundbreaking "funny hausfrau" act to nightclubs and television variety shows and specials and she also appeared on the big screen. Her feature film credits include Splendor in the Grass (1961), The Fat Spy (1966), Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966), The Sunshine Boys (1975) and The Silence of the Hams (1994), and she provided the voice of the Queen in A Bug's Life (1998). Despite retiring from nightclub/stage tours in May 2002 at the age of 84, Diller continued to make films (Motorcross Kids, 2004; Forget About It, 2005) and occasionally appear on TV programs, including two episodes of 7th Heaven (2002, 2003) and a guest shot on The Wayne Brady Show (2004).Fine condition.