DAME JUDITH ANDERSON - AUTOGRAPH NOTE ON PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED TWICE - HFSID 341780

JUDITH ANDERSON
Black and white photograph of the actress holding a koala, signed with love on the front and signed again on the verso with a note of thanks and happiness.
Autograph note on photograph signed twice: "With love - Judith A", on verso: "Dear Walter/I am very happy/I promise/Thank you for/your warm thoughts/Affectionately/Judtih A", in blue ink, B/w 3½x5½. Australian-born stage, screen and television actress Judith Anderson (1897-1992), born Frances Margaret Anderson, was an acclaimed Shakespearean actress often cast in villainous roles. She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role as Mrs. Danvers, the obsessed housekeeper in the 1940 Hitchcock film, Rebecca. Her other film roles included the wicked stepmother of Jerry Lewis (Cinderfella, 1960), a Sioux matriarch (A Man Called Horse, 1970) and a Vulcan priestess (Star Trek III, 1984). Anderson, who made her television debut in 1951 (Pulitzer Prize Playhouse), appeared in a number of early TV anthology series, and she had guest starring roles on such series as Hallmark Hall of Fame (six episodes from 1954-1969) and Santa Barbara (recurring role as Minx Lockridge, 1984-1987). Anderson was named Dame Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1960. Lightly toned. Corners lightly worn and creased, esp. on bottom right corner of front. Ink stamps. Ink notes (unknown hand) on verso. Slightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.