DODY GOODMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 193093

DODY GOODMAN
B/w headshot of Goodman in a dark jacket, light-colored blouse and lace collar, signed "Warmest Regards"
Photograph signed "Warmest Regards/Dody Goodman". With notations in gold ink on verso in unknown hand. B/w, 7¾x10 overall, 7x8¾ image, one surface.Captioned: "Dody Goodman". Goodman (1915-2008, born Dolores Goodman in Columbus, Ohio) was an American actress of the stage, TV and silver screen known for her persona as a ditzy, malapropism-dropping redhead. Goodman got her start in theatre. She made her Broadway debut in Viva O'Brien (1941) and went on to good reviews in Wonderful Town (1953-1954, 559 performances). Talk show host Jack Paar took a shine to her and, in 1957, made her a semi-regular on The Tonight Show. Paar dropped her by 1961, reportedly because she kept upstaging him, but she managed to keep her career going on Broadway, where she had a total of 13 performances, and on talk and game shows. Goodman's career enjoyed a renaissance in the 1970s with roles as Martha Shumway on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) and as Blanche in the film adaptation of Grease (1978). She was a frequent guest star on TV after that, with recurring roles on Diff'rent Strokes (1981-1984) and voice work on the TV cartoon Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983-1988). Lightly bowed. Signature is lightly smeared and is faint but legible in portions. Vertical straitions on image (not visible head-on). Otherwise in fine condition.