GWEN VERDON - CONTRACT MULTI-SIGNED 08/18/1960 - HFSID 262522

GWEN VERDON
Signed contract to appear on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
Document signed: "Gwen Verdon", 11 pages, 8½x11. Also initiated twice "G.V.", once each on 2 pages of riders. New York, N.Y., 1960 August 16. Independent Contractors Agreement with Roncom Productions, signed by Verdon on behalf of Verdon Enterprises, Inc. Verdon is to receive $20,000 as guest star on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, to be taped September 30, 1960 for television broadcast on October 15, 1960. Stage, screen and television actress Gwen Verdon (1925-2000) made her debut on Broadway in Cole Porter's Can-Can, winning the 1953 Theatre World Award and the 1954 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She also won Tony Awards for Best Actress (Musical) for Damn Yankees (1956), New Girl in Town (1958) and Redhead (1959), and was nominated for Tonys in the same category for Sweet Charity (1976) and Chicago (1976). Sweet Charity, like many of her earlier Broadway triumphs, was choreographed by her longtime husband, Bob Fosse. The couple, who married in 1960, separated in 1971, but remained married until his death in 1987. Verdon's films include David and Bathsheba (1951), Dreamboat (1952), The Cotton Club (1984), Cocoon (1985 and its 1988 sequel) and Marvin's Room (1996), and the versatile performer made guest appearances on a long list of TV variety shows and series. Lightly foxed. Staple holes at upper left. Otherwise, fine condition.