HELEN HAYES - TYPED NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 277977

HELEN HAYES
Hayes signed this typed note, on a 3¢ postcard, to Helen Claire in 1952. She wrote it in order to arrange a rendezvous to see a play.
Typed note signed: "Helen Hayes" in blue ink. 1 page, 5¼x3, on 3¢ postcard. Dated Dec. 2, 1952, postmarked New York City, Dec. 3, 1952. Addressed on verso to Miss Helen Claire, New York City. In full: "I am still hoping that you will be able to join us on this Sunday afternoon, December 7th, or on Sunday evening, December 14th, to hear Louis Peterson's new play, 'Take a Giant Step.' If you can be with us on either day please call my assistant, Miss Mitchell, who is handling the arrangements, at LAckawanna [sic] 4-2521, Suite 802, 8 West 40th Street. Helen Hayes". Helen Hayes (1900-1993, Born Helen Hayes Brown in Washington, DC) won the 1931-1932 Academy Award for Best Actress for the title role in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, her first film. After starring in Vanessa, Her Love Story in 1935 for MGM, Hayes returned to Broadway and enjoyed the greatest triumph of her stage career in the title role of Victoria Regina (1935-1938). She earned the sobriquet, First Lady of the American Stage, winning Tonys for Happy Birthday (1947), the first year the award was given, and for Time Remembered (1958). A frequent TV guest star from the 1950s to the 1980s, Hayes made occasional films, such as Anastasia (1956) and Airport (1970), winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the latter. Lightly toned and creased. Normal postal stampings, none of which touch signature. Otherwise, fine condition.