HELEN STENBORG - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 346922

HELEN STENBORG
The Obie-winning stage and screen actress who performed frequently with her husband Barnard Hughes signed this index card
Autograph Note Signed: "Best Wishes / Helen Stenborg". 3x5 index card. Helen Stenborg (1925-2011) was an American stage and film actress who performed for over 60 years. After growing up the daughter of a dentist in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Stenborg moved to New York City when she was 17 to pursue acting. She debuted in her first screen role in 1947 in the TV movie A Christmas Carol. After meeting and marrying her husband actor Barnard Hughes, Stenborg joined Hughes and the Tenthouse Theatre, touring with the company throughout the 1950's. She later earned screen credits on The Doctors and the Nurses (1962-1965), One Life to Live (1968-2013), and the TV movie Screaming Skull (1973). As her film career gained momentum, so did her stage career. Stenborg made her Broadway debut in the 1970 play Sheep on the Runway. She and Hughes continued to work together on the Broadway stage as well; the couple was in Da (1978-1980), for which Hughes won a Tony award for Best Actor. Stenborg was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in Noel Coward's Waiting in the Wings (1999).  That same year, she was awarded the Drama Desk Lifetime Achievement Award.  She made her last stage performance in 2010 in Vigil, for which she received the Richard Seff Award for best performance by a veteran female actress. Lightly toned. Otherwise, fine condition.