JEAN BABE LONDON - DOCUMENT SIGNED 06/02/1955 - HFSID 282084

BABE LONDON
AFTRA membership application signed by comedienne Babe London in 1955
Document signed "Jean Babe London" in blue ink. Blue ink notations in unknown hand. 2 pages, 6¼x9, 1 sheet, front and verso. With 6½x3¼ initiation fee receipt carbon copy with perforated left edge stapled at top edge. June 2, 1955. Membership form for the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. In1955, London had one of her few TV acting roles in an episode of Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. Tons-of-fun actress and comedienne London (1901-1980), born Jean Glover, is probably best remembered as Oliver Hardy's fleshy fiancée from the 1931 Laurel & Hardy short Our Wife, which includes a priceless scene of beanpole Stan Laurel trying to wedge himself, Hardy and London into a tiny car. She appeared in almost 90 movies and TV shows between 1919 and 1960, including a small part as gap-toothed Nurse Nora, "fiancée" to a touched Shemp Howard, in the 1951 Three Stooges short Scrambled Brains and the strong woman in W. C. Fields' 1928 silent Tillie's Punctured Romance. London reportedly tipped the scales at a jolly 255 pounds during her heyday, but she was forced to lose weight late in her career due to a heart condition; her acting career declined with her weight. London was also a painter; her depictions of silent film stars is at the University of Wyoming. Lightly toned and creased. Form has light nicks in top edge and right edges. Receipt has carbon copy marks and was folded once and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.

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