JOAN BLONDELL - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 19064

JOAN BLONDELL. Signature: "Joan Blondell", 5x3 card. Magazine photograph, b/w, 1x1, affixed at lower right margin. Typed name and birth and death dates at upper margin, typed biographical information at lower margin. Printed biography affixed to upper left margin on verso. Ink notes on verso date this autograph: "September 20, 1952/on 45th St." Nominated for the 1951 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (The Blue Veil), Joan Blondell (1906-1979) starred in films and on Broadway. She was starring on Broadway with James Cagney in 1929's Penny Arcade, and reprised her role in the 1930 film version, the first of six films (including Public Enemy, 1931) that she would make with Cagney. Her memorable films include A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) and The Cincinnati Kid (1965), and Blondell also appeared in several made-for-TV movies, was a featured performer on two series (Here Come the Brides, as Lottie, 1968-1970; Banyon, as Peggy Revere, 1972-1973) and made a number of TV guest appearances from 1951 through May 1979, just six months before her death on Christmas Day. Blondell's three husbands include George Barnes (1932-1936), Dick Powell, with whom she made ten musicals (September 19, 1936-July 14, 1944) and producer Michael Todd (1947-1950). Show through from biography at upper right margin, touching last name. Slightly worn at upper edge and corners. Overall, fine condition.