JOAN RIVERS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 4/1992 - HFSID 270265

JOAN RIVERS
She congratulates Phyllis Diller on her American comedy award for liketime achievment
Autograph Letter Signed: "Joan", 2p, 6¼x4¼. No place, 1992 April. On card with her initials to comedienne Phyllis Diller. In full: "You looked so BEAUTIFUL at the Comedy Awards. I looked for you to tell you that in person but missed you. I also wanted to congratulate you on the AWARD. Boy do you deserve it. Much love". "Rivers" added in unknown hand. As noted in Rivers' letter, Diller received the American Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992. JOAN RIVERS (1933-2014) is an actress and comedian who gained notoriety while working as the regular stand-in for Johnny Carson (1983-1986) and honing her act in comedy clubs. She later hosted a talk show, The Joan Rivers Show (1989-1993), for which she won an Emmy Award. Rivers also appeared in television movies, such as How To Murder a Millionaire (1990). Following the suicide of her husband, producer Edgar Rosenberg, Rivers and her daughter starred together in Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story (1994). Her feature film credits include Serial Mom (1994). In 1998, Joan and Melissa began hosting fashion specials on the E! cable network. Comedienne PHYLLIS DILLER, known for her outrageous appearance, zany outfits, distinctive laugh and a stand-up act that featured frequent references to her fictional husband, "Fang", and zingers about her sex appeal and numerous plastic surgeries, got her big break in March 1955 (at age 37), when she debuted at San Francisco's Purple Onion club. Her feature film credits include Splendor in the Grass (1961), The Fat Spy (1966), Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966), The Sunshine Boys (1975) and The Silence of the Hams (1994), and she provided the voice of the Queen in A Bug's Life (1998). Fine condition.