KATHARINE CORNELL - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: MARILYN MAXWELL - HFSID 317235

KATHARINE CORNELL and MARILYN MAXWELL
The veteran actresses sign opposite sides of an album leaf
Autograph Note signed: "To Edna/ Best Wishes/ Katharine Cornell", 5¼x3¾ album leaf, and on verso "For Edna -/ Always/ Marilyn/ Maxwell". Stage and screen actress KATHARINE CORNELL (1898-1974), who was known as "The First Lady of the American Theater", won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Anthony and Cleopatra (1948). She also appeared in a number of feature films, including Stage Door Canteen (1943), and narrated The Unconquered (1954), the story of Helen Keller. Cornell starred in a Broadway performance of George Bernard Shaw's Saint George (March to May 1936). At age 58, she recreated the role of Elizabeth Barrett in The Barretts of Wimpose Street on a TV play (1954) a quarter century after she had played it in the original Broadway production. Cornell was married to stage director Guthrie McClintic for 40 years until his death in 1961. Actress and singer MARILYN MAXWELL (1921-1972), born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, made her stage debut at age three and was singing with bands and on radio while still a teenager. In 1942, she made her film debut inStand By for Action, and she would appear in suchfilms asDu Barry Was a Lady(1943),The Lemon Drop Kid(1951, in which she also sang) andNew York Confidential(1955). Maxwell also guest starred on a number of television anthologies, variety shows and series from 1949-1971. The beauty was well known for her appearances on Bob Hope's USO tours, usually wearing a tight sweater and singing "I Want to Love You", and she provided afoil to Hope and Red Skelton on their television shows. Maxwell, who was also popular in nightclubs, especially in New York, was married to actor John Conte from 1944-1946 and to screenwriter Jerry Davis from 1954-1960. Lightly creased and toned. Otherwise, fine condition.