LOIS NETTLETON - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 315468

LOIS NETTLETON
A vintage 3x5 candid photo of a youthful Nettleton posing in front of ad for Edward G. Robison's Darkness at Noon
Inscribed photograph signed: "To Violet--/Best Wishes/Lois Nettleton". B/w, 3x5 image, 3½x5½ overall. Candid photo. Stage, screen and television actress Lois Nettleton (1927-2008) made her Broadway debut in 1949. She was critically acclaimed as Blanche DuBois in a 1973 performance of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire and was nominated for the 1976 Tony Award as Best Actress for They Knew What They Wanted. Nettleton also appeared off-Broadway with her husband of seven years (1961-1967), disc jockey and writer Jean Shepherd, in his play, Look Charlie (1959). Nettleton had "met" Shepherd as the first caller on his radio talk show, and their frequent conversations were a popular staple of the program. She made her "official" film debut in Period of Adjustment (1962), but Nettleton a previously played a bit part in A Face in the Crowd (1957). Although she appeared in a number of feature films, Nettleton is best known for her television work. Nettleton won two Emmy Awards for her work on the small screen, one for the daytime special, The American Woman: Profiles in Courage (1977), in which she portrayed Susan B. Anthony, and one for A Gun for Mandy (1983), an episode of the religious program, Insight. She's probably best known for her roles as Joanne St. John from 1989 to 1990 in the TV version of In the Heat of the Night and as Virginia Benson from 1996 to 1998 on General Hospital. Her roles also include roles in made-for-TV movies, miniseries, regular roles on such series as The Brighter Day (1954-1957), All That Glitters (1977), You Can't Take It With You (1987-1988) and guest starring roles on a long list of TV series from Man Against Crime (1953) to Crossing Jordan (2001). She also supplied the voice of Maleficent in Disney's TV series House of Mouse (2001-2002). This photograph is from the collection of Francis and Violet Zane, Hawaii natives who moved to California in the 1920's. Francis Zane had a job at the historic Curran Theater and the San Francisco Opera House, which is where he began his massive collection, with photographs and materials ranging from the 1920's to 1960's. The location and luck of his occupation would land him smack dab in the middle of the celebrity world, allowing him to capture some of the most unique and interesting pieces of Hollywood History. Corners lightly creased. Lightly bowed. Otherwise fine condition.