LORETTA YOUNG - INSCRIBED SIGNATURE CO-SIGNED BY: PATRICE MUNSEL - HFSID 22562

PATRICE MUNSEL and LORETTA YOUNG
The actress signs and the singer inscribes opposite sides of an album leaf
Inscribed Signature: "To Dolores/ Patrice Munsel" and, on verso, "Loretta Young", 4x6 album leaf. Patrice Munsel (1925-2016) was an operatic soprano who, at age 18, was the youngest singer (and, by extension, the youngest soprano) accepted at the Metropolitan Opera of New York. By the age of 27, she had starred in more than 12 roles with the Metropolitan Opera. Affectionately known as "Princess Pat", she was admired for her many talents, which include singing, ballet, tap-dancing and even rhythmic whistling. She eventually married Robert Schuler and the couple had four children. The gifted singer also made a foray into acting: She appeared as Nellie Melba in 1953's film version of Melba and with Alfred Drake in Naughty Marietta (1955). She and her husband went on to write a book about their shared experiences: The Diva and I. LORETTA YOUNG (1903-2000) appeared in films as a child extra from age four. Growing up in silent movies, she had become an established star by the 1930s. Young won the Best Actress Academy Award for The Farmer's Daughter (1947) and was nominated for Best Actress Oscar for Come to the Stable (1949). She later hosted a TV teleplay, The Loretta Young Show (1953-1961), appearing in about half of the show's episodes and winning three Emmy Awards. Binding holes at blank left margin. Otherwise, fine condition.