MARGARET CHASE SMITH - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/06/1993 - HFSID 270282
Sale Price $175.00
Reg. $220.00
MARGARET CHASE SMITH
Friendly thank you letter to comedienne Phyllis Diller.
Typed letter signed: "Margaret Chase Smith", 1 page, 7¼x7½.
Neil Hill, Skowhegan, Maine, 1993 December 6. On letterhead imprinted
with her name to comedienne and actress Phyllis Diller. Begins: "Dear
Phyllis". In full: "How very thoughtful you are to remember some
of your longtime admirers including myself. The next best would be for
you to drop in and this I hope you will do one of these years when you get to
the Northeast again. With appreciation and the best of wishes always. With
admiration. Fondly". Republican MARGARET CHASE SMITH (1897-1995) was
Maine's U.S. Representative (1940-1949) and U.S. Senator
(1949-1973) and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican Party
Presidential nomination (1964, when she became the first woman nominated at a
major party's convention). A visiting professor for the Woodrow Wilson
National Scholarship Foundation (1973-1976), Smith was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. Comedienne PHYLLIS DILLER (1917-2012), 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. A subsequent appearance on
The Tonight Show hosted by Jack Paar launched her national career,
which got a big boost after Bob Hope saw Diller in a Washington, D.C. club. A
favorite of the comedian, Diller would appear in three of Hope's films and 23
of his TV specials. Diller, who recorded her first comedy record album in
1959, took her groundbreaking "funny hausfrau" act to nightclubs and television
variety shows and specials and she also appeared on the big screen. 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). By 2000, the comedienne, who had
trained as a concert pianist before her marriage (1939-1965) to Sherwood
Anderson Diller, had appeared as a piano soloist with 100 symphony
orchestras across the U.S. Despite retiring from nightclub/stage tours in
May 2002 at the age of 84, Diller continued to make films (Motorcross
Kids, 2004; Forget About It, 2005) and occasionally appear on TV
programs, including two episodes of 7th Heaven (2002, 2003) and a guest
shot on The Wayne Brady Show (2004). Lightly creased with fold, not at
signature. Light type transference above signature. Fine
condition.
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