MARTHA SCOTT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/18/1952 - HFSID 272336

MARTHA SCOTT. Typed Letter signed: "Martha Scott", 1p, 7¼x9¾. No place, 1952 December 18. On personal letterhead to Ronald Wilson, Bellingham, Massachusetts. In full: "Thank you very much for your kind note. I am glad that you enjoyed 'The Male Animal'. It is simply wonderful that you had an opportunity to see a Broadway play - after Korea - and I do hope that you will have good luck in you future life and work in a world of 'Peace'. I am sending you an autographed photo [not included] as you request. With best wishes to you for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I am Sincerely yours". Accompanied by typed envelope to same addressee, postmarked New York, N.Y., December 23, 1952.Martha Scott (1912-2003), who made her professional debut playing Shakespeare at the 1933-1934 Chicago World's Fair, made her Broadway bow in 1938 in Our Town. Reprising her role in the 1940 film version, Scott received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Scott made a number of feature films, appearing as Charlton Heston's mother in both The Ten Commandments (1955) and Ben-Hur (1959), and in Sayonara (1957), Airport 1975 (1974) and The Turning Point (1977). She was also a frequent performer on television, appearing in several made-for-TV movies and on the series The Bob Newhart Show (1972, 1974-1977), Dallas and Murder, She Wrote (1987). Slightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.