MIRIAM (MRS. JACK) PAAR - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 04/27/1981 - HFSID 270505
Price: $100.00
MIRIAM PAAR (MRS. JACK PAAR)
ALS: "Miriam", 1 page, 7¼x10½. New Canaan, Connecticut, 1981 April
27. On her monogrammed stationery to comedienne and actress Phyllis
Diller. Begins: "Dear Phyllis:". In full: "We are eagerly
looking forward to June 13th! We will send a car for you or personally pick you
up at the Waldorf Towers. Bring tennis shoes (I can give you the rest) and be
informal. I'll have a chosen few others to make good fun. Could you stay
overnight? (Jack is fun at breakfast). We are 1 hr. to 1 hr. 10 min. from
the City and if you have no early Commitment for early Sunday, please stay.
We will sing 'Happy Birthday' to your father and uncle! Gosh, at their
age, you have fun ahead!!! Love". At lower left margin, Mrs. Paar has
written her telephone number. Lightly creased with folds, not at signature.
Light paperclip impression and paperclip rust stains at upper blank margin. Fine
condition. Accompanied by original mailing envelope, 7½x4. 15-cent Oliver
Wendell Holmes and 3-cent To Cast a Ballot stamps affixed, postmarked
Westchester, New York, April 28, 1981. Addressed by Mrs. Paar to:
"Phyllis Diller, 163 So. Rockingham Ave, Los Angeles, Calif 90049".
Embossed "Long Barn/Lost District/New Canaan Connecticut 06840" return address
on flap on verso, which has light paperclip rust stain at lower left blank
margin. Slightly creased and soiled. Fine condition. MIRIAM PAAR, the
former Miriam Wagner, was Jack Paar's second wife. The couple, who were
married from 1943 until his death on January 27, 2004, had one daughter, Randy.
Jack Paar had begun hosting The Tonight Show in 1957. Renamed The Jack
Paar Show in 1958, it became The Jack Paar Program in 1962
(1962-1965). 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). Two
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