MIRIAM (MRS. JACK) PAAR - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/24/1980 - HFSID 270499
Price: $90.00
MIRIAM PAAR (MRS. JACK PAAR)
ALS: "Miriam Paar", 2 pages, 5x3¼. No place, 1980 November 24.
On inside and back cover of notecard imprinted with holly leaves on front to
comedienne and actress Phyllis Diller. Begins: "Dear Phyllis". In
full: "Jack, Randy and I were so pleased to see you again on our recent
trip to L.A. Next year when we come for the same party, would you reissue that
invitationfor a 'nightcap'! In the meantime, when you get anwhere near N.Y. or
New Canaan, you must call us - Our number is [telephone number]. Much
Love". 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). Paperclip impression at
mid-horizontal fold touches one word of writing. Minor show-through of writing
(all legible). Fine condition.
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