ROSE MARIE - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 267512

ROSE MARIE
Rose Marie signs a first day cover honoring the 13¢ postcard rate stamp.
First Day Cover signed: "Rose Marie", 6½x3¾. FDC for the 13-cent postcard rate stamp, 13-cent and 7.9-cent Beat the Drum for Liberty and the Spirit of '76 stamps affixed, postmarked Danvers, MA, November 3, 1982, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. Multitalented Rose Marie (born Rose Marie Mazetta 1923-2017) had two careers - first as "Baby Rose Marie", appearing on stage at the age of three and later becoming a vaudeville and NBC radio star and later as a comedienne and actress who appeared on stages from Broadway to Las Vegas and on both the big and small screen. Rose Marie is best known for her role as wisecracking Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966), but she also starred in several other series, including My Sister Eileen (1960-1961) and The Doris Day Show (1969-1971) and the popular game show, Hollywood Squares. She made her film debut in 1933's International House and then appeared in 1954's Top Banana, reprising her role from the 1953 Broadway musical that co-starred Phil Silvers. Her other credits include Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966), Cheaper to Keep Her (1980) and Ghettoblaster (1989), and she has also appeared in several made-for-TV movies and made numerous guest appearances on TV shows, including a recurring role on The Bob Cummings Show (1958, 1959). Flourish of the "e" in Marie touches postmark. Slightly rippled. Lightly soiled on verso. Fine condition.