STEPHANIE EDWARDS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/25/1994 - HFSID 270472

STEPHANIE EDWARDS
ALS: "Stephanie", 1 page, 7¼x10½. No place, but likely Los Angeles, 1994 May 25. On sheet imprinted with her name to comedienne and actress Phyllis Diller. Begins: "Dear Phyllis". In full: "Having moved five times in the last four years, I'm hard for anyone but our creditors to find. [Edwards has drawn a chagrined face] Your sweet note about the May 15th auction has just arrived! and I'm so sorry to have missed the whole thing. Please know I'd love to participate in the future and, although we may have moved again by next year's event, I think mail will find me quickly by then! Love to you, and heartfelt thanks and admiration for all you are and do! Hugs". Beneath her signature, Edwards has written her address and telephone number. STEPHANIE EDWARDS (born in 1944), the daughter of Ralph Edwards, has appeared in several made-for-TV movies, including The Christmas Visit (1973), and has been a regular cast member of The Girl With Something Extra (1973-1974) and Everyday (1978). She has also made several guest starring appearances from 1971-1977, and was frequently heard on radio and television as the spokesperson for the Lucky supermarket chain (1979-1999). Edwards, who has been married to actor Murray MacLeod since 1975, is also involved in charitable endeavors; she and actor/producer Anthony Begonia collaborate on the Christmas in September fund raiser. 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 folds, not at signature. Fine condition.