TESSIE O'SHEA - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED TWICE 1976 - HFSID 325298
Sale Price $252.00
Reg. $280.00
TESSIE O'SHEA
Photograph of O'Shea with her banjolele signed in blue felt tip on the front and verso, dated 1976 (3½x5½)
Photograph signed twice: "Tessie O'Shea", "Sincerely/Tessie O'Shea/Lyceum Theatre/N.Y. N.Y. 10036/1976.", in blue felt tip, B/w 3½x5½. Tessie O'Shea (1913-1995) began appearing in English music halls as a child, billed as "the Wonder of Wales." Playing the ukulele and singing bawdy lyrics, she remained popular with British audience for half a century, billing herself as "Two Ton Tessie," and appeared often on BBC radio and later TV. She won many American fans after winning a Tony for her Cockney songs in The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963), in a part Noel Coward wrote with her in mind. She appeared on the Ed Sullivan show the night The Beatles debuted there (1964 February 9). Emmy nominated for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968), she made occasional film appearances (Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Slightly toned. Irregular margins. Very faint scuffs on image (not seen head on). Corners slightly worn. Otherwise, fine condition.
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