TOM TROUPE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: BARBARA RUSH - HFSID 343623

TOM TROUPE, CO-SIGNED BY: BARBARA RUSH
The actor and actress sign this First Day Cover honoring National Parks
Autograph note signed: "For Henry-/Best Wishes/Tom Troupe" in blue ink, and "To Henry/Barbara Rush" in black ink. 6½x3½. First Day Cover honoring the National Parks Centennial and Wolf Trap Farm. Postmarked Vienna, Virginia, June 16, 1972. Two 6c stamps affixed, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. Tom Troupe (b. 1928) is an actor and writer. Primarily a stage performer, he appeared in many plays over the years including "The Lion in Winter", "The Gin Game" and "Father's Day". He has also been seen frequently in TV guest spots since the late 1950s. These include repeat performances in the same role on Cagney & Lacy (1985) and Who's the Boss (1990-1991). He and his wife, Carole Cook, were jointly honored with the 2002 L.A. Ovation Award for Career Achievements. Stage, screen and television actress Barbara Rush (1927-2024) won the Golden Globe for New Star of the Year - Female in 1953, the year she appeared in It Came From Outer Space. She had previously gotten the attention of male audience members in When Worlds Collide (1951) and would later appear in such films as The Magnificent Obsession (1954), The Young Lions, The Young Philadelphians (1959), Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) and Hombre (1967). Her television credits include a number of TV movies, regular roles on such series as Peyton Place (1968-1969), Flamingo Road (1981-1982) and All My Children (1992-1993). Rush also made guest appearances on a long list of TV shows, from Lux Video Theatre (1954) to 7th Heaven (2005), on which she had also appeared as Ruth Camden in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002. Rush, who also received accolades for her Broadway one-woman show, was married to her first husband, actor Jeffrey Hunter, from 1950-1955. Toned. Corners rounded. Lightly wrinkled throughout. Typed notes on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.