VIVECA LINDFORS - SHOW BILL SIGNED - HFSID 343776

VIVECA LINDFORS
The stage and screen actress signs this Playbill for the Lyceum Theatre in blue ink
Show bill signed: "Viveca/Lindfors" in blue ink. 25 pages, 6½x9. January 1955 Playbill for the Lyceum Theatre production of "Anastasia", signed on page 9. Swedish-born actress Viveca Lindfors (1920-1995) made her Hollywood debut in 1946. Her feature film credits include The Adventures of Don Juan (1949), King of Kings (1961), The Way We Were (1973), Creepshow (1982), Unfinished Business (1985) and Stargate (1994), and Lindfors also appeared on the Broadway stage, made a number of TV movies, notably Playing for Time (1980), and guest starred on several TV series, including Bonanza. The Motion Picture Relief Fund was founded in 1921 to assist ill and needy film industry veterans, as expressed in its motto: "We take care of our own." The fund raised money through voluntary payroll deductions and celebrity events. As President of the Fund from 1939 until his death in 1956, film and radio star Jean Hersholt conceived Hollywood Star Stamps as a fundraising method. These stamps, 468 in all, were sold at dime stores after World War II in sheets of 6-12, at 10 cents per sheet, and were an immediate hit with collectors. Now called the Motion Picture and Television Fund, the non-profit organization funds its own hospital and retirement home. It confers the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award annually at the Academy Awards ceremony to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry." Highly toned. Pages creased and torn at some edges. Otherwise, fine condition.