Much-adored American actress (1917–1975) who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her penetrating, multidimensional portrayal of death-row inmate Barbara Graham in the 1958 classic I Want to Live! Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in green ink “To Ted—It’s been fun working with you! Best always, Susan Hayward.” Light irregular adhesion to signature and inscription, binder dings to left edge, and a few small creases and surface marks, otherwise fine condition. Ted Ashton, a Princeton graduate, began his motion picture career in 1947 in the publicity department at Warner Brothers. He soon became a unit publicist on many of the studios most successful films for the next 18 years. Among his many credits were Giant, Mister Roberts, Auntie Mame, East of Eden, Calamity Jane, The Green Berets, and Bound for Glory. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
