Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Bondi in a head-and-shoulders pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to actress Eleanor Parker, "To Eleanor, with happy memories of 'The Very Thought of You' in spite of a cross 'ma' – Devotedly, Beulah Bondi, 1944.” In fine condition.
Provenance: Collection of Paul Day Clemens (son of Eleanor Parker), part of Lot 49, Pop Culture Then and Now, Bonhams, December 5-15, 2023.
Eleanor Parker (1922-2013) was an American actress whose career began in the early 1940s and spanned over five decades. Perhaps best-known for her role as Baroness Elsa Schraeder in the 1965 film The Sound of Music, she was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951), and Interrupted Melody (1955).
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