JUNE ALLYSON Original SIGNED in Person AUTOGRAPH PHOTO Metro-Goldwyn Mayer M.G.M

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This is an ORIGINAL Signed in Person 8" x 10" black & white photograph of actressJUNE ALLYSONThis item came directly from the estate of noted San Francisco autograph collector Ron Weinberg who would often attend events in the Bay area to obtain his signatures himself in-person.It comes direct from our Hollywood shop which has been in business for the past 40 years!The Original Signature is signed, RON, love June Allyson. She signed it boldly in a black sharpeeGreat if you like Autograph Original Photos or June Allyson. Photo has slight surface wear small border tear on top and corner bend. It also has brown marking on the back like glue.Shop with confidence! This is part of our in-store inventory from our shop which is has been located in the heart of Hollywood where we have been in business for OVER 40 years!MORE INFO ON JUNE ALLYSON: June Allyson (October 7, 1917 - July 8, 2006) was an American stage , film , and television actress , dancer and singer .Allyson began her career as a dancer on Broadway in 1938. She signed with MGM in 1943, and rose to fame the following year in Two Girls and a Sailor . Allyson's " girl next door " image was solidified during the mid-1940s when she was paired with actor Van Johnson in five films. In 1951, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Young to Kiss . From 1959 to 1961, she hosted and occasionally starred in her own anthology series , The DuPont Show with June Allyson , which aired on CBS .In the 1970s, she returned to the stage starring in Forty Carats and No, No, Nanette . In 1982, Allyson released her autobiography June Allyson by June Allyson , and continued her career with guest starring roles on television and occasional film appearances. She later established the June Allyson Foundation for Public Awareness and Medical Research and worked to raise money for research for urological and gynecological diseases affecting senior citizens. During the 1980s, Allyson also became a spokesperson for Depend undergarments . She made her final onscreen appearance in 2001.Allyson was married four times (to three husbands) and had two children with her first husband, Dick Powell . She died of respiratory failure and bronchitis in July 2006 at the age of 88.Allyson was born Eleanor Geisman, nicknamed "Ella," in the Bronx , New York City . She was the daughter of Clara (née Provost) and Robert Geisman. She had a brother, Henry, who was two years older. She said she had been raised as a Roman Catholic , but there is discrepancy relating to her early life, and her studio biography was often the source of the confusion. Her paternal grandparents, Harry Geisman and Anna Hafner, were immigrants from Germany although Allyson claimed her last name was originally "Van Geisman", and was of Dutch origin. Studio biographies listed her as "Jan Allyson" born to French-English parents. Upon her death her daughter said Allyson was born "Eleanor Geisman to a French mother and Dutch father."In April 1918 (when Allyson was six months old) her alcoholic father, who had worked as a janitor, abandoned the family. Allyson was brought up in near poverty, living with her maternal grandparents. To make ends meet, her mother worked as a telephone operator and restaurant cashier. When she had enough funds, she would occasionally reunite with her daughter, but more often Allyson was "farmed" out to her grandparents or other relatives.In 1925 (when Allyson was eight) a tree branch fell on her while she was riding on her tricycle with her pet terrier in tow. Allyson sustained a fractured skull and broken back, and her dog was killed. Her doctors said she would never walk again and confined her to a heavy steel brace from neck to hips for four years, and she ultimately regained her health. But when Allyson had become famous she was terrified that people would discover her background from the "tenement side of New York City," and she readily agreed to studio tales of a "rosy life" including a concoc... read more

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