Rather uncommon vintage blue ballpoint pen signature on a 3x4-inch tan card, acquired in-person by a busy New York City-based autograph hound in the early 1950s. In good condition and excellent for matting with a favorite photograph. Note that the image accompanying the scan of the autograph here is not actually included. Tough-as-nails, bulldog-faced character actress Betty Garde was a force to be reckoned with, unforgettable as jailbird Kitty Stark-- who stabs Hope Emerson to death with a fork!-- in Caged (1950) and Thelma the maid on a classic episode of T.V.'s "The Honeymooners" (1955). She was also a two-time "Twilight Zone" (1961) guest star.

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