Rare blue ballpoint pen signature on a roughly 2x6-inch clip from a playbill for 1964's "Absence of a Cello," acquired in-person following a performance of the production. in good condition. Note that the image of the star shown alongside the scan of the autograph here is not actually included with the signed piece.  Ruth McDevitt was one of Hollywood’s and television’s most memorable character actresses, playing delightfully daffy, wizened eccentrics. Her long list of memorable credits film include The Parent Trap (1961), Boys’ Night Out (1962), Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic The Birds (1963), Pistols ‘n’ Petticoats (1966), Change of Habit (1969), The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968), Angel in My Pocket (1969), and Mame (1974).

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