Extremely rare vintage blue fountain pen signature on a 4x6-inch pink card, acquired in-person by inveterate autograph hound John Virzi in 1968 and decorated with a small Players Directory image. In good condition, with a minor crease to to upper area, well away from the writing. This is just the second example of her signature we have ever encountered. Beautiful television and film actress Patricia Owens abandoned her screen career the year she gave this autograph. She is chiefly remembered for one role, and it was a doozy: That of tormented Helene Delambre in the horror, sci-fi and fantasy favorite The Fly (1958). The scene in which she is being viewed through the insect's compound eyes is considered one of the most classic The image of her as seen through the fly's compound eyes is considered one of the most classic moments in the history of that film genre.

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