BLANCHE YURKA - LETTER - SIGNED - SEEKS CUKOR'S HELP - DEFARGE ROLE - BREAK AWAY

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BLANCHE YURKA
Seeks Cukor's Help
Important autograph letter to director George Cukor,
3 pages, 4 1/2" x 7", May 10, 1941, on her BY letterhead
Having been typecast because of her role in
A Tale of Two Cities,
Blanche seeks Cukor's help in finding different roles
In part: "...Could you help me break away from the "Defarge" category.
Not that I didn't enjoy doing that old devil..."
Signed: "Blanche Yurka"
Condition: very good, old folds
Blanche Yurka was a stage and screen actress of Czech descent. Her most famous role was as
Madame Defarge in MGM's 1935 version of
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities." Other film credits
include:
Song of Bernadette
(1944),
Cry of the Werewolf
(1944),
Bridge of San Luis Rey
(1944). In
addition to her many stage roles she was an occasional director and playwright. Wrote her
autobiography "Bohemian Girl" in 1970.
Born: 1887, St. Paul, Minnesota; died: 1974, New York City, New York.
George Houle
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
Palm Springs, California
SINCE 1976
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