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MY FAIR LADY, 1964/CATHLEEN NESBITT
MY FAIR LADY, 1964/CATHLEEN NESBITT Two autograph letters, signed, from Cathleen Nesbitt to Audrey Hepburn, the letters written March - April, 1965, in reaction to Hepburn's not receiving an Academy Award nomination for My Fair Lady, the first [n.d. but circa early March, 1965] on 1006 N. Doheny Drive, Los Angeles headed stationery, opening indignantly Darling Audrey - when I read of the ACADEMY nominations, I was so outraged by the thought of the taste of the members who could have "preferred" Debbie Reynolds to Audrey Hepburn... , Nesbitt goes on to divulge a quote her make up artist at Columbia, on hearing that Audrey would be flying over to present an award "Well - there's a lot of us just waiting for that moment to show the Lady what we feel about her - we'll cheer the roof off... in ten years time every performance of this year will have been forgotten except Audrey Hepburn's - because she's great in the greatest musical of all time", mentioning that she won't be in Los Angeles to cheer Audrey up, Nesbitt suggests Audrey visit on her way home, providing a London address which Audrey has circled in her signature turquoise ink, the letter signed Cathleen, 6 pages on three sheets ; the second dated 30 March, [1965], on 3, Stanhope Gate, W.1. headed stationery, congratulating Hepburn on her BAFTA award for Charade and praising her performance I thought you gave the most exquisite high comedy performance possible, Nesbitt returns to the Oscars controversy, shifting the blame ... Darling - I know how you feel about some of the earlier parts of M.F.L, but it wasn't believe me lack of talent - no one has ever been quite convincing in the early scenes... (Julie certainly wasn't) and I'm inclined to think that [George Bernard] Shaw himself is to blame - he wrote a caricature of a cockney girl... I don't think George [Cukor] really helped you... I kept feeling at moments in the early scenes that George made you force it a little - so don't let yourself feel unhappy , and describes having seen crowds of women at the Leicester Square Theatre telling each other " Well if they didn't give her an Oscar wots it worth," signed Cathleen, 4 pages on 2 sheets, with a one page cover note dated 22 April, [1965], explaining that the letter is sent belatedly and since then I have had a letter from George saying he was happy about the Oscars & "Darling Audrey coped with everything as I knew she would - like an angel," together with original stamped addressed mailing envelope, postmarked London, 23 April, 1965, annotated in Hepburn's hand in pencil letters to keep The largest: 8 x 5 in. (20.3 x 12.7 cm.)