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Celebrity Letters to Joan Crawford

Letters are arranged chronologically below, earliest to latest. (Letters from unknown years are at the very end.)
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Chronological List

From Barbara Stanwyck, 3/8/46

(Congratulations on Oscar win)

From Jack Warner, 3/8/46

(Congratulations on Oscar win)

From Shirley Booth, 4/21/59

[From the Private Collection of Danny Rentz. May not be reproduced elsewhere without his permission.]

From Prime Minister Harold Wilson's wife Mary, 4/19/66

From the White House, January 1967

From writer Paul Gallico, 12/12/67

From Cecil Beaton, 5/3/69

From writer Paul Gallico, 9/13/69

From Anita Loos, 4/24/70

From Anita Loos, 5/8/70

From writer Paul Gallico, 1/30/71

From writer Paul Gallico, 3/22/72

From Lynn Fontanne, 7/11/72

From cartoonist Milton Caniff, 3/21/73

(Caniff created the "Terry and the Pirates" comic strip, and his "Dragon Lady" character was based on Joan's 1930s look. This letter is in reference to the recent retirement of George Wunder, who had taken over the "Pirates" strip in 1946.)

From Anita Loos, 4/27/73

From Glenda Jackson, 2/18/74

From Leo Jaffe, 4/25/74

From Tracey Wynn (writer/director and son of Keenan Wynn), 6/18/74

From Helen Hayes, 10/26/74

From George Murphy, 7/9/75

From Lynn Fontanne, 12/30/75

From Alfred Lunt, 8/27/76

From Cesar Romero: 7/18/76, 12/18/76, and unknown

From writer Paul Gallico's widow, 1976

Unknown Year

From Larry King, 3/8 (year unknown)

Christmas card from Helen Hayes (year unknown)