Cat. #0016727332: LORI MARTIN

Quite uncommon vintage blue ballpoint pen signature on  a 3x5-inch off-white card, acquired in-person by an inveterate New York City-based collector in the 1960s and decorated with a small Players Directory image. Talented juvenile actress Lori Martin was memorable as Velvet Brown on T.V.'s "National Velvet" (1960-1962), and in films like Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), Cape Fear (1962) and The Chase (1966). Abandoning acting in her twenties to work in the medical supply business. After the death of her husband, she suffered from bipolar disorder with psychosis, committing suicide by gunshot.