Autograph request
Postcard sent by Bray to Eugenia Leontovich on 20th April 1935 asking for her autograph.
Eugenie Leontovich (Russian: Евге́ния Константиновна Леонто́вич; born Eugenia Konstantinovna Leontovitch; March 21 or April 3 (Leontovich cited the latter date on her U.S. naturalization paperwork; the discrepancy may be between the O.S. (Julian) and N.S. (Gregorian) calendars) in either 1900, which most sources cite and which Leontovich herself claimed, or earlier, i.e. 1893, according to a border crossing manifest from September 23, 1922, which gives her age as 29, indicating 1893 as her year of birth, or 1894 or 1898, according to a different travel manifest - April 3, 1993) was a Russian-born United States stage actress with a distinguished career in theatre, film and television, as well as a dramatist and acting teacher.
She was described as "one of the most colourful figures of the 20th-century theatre, a successful actress, producer, playwright and teacher." She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for William Saroyan's The Cave Dwellers