1949 Tony Award Awarded to Nanette Fabray For LOVE LIFE Auctioned For $8,319

The 1949 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Music awarded to Nanette Fabray in "Love Life," sold Thursday night for $8,319 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions.

Nanette Fabray overcame severe hearing loss to become one of the most prominent actresses and entertainers in the 1940's and 1950's. In 1949, the 28-year old Fabray received the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical" for her role in "Love Life." It was Fabray's seventh Broadway show after receiving critical acclaim in Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn's "High Button Shoes" in 1948. She became a household name in the 1950's as Sid Caesar's comic sidekick on CBS's prime-time show, "Caesar's Hour."

This very early Tony award is from the 3rd annual event, held on April 24, 1949, when the design of the Tony award medallion was first introduced, showing the comedy and tragedy masks on the front, and a profile portrait of Antoinette Perry in relief on the reverse.

Bidding for the Tony began at $5,000.

Additional information on the letter can be found at http://natedsanders.com/Tony_Award_from_1949_Awarded_to_Nanette_Fabray_for-LOT62845.aspx

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