Sent a handwritten LoR, 8"x10" photo, and SASE to the database address on 8/13/13, received personalized autograph today in the mail, 9/14/13.
Ms. Fontaine starred in the Hitchcock picture Rebecca, and was perfectly cast in the role of "I," or, the new Mrs. de Winter. The Master of Suspense's adaptation of the story went on to become Best Picture.
Have to say this is a tremendous moment, seeing as Daphne du Maurier's novel is among my most cherished. I keep collecting editions of this novel (and dreaming that I went to Manderley again).
Still awaiting in the mail: Joe Haldeman TTM successes: Isabel Allende, Lauren Bacall, Vera Miles, David Selby, Ursula K. Le Guin, Earl Holliman, Joan Fontaine, Lupita Tovar, Judi Dench, Carla Laemmle Dream autographs: Brian Henson, Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Kim Novak, Jodie Foster, Rod Taylor, Keanu Reeves IP successes at conventions, book signings, concerts, and the Hollywood Show Chicago: John Barrowman, Sean Patrick Flanery, Van Williams, Tippi Hedren, Margot Kidder, Lesley Ann Warren, Johnny Yong Bosch, Jason David Frank, Craig Parker, Richard Anderson, Sean David Kenney, Gary Lockwood, Patricia Quinn, David Naughton, Robert Picardo, Gene Wolfe, Tananarive Due, John Scalzi, Keir Dullea, Anne Rice, Robert Englund, Noah Hathaway, Malcolm McDowell, Chris Patton, Ian Petrella, Deborah Ann Gibson, Dustin O'Halloran, Jeremy Wrenn of Airiel, Mike Resnick, Phyllis Eisenstein, John A. Russo