DELORES GRAY “SHRIMP BOATS” TRIMMED INDEX CARD

Description

Offered here is a trimmed index card signed by the late Delores Gray.
The card measures 2 ¾ by 4 ¾ inches
I am selling my collection of autographs that I have purchased several years ago from an array of sources – from eBay sellers, from dealers with professional credentials, and from the signers themselves via the mail.  Some came with COA’s; most did not.  When I obtained these signatures, I believed them to be genuine and I believed that they were genuine when I posted them on Ebay.
I have received opinions from others, including PSA/DNA whose opinion I sought, indicating that some of the signatures that I have posted were not likely to be genuine.  I have pulled those questionable signatures, and will not post them for sale again in the future.  It is not my intention to sell autographs that are not authentic, and I will continue do my best to try to ensure that the signatures that I am offering are genuine.  As indicated below, all signatures that I sell come with a money-back guarantee if they are judged to be of doubtful authenticity.
If the signature or signatures is/are determined to be inauthentic by a well-recognized autograph expert, this item may be returned for a full refund.
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Short Bio:
Delores Gray
was a tall, blonde, shapely actress/singer with a big contralto voice who starred in stage and screen musicals in the 1940s and '50s. She also appeared on radio and television and in nightclubs, and, in addition to her original cast and soundtrack recordings, recorded for two major labels and scored a handful of chart entries. If she never achieved the stardom of such contemporaries as Ethel Merman and Mary Martin , she was a sturdy second-echelon talent who worked steadily, especially in the theater, from the '40s to the '80s.
When she was 15, she was discovered by Rudy Valee, who put her on his nationally broadcast radio show. In August 1941, at 17, she appeared in the musical revue Fun for the Money in Los Angeles, and soon after she made her movie debut in a small, uncredited part in the drama Lady for a Night, playing a singer named Dolores; the film was released in early 1942. Her first screen credit came two years later when she again played a singer in the drama Mr. Skeffington.
Decca Records put her under exclusive contract, and she began recording singles, starting with a cover of "Shrimp Boats," which Jo Stafford
took to number two in the fall of 1951.
Gray
's version made the Top 20. Another six Decca singles followed during 1952.
In the 1960s, she had married real estate developer and racehorse owner Andrew Crevolin. The couple divorced in the 1970s, but were reconciled and remarried, their marriage lasting until Crevolin's death in 1992. Ten years later,
Gray
suffered a heart attack in her apartment in Manhattan and died at the age of 78.
by
William Ruhlmann