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THIS IS AN AUTHENTICALLY AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO BY NANCY WALKER.. THIS IS A 8 INCH BY 10 INCH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO SIGNED BY NANCY WALKER. CONDITION OF THE PHOTO AND AUTOGRAPH IS VERY GOOD. Born Anna Myrtle Swoyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in 1922 (although some sources have cited 1921), she held a life-long feeling of abandonment by her mother, who died while she was an infant. She and her sister, Betty Lou Barto, grew up in large cities where their father, who was a performer, entertained in vaudeville. Walker made her Broadway debut in 1941 in Best Foot Forward. The role provided Walker with her film debut when a movie version, starring Lucille Ball, was filmed in 1943. A subsequent appearance was in the MGM musical Broadway Rhythm, in which she had a featured musical number, "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet". This song was written especially for her by Leonard Bernstein. A diminutive four feet, ten inches (1.50 m) tall, Walker was difficult to cast; however, thanks to her dry comic delivery, she continued acting throughout the 1940s and 1950s, originating the roles of Hildy Eszterhazy ("I Can Cook, Too!") in On the Town and Katey O'Shea in Copper and Brass on Broadway. She was nominated for a Tony Award in 1956 for her work in the musical revue Phoenix '56 and again in 1960 for her performance in the hit musical Do Re Mi co-starring with Phil Silvers. Dozens of television guest appearances and recurring roles followed, providing her with steady work. Her career spanned five decades, and included comedies, dramas and television variety shows such as The Garry Moore Show and The Carol Burnett Show. In 1970, her career shifted to television. She secured a recurring role as Emily the housekeeper in the hit situation comedy Family Affair, but the series folded the following year. She achieved her greatest success playing Ida Morgenstern, the mother of Valerie Harper's Rhoda Morgenstern, initially in a number of guest appearances on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and then as a regular in its spinoff, Rhoda. During much of the time, she was also a regular on the successful Rock Hudson detective series McMillan and Wife, portraying Mildred the maid. These two roles brought her seven Emmy Award nominations. She also starred in two short-lived situation comedies, Blanskey's Beautys and The Nancy Walker Show, both during the 1976-1977 season, giving her the rare distinction of being in two failed series in the same year. She returned to Rhoda (from which she had departed a year earlier) at the beginning of the 1977-1978 season, remaining with the show for the rest of its run. During this time, Walker started to direct episodic television, including episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda and Alice.
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