MARY ANN MOBLEY (DECEASED) MISS AMERICA AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED 8X10 JSA COA #44429

(DECEASED) ORIGINAL Autograph 8 x 10 PHOTO AUTHENTICALLY SIGNED AND AUTHENTICATED BY JSA Mary Ann Mobley (February 17, 1937 - December 9, 2014) was an American actress, television personality and Miss America 1959. She was born in 1937 in Brandon, Mississippi. After serving her reign as Miss America 1959, Mobley embarked on a career in both film and television. She signed a five-year contract with MGM. She made her first five television appearances on Burke's Law from 1963-1965, and went on to make multiple appearances on Perry Mason; Love, American Style; and Fantasy Island.[citation needed] She had a recurring role as Maggie McKinney Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes in the final season of the series, having taken over the role from Dixie Carter. She would later guest star as Karen Delaporte, a snide head of a historical society who crossed swords with Dixie's character, Julia Sugarbaker, in Carter's later series, Designing Women.[3] She also made appearances on Match Game '76 as one of the celebrity panelists.[citation needed] She ended her television career in 1994 with an appearance on Hardball. She was Awarded the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress in 1965. She was active in many charitable causes and was awarded the Outstanding Young Woman of the Year Award in 1966 by Lady Bird Johnson. Most recently, she appeared in the documentary film Miss America which aired on PBS in 2002