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Auction History Result 6t114 JIM CARREY signed 5.5 x 8.5 index card '90s can be framed together with a repro still! Date Sold 2/12/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" [14 x 22 cm] Index Card (Learn More) Jim Carrey was born in Ontario, Canada in 1962, and by all accounts had a really crappy youth, having to work to help his family while in school, and at one point they lived in a van. Wacky even as a kid, he tried stand-up comedy, and in 1979 he moved to Los Angeles where his talent got him the job of opening for Rodney Dangerfield at The Comedy Store. After much stand-up and some minor TV roles (he auditioned for Saturday Night Live, but wasn't picked!), Carrey in 1983 got the lead in both Introducing...Janet, a TV movie (later re-released as Rubberface), and in a low budget movie, Copper Mountain. The following year he got the lead role in TV's The Duck Factory, but though the critics liked the show and Carrey, it only lasted 13 episodes. Carrey next got the male lead in the vampire comedy, Once Bitten, and was one of the lead aliens in Earth Girls Are Easy, and after several major chances at stardom that didn't materialize, even his fans started to wonder if he would ever "break through". He joined the cast of TV's In Living Color in 1990 (starring the Wayans Brothers and a mostly African American cast), and appeared in many of the shows over its five seasons, and he seemed to be settling in as a cult favorite who would never have wide success. But in 1994, Carrey, who was now 32, had the kind of year actors can only dream of. He starred in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask AND Dumb & Dumber all in the same year, and he became the number one comedy star, and deservedly so, and he seemed like an "overnight success", and yet he had been a performer for 15 years! Since that time he has followed in the footsteps of Jerry Lewis and Woody Allen, wanting to make "serious" movies, and resisting making "funny" ones, but he has returned to doing so with regularity, and to his great credit he has resisted doing sequels of his best hits, with the exception of Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber To. He is still only 54, and given his willingness to constantly strike out in new directions, one wonders if he may not have lots more greatness to share with the world! Important Added Info: Note that this autograph was consigned to us from the estate of a man who lived in Los Angeles and would attend many premieres and special events, and he would obtain in person autographs from as many celebrities as he possibly could! He would carry a stack of special 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" "index" cards with him (they are the same weight as regular index cards, but much bigger). He would ask the celebrity for an autograph and hand them this large card (no doubt hoping that it would cause them to write their signature much bigger, so that it would be more prominent the day it would be framed with an image of that star!). This autograph was obtained in person, and we feel certain it is authentic! Condition: very good to fine. The card is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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