Black & White Actress Card

Received April 22, 2026

This is my favourite type of card!  It's a black and white card of an actress that I have never heard of before, causing me to do a bit of research on IMDb to find out more information. Yay!

Naveen wrote that this card shows Keerthy Suresh in the movie Mahanati (2018). It's a film biopic of the legendary actress Savitri. I haven't seen this film of course, but the actress whose life it was based on was an interesting person!

Keerthy Suresh as Savitri

He also used some cool stamps on the card that I haven't seen before. 

Thanks for a cool postcard!

Finland - Black & White Actress

 June 15, 2020

This card came to me from Finland. The sender wrote the whole card about Marlene Dietrich, the actress on the card, rather than anything about herself. It was quite a disappointing message. I love the card of course, but I can Wikipedia Marlene Dietrich myself! I can't Wikipedia the sender. Still, the card is great and the stamps are very cool.

Marjatta wrote;

Hello!

Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a german-American actress and singer. She performed from the 1910s to the 1980s. The Blue Angel, Morocko [Morocco], Shan[g]hai Express, Blonde Venus, The Devil is a Woman, Desiree etc.

All the best!

Marjatta

Enjoyment without regrets!
And nothing else!
(From Google Translate)

Really lovely stamps.

United Stated of America - Actress in Black & White

January 27, 2020

This great card came in February from Janet. She wrote a friendly note on the back and used an interesting stamp too.

She wrote;

"Greetings from California,
My name is Janet and I live in the Mojave Desert with my husband. I enjoy photography, travelling, paper-crafts, Family, Friends, Church.

Best Wishes,
Janet

Katharine Hepburn

Love the seashell!

United States - Actress in Black & White

September 19, 2019

This fabulous card came to me from Magnus in the US.  He wrote a friendly note on the back and used some amazing stamps too, so this was a very good Postcrossing!

He wrote;

Hi Helen!
Hello from Virginia! My name is Magnus and I write postcards with my dad. I hope you like this postcard and the stamps! Have a good autumn! 😀

Marilyn Monroe

These are perfect stamps for me!  I loved receiving them.

Belarus - Actress in Black & White

July 3, 2019

This card came to me from Natalia in Belarus.  She wrote a friendly note and wrote about movies, so I was very pleased with it!

She wrote,
"Dear Helen,
I'm Natalia from Belarus. I live in a small town not far from the capital city Minsk. My town is called Molodechno. 100, 000 people live here.
Recently I saw a film with L.diCaprio as the main actor. That was "Inception". I recommend it to you, too. "Interstellar" is one more that deeply touches. "The Prestige" and "The Illusionist" are also great.

June 17th, 2019  23℃

Marilyn Monroe

Netherlands - Actress in B&W with Book

July 1, 2019

Caroline sent me this great card with an interesting picture of Marilyn Monroe.  I've received many pictures of Marilyn Monroe over the years, but this is one that I haven't seen before.

Caroline wrote;

Hello Helen, here a postcard with an actress(?) on it. (that's Madonna? or Maryline Monroe? However it's a black and white one with someone reading a book! I think it must be rather difficult living in a foreign country and not speaking the language. Do you miss Canada? bye CAROLINE

Marilyn Monroe

 Love all these cool stamps! You can even see her question on the side if you look carefully.

Finland - Actress in Black & White

June 24, 2019

Eleanore sent this lovely picture of Audrey Hepburn to me from Finland.  She wrote about herself and Audrey Hepburn and about an interesting coincidence...

She wrote:

17.6.2019        +28℃ (too hot for me....)

Hi! From Finland :-) I have to tell you that I just sent a postcard to Alberta, Canada! I got the address yesterday. :-D What a coincidence.  Audrey Hepburn is one of my favorite actresses so photos and cards of her are dear to me. :-)

My name is Eleanore by the way! :-D I'm a 25 years old nursing student. I wish you the best in life. :)

Audrey Hepburn

 A Moomin stamp from Finland!

United States - Black & White Actress

October 10, 2018

This excellent card came to me from the US.  Lisa sent it wth a great message all about movies on the back, so I was thrilled. Also fabulous was the fact that she used movie star stamps on the back.  A double bonus!

She wrote

Hi Helen - sending greetings from Texas. I love Casablanca too & the original Wuthering Heights. Tried to find a card you haven't already received. Hope I succeeded!
One of my all time favorite movies is A Room With a View. I love to art journal--@dagbockblue on Instagram and dream of taking a trip to Japan to buy supplies & check out the traveler's factory Midori[not sure about this word].

Best,
Lisa

Audrey Hepburn

Look at these cooler than cool stamps!  Personally, I love the Shirley Temple one, but the Elvis one is interesting too. 

Thanks so much Lisa!!

Germany - Movie Card

September 25, 2018

This great card arrived in my mailbox a few days ago. It came from Germany and was sent by Barbel. We have similar tastes in movies and books I think!

She wrote:

Hello Helen, if you ask me about favourite book or movie it's the same answer - Harry Potter. I love the stories from beginning to end and how clever and logical it is built up. I can hear the audio books again and again.  GREETINGS! Barbel

King Arthur -bad movie, but Keira Knightley was good!

 Two interesting stamps from Germany.  I haven't seen the lighthouse one before I think.

Italy - Movie Card

June 19, 2018

I believe it was a short time ago I vowed to post twice a week from now on, but I had a couple of weekend trips recently and I wasn't able to.  Who knows if I'll be able to post regularly or not?  Not me!

I got this card from Michelle in Italy.  I'm sure I've had it before but probably not from Italy!  I don't expect anyone to skim through all 1400 or so of my cards to see if I've received something, just would hope they'd check to see if I received it from their own country.

She wrote a short friendly note and used lovely stamps on the back of the card.

Michelle wrote:

Hi Helen! I'm Michelle, 21 y.o., from Italy. I study Accounting at university of Benq[can't read it],
my hometown.
In my free time I like watch old films and Casablanca its one of this!
I wish you all the best!
Regards

Michelle

Really love the mixture of Italian stamps on the card.  There's sports, wine and a priest who was killed by the Mafia. With the latter, there is a film tie-in as well, as a film was made of his life. 

Germany

June 9, 2018

This card came from Germany and was sent by Christian.

He wrote,

Hello Helen,

I'm Christian from Germany. I live in Wenden, Sauerland region. I collect cats and other animal postcards. I hope you'll like this card.

Greetings, Christian


Now, sad to say, I don't actually know anything about this card.  I am fairly certain that the woman is from Game of Thrones, but I am not completely sure.  Can a reader confirm for me?

The back of the card was well decorated too. I rarely do that, but I don't mind when other people do it! I like the car stamp too! Must be a series since I have received another one similar to this.

Germany - Actors

January 29, 2018

Pia sent this card to me from her home in Germany.  She wrote a friendly note on the back and covered almost all of the back of the card! She even included information about the weather and the temperature.

She wrote,
"Cloudy/rainy +8℃

Hello Helen,
My name is Pia, I'm 43 years old and live with my husband Sven and my tomcat Sacenrey [really hard to read so I'm sure I have it wrong] in the south part of Germany, in the middle of Black Forest.

I'm in early retirement, because I have been very ill for 11 years.  That's why I love Postcrossing, because that's where the world comes to me.

Lovely Greetings from Pia"

Germany - Actress in Black & White

February 3, 2017

Butz sent me a card with a famous actress on it and it was terrific!  I have a few cards of this actress, Romy Schneider, but I haven't seen this particular portrait of her before.  I really like it.

Romy Schneider, Berlin 1976

He wrote,

"Hello Helen,
Greetings from Germany.  I live nearby Bremen.  I'm 77 years old, but I like to travel.  2004 I have been in Edmonton.  I nice town with perfect peoples.
Have a good time in Japan.
Butz"


Butz used a great stamp too.  The one on the right is lovely!

Love Related Cards

February 11, 2017

Warning: Lots of long expository paragraphs here today.  Feel free to skip and just look at the pretty cards if you are in a hurry!

Apologies for the lengthy gap in posting.  I took a week off to celebrate my birthday and travel to another city which is generally a little warmer and has a lot less snow than my city does.  It was a bit of a winter break, except it was cold and snowy there too for a change!

Today's Blog Linky Party's Theme is Love. I am not always the biggest fan of "Love" because sometimes my definition of love doesn't agree with other people's definition of love.  However, Valentine's Day is just around the corner so it is seasonally appropriate!

As an aside, I thought I might mention the difference between Valentine's Day in Japan and most other countries.  In Japan, women give chocolates to the men in their lives.  They give "Giri-choco" or obligation chocolates to male co-workers, male friends or anyone close to them with whom they do not have a romantic relationship.  Women give "Honmei-choco" to their boyfriends or husbands. The Honmei-choco is often handmade or very gorgeous.

There is quite a lot of information about this tradition on the internet, I am referring my readers to a blog that I follow if interested.

Men are obliged to respond in March on White Day (March 14th) when they give something back to the women that showered them with chocolates.  Unfortunately, they usually don't give back chocolate, they give cookies.  Cookies are nice, but they aren't chocolate!

Here in my family in Japan we do things just a little bit differently!  My husband and I exchange presents on Valentine's Day and on White Day.  Sometimes we give chocolates, sometimes more creative presents.  One of my favourite gifts was a fishing rod so that I could join my husband in one of his favourite hobbies! I think we have the best of both traditions this way 😍

But, you came here for the postcards not a Social Studies lesson.  Here we go...

I received this card from France in 2015.  I like the happy fun vibe of the card, but as I originally noted in my blog entry, I'm a tad worried about the "Punch" like puppet that the man is holding.  What does that mean?

Rob Cochrane
Gay Couple 1986

My next two cards are both from movies.  The first one, which I received in 2014 is from a movie that I haven't heard of and have no information about either.  IMDb lists it as being from 1947, but there is no plot summary at all.  However, it looks very fiery and romantic! The card was sent from Australia in 2014.

Romeo and Juliet is one of those movies that probably soured me on romance.  They were such pretty people, fell in love with each other and died.  (I hope I didn't need a spoiler alert there!) During my Shakespeare class in University, we watched the movie.  The man sitting next to me was a Star Trek fan and at a point in the movie when Romeo's page says to him, "Live and Prosper," the man made Spock's Vulcan salute.  I wish I could say that I smiled politely.  I wish I could.  

Unfortunately I started howling with laughter to the point of tears running down my face and even leaving the room didn't help much.  This was just before the two lovers met their fate so at my college I am known forever as the girl who laughed at Romeo and Juliet. 

This card arrived in 2016 from Germany.  I actually like the card and the film, despite my story.  Olivia Hussey is quite popular in Japan as she had a Japanese husband at one time. 

 I do like this card below and how it shows the couple wrapped up in each other.  It was sent to me from Russia in 2014.

Valentine - Vladimir Kamaev

Thank you so much for visiting my postcard blog.  I love that you visited me, and I would LOVE it even more if you left a friendly comment. Please share the LOVE with the other members of the Blog Linky Party too and see what kind of cards they posted.

Until next time....

Black and White - Actress and Writer

January 23, 2017

This great card came from Germany with a lovely note on the back from the sender.  She didn't write her name on the card but her note was friendly and chatty which I loved.

She wrote,

"Hello Helen,

Many greetings from the Bremen town musicians in the north of Germany, where I live together with my family, 2 dogs and 6 cats.  

My favorite films are French comedies, because my husband comes from the Provence.

Don't forget to smile today!  

We have now a lot of snow and sunny weather.  Our dogs love snow, the cats not!"

I really like this card.  It seems so "normal" in a way.  I know Marilyn Monroe was married to Arthur Miller, but it really is a frozen moment of time, not sure if it was posed first or not.  

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, New York City, 1957

I think the big blueish stamp is a new one.  I don't think that I have seen it before.  I hope to get a less stamped version of it sometime!

Russia - Actress

January 23, 2017

This beautiful card came from Russia recently.  It was sent by Tatyana and she wrote a nice note and the back and used a great stamp.  Come along and read more....

Tatyana wrote,

"Hello from Russia!  My name is Tatyana, I live in Rostov.on.Don. on the south of Russia.  A couple of days ago I returned from Georgia (not state but country). There I celebrated New Year with my husband and our common friend.  Georgia is awesome country with awesome food and awesome wine!)
Happy Postcrossing!

Grace Kelly

Here's another look at the Postcrossing stamp and I think the castle stamp looks different from usual.  Maybe just me!

Black and White Cards

January 28, 2017

Today's Blog Party Link-Up topic is anything I want.  So, today, I am putting aside my collection of Gotochi Cards and showing off a few of my favourite cards in one of my favourite topics.

Because I keep this blog strictly for postcards, you may not know that I am a complete Movie-aholic. I see between 30-50 films a year at the theatre and I write a movie column for a women's group that I belong to.  On Facebook, I also have a page related to movie tidbits and information. If you are interested, you can find me here.

Even before I joined Postcrossing, I collected Movie Postcards and I had a special appreciation for Black and White cards of Movie Actors and Actresses.  Every time I receive a black and white postcard with an actor or actress I am very happy.  I have learned about actors and actresses from other countries and from the past.  I wish there was more time to watch more movies, but then I'd probably have to give up my postcards.  Yikes!

Today I thought I would post a few of my favourite Black and White cards that I have received through Postcrossing. The first card is not an actress, but it does have the distinction of being the very first Postcrossing card that I received.  I came across it recently when I was filing away cards and I remember how thrilled I was to receive it.

Toshiko Akiyoshi - Jazz Musician

The incomparable Meryl Streep
Definitely not over-rated 

Margaret Rutherford
Actress famous for portraying Miss Marple
amongst other characters.

I am putting this card in for two reasons.  It makes me laugh and I really love it. It seems to capture so much of John Cleese.  Here in costume for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but taking a break between scenes to play football.  It looks almost like he's doing a Silly Walk too.

John Cleese

I could show you more of these postcards, and perhaps I will in the future.  For now, I hope that you have enjoyed a very brief look at some of my favourite black and white postcards.

Thank you for visiting me today. Please visit the other members of the Blog Party Link-Up to see how they are using their free topic.

Germany - Actress

October 31, 2016

Rudolf sent me this card with a friendly note on the back.  He didn't write a lot, but he used a great stamp and was generally nice.

He wrote,
"Hi
some greetings from Germany.  I live near Bremen.  2004 I have been in Edmonton and Calgary.  Canada is a country to visit yearly.  I like it.  Best Wishes in Japan
Rudolf"

Marilyn Monroe of course

A beautiful lighthouse and some cows are on this interesting stamp.  I have a blog friend who would really like this one I believe!

Actress - Black and White

October 24, 2016

This great card came to my mailbox from Petra in Germany.  It features Marlene Dietrich.  I have received this card before, but the note is friendly.

She writes,

"Best Wishes from Heinsberg the western town in Germany.  I'm Petra and I live with my family near the Dutch border.  I hope you like this card with 'Marlene Dietrich' an actress from year 1945."

Actress - Black and White Card

October 1, 2016

This lovely card came from Solace in the US. It had some interesting stamps on it too.

She wrote,
"Greetings from Pensacola Florida in the USA. I am a mom of 3 and a radiographer at a local trauma hospital.  I enjoy reading puzzles, games, art, stamps, coins--Solace"

Elizabeth Taylor

The stamps, especially the Janis Joplin one, are very cool.