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Keep on dancing: an autobiography
Par Sarah Churchill, Paul Medlicott. 1981
Keeping secrets: An Autobiography
Par Suzanne Somers. 1988
As the child of an alcoholic parent, the entertainer reveals her lack of self-esteem and inability to face reality that…
plagued her childhood and adult years. She plunged from one crisis to the next until she turned to Al-Anon for help. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c1988.Kate: the life of Katharine Hepburn
Par Charles Higham. 1975
An authorized biography of the elusive actress. The daughter of New England parents, Hepburn crashed the theatre as a headstrong…
girl in 1932 and has been acting ever since. Strong language. 1975.June Allyson
Par Frances Spatz Leighton, June Allyson. 1982
The famous Hollywood star tells of her acting career, her seventeen-year bittersweet marriage to actor Dick Powell, the hard times…
after her husband's death, and her current life. Includes candid memoirs of her relationships with Judy Garland, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart and John F. Kennedy. 1982.Judy and I: my life with Judy Garland
Par Randy Schmidt, Sid Luft. 2017
The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He…
was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot. He produced the iconic, Oscar-nominated film A Star Is Born and expertly shaped her concert career. Luft did not complete his memoir, and it was not published during his lifetime. Randy L. Schmidt, acclaimed editor and author, seamlessly pieced together the final section of the book from extensive interviews with Luft. 2017.Julie Andrews: a life on stage and screen (Basic Ser.)
Par Robert Windeler. 1997
Julie Andrews has been a star since she was twelve years old. This sympathetic biography chronicles her career on stage…
and in films. It deals with her concern over the issue of typecasting, her years in the professional wilderness, and her successful comeback which confirmed her great talent. 1997.Judy Holliday, only child: Only Child
Par William Holtzman. 1982
Biography of the film star who is best remembered for her portrayal of Billie Dawn in "Born Yesterday." Her success…
was balanced by an indictment by the senate committee on unconstitutional activities, and an early death from cancer at age 42. 1982.Judy
Par Gerold Frank. 1975
A well documented and sympathetic portrait of Judy Garland, the American singer and movie actress. It captures the ironies and…
complexities of the system that made her a star and destroyed her at the same time. 1975.Burt Lancaster: an American life
Par Kate Buford. 2008
This biography offers a portrait of the star of Atlantic City, From Here to Eternity and Elmer Gantry (for which…
he won a Best Actor Oscar). Lancaster emerges as a man of restless energy, relentless curiosity and continual development as an actor: a star every bit as interesting offscreen as on. Includes strong language. 2008.Josephine
Par Josephine Baker, Jo Bouillon, Mariana Fitzpatrick. 1977
Cary Grant: a biography
Par Marc Eliot. 2006
Cary Grant is Hollywood's most fascinating and timeless star. Born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England, he went on to become…
the movies' favourite romantic lead, remarkably, for over thirty-five years. As this new biography shows, however, Grant's sparkling on-screen image hid a tumultuous private life and a tortured soul: five marriages, numerous affairs and even an eleven-year relationship with Randolph Scott. 2006.Bindon
Par Wensley Clarkson. 2007
John Bindon is a modern legend. A fine screen presence and a powerful figure in London's underworld, his film-star looks,…
charm and talent brought him worldwide exposure. His story reads like the plot of a movie which Big John himself might have landed a part in. Usually typecast in tough-guy roles, his on-screen persona was chillingly close to the real-life one. Big John's nickname came from his status as a legendary sexual performer, so it was no surprise that his encounters with stunning women, most famously Princess Margaret, led to numerous high profile relationships. This is the book about a man who was many different things to many people, but never anything but himself. 2007.John Gielgud: an actor's life
Par Gyles Daubeney Brandreth. 2000
A celebration of the life and work of a unique actor, film star, director and raconteur. The author draws on…
his own conversations with Gielgud over 30 years, plus previously unpublished contributions from a host of friends and colleagues. Originally published in 1984. c2000.John Wayne, my father
Par Steve Delsohn, Aissa Wayne. 1991
The oldest daughter of John Wayne's third marriage offers this candid memoir of her screen-legend father. She chronicles the life…
of John Wayne from his birth in 1907 to his death of lung cancer in 1979. She contrasts Wayne's towering, macho screen image with the real-life person, describing her own mixed feelings toward her father and revealing a complex, yet loving portrait. Some strong language. 1991.John Thaw: the biography
Par Tim Ewbank, Stafford Hildred. 1998
Joan Crawford, a biography
Par Bob Thomas. 1978
Jerry Lewis, in person: In Person
Par Jerry Lewis, Herb Gluck. 1982
Lewis talks about his partnership with Dean Martin, his commitment to the fight against Muscular Dystrophy, his personal battle with…
drug abuse and the divorce from his wife of 35 years. Some strong language. 1982.Jane Russell: an autobiography
Par Jane Russell. 1986
"The best of all the bad girls". She had lust, desire and everything good boys were not supposed to think…
about. Yet, oddly enough, beneath the smouldering sexuality, she really was the girl next door who married her high school sweetheart and became the mother of three adopted children. 1986.Jason Priestley: a memoir
Par Jason Priestley. 2014
One of the biggest stars of the 1990's smash hit television series Beverly Hills 90210, Priestley talks with wit and…
humour about his near-fatal racing crash, fatherhood, his brief stint in prison, and his nine years in America's most famous zip code. 2014.James Cagney, the authorized biography: The Authorized Biography
Par James Cagney, Doug Warren. 1983