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Publisher
Lulu.com
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Iain was a very fine comedic actor who had quite a lot of success in his life. His style was unique. He'd stand at the corner of the bar in Rab C. Nesbit and fire off stupid observations but always got a laugh because he delivered them superbly. I would compare him to Trigger from Only Fools and Horses. He could make his brain look empty when it obviously wasn't
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain's best-loved actors. This biography shines the stage-lights on the life and work of a truly remarkable performer, one whose career spans six decades.
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Language
English
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Description
Devastatingly handsome, broad-shouldered and clean-cut, Rock Hudson was the ultimate movie star. The embodiment of romantic masculinity in American film throughout the 1950s and '60s, Hudson reigned supreme as the king of Hollywood. Growing up poor in Winnetka, Illinois, Hudson was abandoned by his biological father, abused by an alcoholic stepfather, and controlled by his domineering mother. After signing with the powerful but predatory agent Henry...
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Julie Walters has been described as the nation's most popular actress and comedienne. She has been delighting us on screen and on stage for over 25 years and we have taken her to our hearts. Now she tells us her own story, in her own words.
17) Just me
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In 'The Two of Us' Sheila relived her life with John Thaw - years packed with love and family, delight and despair. And then she looked ahead. What next? 'Live adventurously', a Quaker advice, was hovering around her brain. Putting her and John's much-loved house in France on the market she embarked on a series of journeys.
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Sir Ian McKellen is that rarest of characters: a celebrity whose distinguished political and social service has transcended his enormous fame and international stardom to reach far beyond the stage and screen.The breadth of his endeavour - professional, personal and political - has been truly staggering. Of some 400 stage and film roles, there are only 3, in his own estimation, of which he has not been proud. Iconic roles have not been in short supply:...
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Language
English
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Description
Finding himself in a bizarre world somewhere between police procedure and showbiz, Charles is inexorably drawn into the investigation... especially after the dismembered limbs start turning up. The viewers of 'Public Enemies' get caught up in the macabre jigsaw puzzle of death; it is ghastly, of course, but it does make good television. As the programme's ratings soar, so the egos behind the scene become ever more inflated, and Charles ever more determined...
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