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(Applause Books). Now in paperback, the complete story of the
actor's career, including his secret gay life. Raymond Burr
(1917-1993) was an enigma. A film noir regular known for his
villainous roles in movies like Rear Window, he eventually became
one of the most popular stars in television history as the lead
actor on two top-rated dramas, Perry Mason and Ironside, which
between them ran virtually uninterrupted for 20 years. But Raymond
Burr was leading a secret gay life at a time in Hollywood when
exposure would have been career suicide. To protect his secret,
Burr fabricated a tragic past for himself as a grieving husband and
father. He claimed to have been twice widowed he said his first
wife had died in a plane crash, and his second marriage had ended
with his wife's early death from cancer. And there was also a dead
son 10-year-old Michael, who lost his battle with leukemia. Neither
of the wives nor Michael ever existed. But that didn't stop these
lies from being perpetuated again and again, even in Burr's New
York Times obituary. Hiding in Plain Sight examines the totality of
Raymond Burr's career and his personal life, including his 35 years
with partner Robert Benevides. The author interviewed over 30
people who knew or worked with Burr, including Angela Lansbury,
Barbara Hale, Robert Wagner, Gale Storm, and more.
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Shatner (Paperback)
Michael Seth Starr
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R469
Discovery Miles 4 690
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In the early months of 1966, a handsome, hardworking
thirty-five-year-old Canadian-born actor named William Shatner was
cast as Captain Kirk in Star Trek, a troubled, low-budget
science-fiction television series set to premiere that fall on NBC.
Star Trek struggled for viewers and lasted only three seasons, but
it found a huge, rabidly dedicated audience when it premiered in
syndication following its cancellation-turning Shatner into a
pop-culture icon and launching him on a career path he never could
have imagined after graduating from McGill University with an
economics degree twenty years earlier. As he approaches his
ninetieth year, he's still working at a furious pace as a man of
boundless contradictions: by turns one of the most dissected,
disliked, revered, respected, mocked, imitated, and beloved stars
in the show business firmament. Shatner takes a comprehensive look
at this singular performer, using archival sources and information
culled from interviews with friends and colleagues to transport
readers through William Shatner's remarkably bumpy career: his
spectacular failures and triumphs; tragedies, including the
shocking death of his third wife, Nerine; and, ultimately, the
resilience Shatner has shown, time and again, in the face of
overwhelming odds. Author Michael Seth Starr unravels the mystery
of William Shatner, stripping away the many myths associated with
his personal life and his relationships with fellow actors,
presenting a no-holds-barred, unvarnished look at the unique career
of an inimitable performer.
(Applause Books). Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story tells the
remarkable story of Foxx, a veteran comedian and "overnight
sensation" at the age of 49 whose early life was defined by
adversity and his post- Sanford and Son years by a blur of women,
cocaine, endless lawsuits, financial chaos, and a losing battle
with the IRS. Foxx's frank, trailblazing style as the "King of the
Party Records" opened the door for a generation of African-American
comedians including Dick Gregory, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Eddie
Murphy, and Chris Rock. Foxx took the country by storm in January
1972 as crotchety, bow-legged Watts junk dealer Fred Sanford in
Sanford and Son, one of the most beloved sitcoms in television
history. Fred's histrionic "heart attacks" ("It's the big one,
Elizabeth I'm comin' to join ya, honey ") and catchphrases ("You
big dummy ") turned Fred Sanford into a cultural icon and Redd Foxx
into a millionaire. Sanford and Son took Foxx to the pinnacle of
television success but would also prove to be his downfall.
Interviews with friends, confidantes, and colleagues provide a
unique insight into this generous, brash, vulnerable performer a
man who Norman Lear described as "inherently, innately funny in
every part of his being."
ERingo: With a Little HelpE is the first in-depth biography of
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr who kept the beat for an entire
generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the
Beatles took the world by storm. EWith a Little HelpE traces the
entire arc of Ringo's remarkable life and career from his sickly
childhood to his life as The World's Most Famous drummer to his
triumphs addictions and emotional battles following the breakup of
the Beatles as he comes to terms with his legacy.THBorn in 1940 as
Richard Starkey in the Dingle one of Liverpool's most gritty
rough-and-tumble neighborhoods he rose from a hardscrabble
childhood a marked by serious illnesses long hospital stays and
little schooling a to emerge against all odds as a locally renowned
drummer. Taking the stage name Ringo Starr his big break with the
Beatles rocketed him to the pinnacle of worldwide acclaim in a
remarkably short time. He was the last member of the Beatles to
join the group but also the most vulnerable and his post-Beatles
career was marked by chart-topping successes a jet-setting life of
excess and alcohol abuse and ultimately his rebirth as one of
rock's revered elder statesman.
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