Research Catalog

Title

Best actress : the history of Oscar-winning women / Stephen Tapert ; foreword by Roxane Gay.

Author

Tapert, Stephen, 1974-

Publication

• New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

Gay, Roxane

Description

ix, 504 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 x 24 cm

Summary

"Ingrid Bergman. Audrey Hepburn. Elizabeth Taylor. Jane Fonda. Meryl Streep. The list of women who have won the coveted and legendary Academy Award for Best Actress is long and varied. Through this illustrious roster we can trace the history of women in Hollywood, from the rise of Mary Pickford in the early 20th century to the #MeToo and Time's Up movements of today, which have galvanized women across the world to speak out for equal pay, respect, power, and opportunity. This lavishly illustrated coffee table book offers a vital examination of the first 75 women to have won the Best Actress Oscar over the span of 90 years. From inaugural recipient Janet Gaynor to Frances McDormand's 2018 acceptance speech that assertively brought women to the forefront, Best Actress: The History of Oscar Winning Women serves to promote a new appreciation for the cinematic roles these women won for, as well as the real-life roles many of them played, and still play, in advancing women's rights and equality. Stories range from Bette Davis' groundbreaking battle against the studio system; to the cutting-edge wardrobes of Katharine Hepburn, Diane Keaton and Cher; to the historical significance of Halle Berry's victory; to the awareness raised around sexual violence by the performances of Jodie Foster, Brie Larson, and others. Showcasing a dazzling collection of 200 photographs, many of which have never before been seen or published, Best Actress honors the legacies of these revered and extraordinary women while scrutinizing the roadblocks that they continue to overcome."--

Subjects

• Motion picture actors and actresses
• Motion picture actors and actresses > Biography
• Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
• Biographies

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-494) and index.

Contents

Janet Gaynor -- Mary Pickford -- Norma Shearer -- Marie Dressler -- Helen Hayes -- Katharine Hepburn -- Claudette Colbert -- Bette Davis -- Luise Rainer -- Vivien Leigh -- Ginger Rogers -- Joan Fontaine -- Greer Garson -- Jennifer Jones -- Ingrid Bergman -- Joan Crawford -- Olivia de Havilland -- Loretta Young -- Jane Wyman -- Judy Holliday -- Shirley Booth -- Audrey Hepburn -- Grace Kelly -- Anna Magnani -- Joanne Woodward -- Susan Hayward -- Simone Signoret -- Elizabeth Taylor -- Sophia Loren -- Anne Bancroft -- Patricia Neal -- Julie Andrews -- Julie Christie -- Barbra Streisand -- Maggie Smith -- Glenda Jackson -- Jane Fonda -- Liza Minnelli -- Ellen Burstyn -- Louise Fletcher -- Faye Dunaway -- Diane Keaton -- Sally Field -- Sissy Spacek -- Meryl Streep -- Shirley MacLaine -- Geraldine Page -- Marlee Matlin -- Cher -- Jodie Foster -- Jessica Tandy -- Kathy Bates -- Emma Thompson -- Holly Hunter -- Jessica Lange -- Susan Sarandon -- Frances McDormand -- Helen Hunt -- Gwyneth Paltrow -- Hilary Swank -- Julia Roberts -- Halle Berry -- Nicole Kidman -- Charlize Theron -- Reese Witherspoon -- Helen Mirren -- Marion Cotillard -- Kate Winslet -- Sandra Bullock -- Natalie Portman -- Jennifer Lawrence -- Cate Blanchett -- Julianne Moore -- Brie Larson -- Emma Stone.

Call Number

MWER+ 20-1653

ISBN

• 9781978808058
• 1978808054
• 9781978809598 (web pdf) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2019006604
• 40029660583

OCLC

1090278728

Author

Tapert, Stephen, 1974- author.

Title

Best actress : the history of Oscar-winning women / Stephen Tapert ; foreword by Roxane Gay.

Publisher

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-494) and index.

Added Author

Gay, Roxane, writer of foreword.

Other Standard Identifier

40029660583

Research Call Number

MWER+ 20-1653