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Forever Mame : the life of Rosalind Russell
- Title
- Forever Mame : the life of Rosalind Russell / Bernard F. Dick.
- Author
- Dick, Bernard F.
- Publication
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
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- Description
- xi, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "When it comes to living life to its fullest, Rosalind Russell's character Auntie Mame is still the silver screen's exemplar. And Mame, the role Russell (1907-1976) would always be remembered for, embodies the rich and rewarding life Bernard F. Dick reveals in the first biography of this Golden Age star, Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell." "Drawing on personal interviews and information from the archives of Russell and her producer-husband Frederick Brisson, Dick begins with Russell's childhood in Waterbury, Connecticut, and chronicles her early attempts to achieve recognition after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Frustrated by her inability to land a lead in a Broadway show, she headed for Hollywood in 1934 and two years later played her first starring role, the title character in Craig's Wife." "All of her films are discussed along with her triumphal return to Broadway, first in the musical Wonderful Town and later in Auntie Mame. Forever Mame details Russell's social circle of such stars as Loretta Young, Cary Grant, and Frank Sinatra. It traces an extraordinary career, ending with Russell's courageous battle against the two diseases that eventually caused her death: rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Russell devoted her last years to campaigning for arthritis research. So successful was she in her efforts to alert lawmakers to this crippling disease that a leading San Francisco research center is named after her."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Hollywood legends series
- Uniform Title
- Hollywood legends series.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]) and index.
- Includes filmography: p. 264-266.
- ISBN
- 1578068908 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005032953
- 9781578068906
- OCLC
- OCM62324734
- SCSB-5277318
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries