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24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorMarilyn Monroe: Private And Undisclosed
Michelle Morgan · 288 pages
An illustrated biography of actress Marilyn Monroe featuring photographs that have not been previously published.
Marilyn
Norman Mailer · 272 pages
Profiles the Hollywood star's tragic life and explores her complexity as a woman and actress.
Marilyn Monroe: The Biography
Donald Spoto · 864 pages
Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit
Sean Hepburn Ferrer · 240 pages
Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
Anthony Summers · 415 pages
Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx
Stefan Kanfer · 472 pages
"Beginning with the Marx Brothers' family heritage and their youth in turn-of-the-century New York, we see Julius and his brothers Adolph and Leonard become Groucho, Harpo, and Chico. We go backstage as they develop their routines in vaudeville, on Broadway, and, finally, in Hollywood. Groucho's story unfolds against the backdrop of the changing world around him and his star-studded milieu, which
Hope: Entertainer of the Century
Richard Zoglin · 565 pages
Draws on exclusive reporting to honor Bob Hope's top-rated successes while discussing such topics as his secret first marriage, stint in reform school and ambivalent relationships with fellow stars.
Elizabeth
J. Randy Taraborrelli · 560 pages
For more than six decades Elizabeth Taylor has been a part of our lives. Now acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli looks past the tabloid version of Elizabeth's life and offers the first-ever fully realized portrait of this American icon. You'll meet her controlling mother who plotted her daughter's success from birth...see the qualities that catapulted Elizabeth to stardom in 1940s Hollywood
Grace
Robert Lacey · 510 pages
Long before she became a princess, Grace Kelly was a legend, a fabled movie star whose aloof and aristocratic bearing belied a deep sensuality within. Grace the icon and Grace the woman were two very different creatures, and now celebrated biographer Robert Lacey has managed to unearth the secrets beneath her serene surface. In Grace, he presents the first balanced portrait of a complex, deeply co
Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
Gavin Edwards · 273 pages
In Last Night at the Viper Room, acclaimed author and journalist Gavin Edwards vividly recounts the life and tragic death of acclaimed actor River Phoenix--a teen idol on the fast track to Hollywood royalty who died of a drug overdose in front of West Hollywood's storied club, the Viper Room, at the age of 23. Last Night at the Viper Room explores the young star's life, including his childhood in
James Dean, The Mutant King : A Biography
David Dalton · 361 pages
American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood
Marc Eliot · 383 pages
A well-researched, updated, and comprehensive biography of the motion picture actor and Oscar-winning director of Unforgiven and Million dollar baby.
King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema
Anupama Chopra · 272 pages
Natasha: The Biography Of Natalie Wood
Suzanne Finstad · 387 pages
***Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood* is a well-written exploration into the experience, life, and ultimate tragedy of one of Hollywood's most beautiful and gifted stars. It reveals in poignant and often harrowing detail, the abuse and exploitation that the legendary starlet endured to reach the pinnacle of success.**
Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn
William J. Mann · 672 pages
Paul Newman: A Life
Shawn Levy · 490 pages
Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning actor with the legendary blue eyes, achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades, broken heroes, and winsome antiheroes in such revered films as The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Verdict, The Color of Money, and Nobody's Fool. But Newman was also an oddity in Hollywood: the rare box-office titan who cared about the cra
Kate Remembered
A. Scott Berg · 347 pages
Chronicles the life of Katharine Hepburn, based on conversations with the actress during the last decade before her death.
Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud
Shaun Considine · 457 pages
Explosive, exhaustive and unsparing, the inside, tell-all story of the celebrated, long-term feud of Hollywood's two greatest screen legends, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep
Michael Schulman · 336 pages
The first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep -- the "Iron Lady" of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three -- that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent.
George Lucas: A Life
Brian Jay Jones · 555 pages
"The best-selling author of Jim Henson: The Biography traces the story of the man behind such blockbuster franchises as Star Wars and Indiana Jones, offering insight into the challenges he overcame and his influential legacy,"--NoveList.
John Wayne: The Life and Legend
Scott Eyman · 682 pages
"A revelatory biography of the enduringly popular John Wayne that draws on more than 100 interviews as well as exclusive access to the files of Wayne's film production company to answer the question why he became and remains an iconic American figure"--