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Mary Wickes

I Know I've Seen That Face Before

University Press of Mississippi

The full story of one of Hollywood’s most accomplished character actresses

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A Girl's Got To Breathe

The Life of Teresa Wright

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the Oscar-winning American actress

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A Real American Character

The Life of Walter Brennan

University Press of Mississippi

The first biography of the prodigiously hard-working actor who embodied the Western ideal

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Marilyn Monroe

A Life of the Actress, Revised and Updated

University Press of Mississippi

The first biography to focus on the American icon’s acting craft

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Joan Blondell

A Life between Takes

University Press of Mississippi

The first major biography of an actress with a long and lustrous career in film and television

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The Search for Sam Goldwyn

By Carol Easton; Foreword by Carl Rollyson
University Press of Mississippi

A biography that parts the curtain on the true story behind Hollywood’s original movie mogul

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Garden of Dreams

The Life of Simone Signoret

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the stunning French movie star and her complex marriage to singer Yves Montand

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Zachary Scott

Hollywood's Sophisticated Cad

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the stage and screen star who could never escape the role of dashing villain

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Gloria Swanson

Ready for Her Close-Up

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the Queen of Hollywood and her decades of successes and comebacks in film, art, fashion, and journalism

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Lew Ayres

Hollywood's Conscientious Objector

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the accomplished actor and staunch pacifist who changed the way America considers grounds for conscientious objection

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Hollywood Enigma

Dana Andrews

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the great noir actor who perfected the male mask of steely impassivity

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Barbara Stanwyck

The Miracle Woman

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the savvy, sexy, and inspirationally hardworking actress

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Hollywood Madonna

Loretta Young

University Press of Mississippi

The first comprehensive biography of the talented devout Catholic who deceived the world by falsely adopting her love child

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Forever Mame

The Life of Rosalind Russell

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the full and rewarding life of a Golden Age star

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Alice Faye

A Life Beyond the Silver Screen

University Press of Mississippi

The biography of 20th Century Fox’s beloved, velvet-voiced beauty

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