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Dan Duryea

Heel with a Heart

University Press of Mississippi

The biography of a devoted family man best known for his roles as abusive villains

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Madeline Kahn

Being the Music, A Life

University Press of Mississippi

The first biography of the great comedic actress and star of stage and screen

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She Could Be Chaplin!

The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell

University Press of Mississippi

The first book-length appreciation of one of the most important comediennes of the silent film era

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Van Johnson

MGM's Golden Boy

University Press of Mississippi

The only full-length biography of this immensely popular screen star of the 1940s and 1950s

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Sitting Pretty

The Life and Times of Clifton Webb

University Press of Mississippi

The autobiography of one of the top moneymakers in the history of Twentieth Century-Fox

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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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