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English
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The actress who played the villain Nellie Oleson on the television show "Little House on the Prairie" shares her experiences on the show and discusses her life, from her bohemian childhood in West Hollywood to her recent charity work involving abused children and HIV awareness.
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Diversion Books edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Melody Thomas Scott admits she is nothing like her Young and the Restless role, who has seen it all in her forty-year tenure on Americas highest-rated daytime serial. But the high drama, angst, and catastrophes arent confined to her characters plotlines. In this captivating memoir, Melody reveals behind-the-scenes tales of her own riveting journey to stardom. As Nikki went from impoverished stripper to resourceful, vivacious heroinewith missteps...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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The legendary comedian, actor, and film producer and director traces his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to his stellar film career, offering insight into the inspiration for his ideas and the many close friendships and collaborations behind his success.
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Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the longest television career of all time, Betty White is an icon having starred on some of the most loved TV shows. She is also a pioneer: She was the first woman to produce a national TV show and the first producer to hire a female director. Betty is lauded for her work off the set: fighting for equal rights for women, advocating for the fair treatment of animals, campaigning to end bullying, and standing up for the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Language
English
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"This book contains some stories from my life: the awkward growing-up years, the confusing dating years, the fulfilling work years, and what it was like to be asked to play one of my favorite characters again. Also included: tales of living on a houseboat, meeting guys at awards shows, and that time I was asked to be a butt model. A hint: all three made me seasick. -- Lauren Graham" --
Author
Language
English
Description
"In a fun and folksy way of addressing readers, Keep Moving will serve as an instruction book on how to embrace old age with a positive attitude. The chapters are filled with exclusive personal anecdotes that explore various themes on aging: how to adapt to the physical and social changes, deal with loss of friends and loved ones, stay current, fall in love again, and "keep moving" every day like there's no tomorrow,"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A book of inspirational and spiritual life lessons from the star of NBC's "This Is Us" examines the role of authenticity and sincerity in her successes, encouraging readers to claim their rightful places in a world that constantly undermines individuals.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Emmy Award-winning star of The Young and The Restless, chronicles his amazing life, from his birth in World War II Germany to his arrival in America to his rise to humanitarian and daytime superstar for the past thirty-five years. For nearly four decades, fans have welcomed the star of television's number-one daytime show, The Young and the Restless, into their living rooms. While they've come to know and love the suave Victor Newman, few truly know...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
49 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From 1939 to 2021, actress Betty White was one of the most beloved performers in the entertainment industry. She starred in fan-favorite television shows like The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and also blockbuster movies like Toy Story 4 and The Proposal. Over her decades-long career, Betty White won Emmy awards, was named an honorary mayor of Hollywood, earned a star on the Walk of Fame, and set the Guinness World Record for woman...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew 'how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil,' Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones. But in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, young Kate saw the consequences of a dream deferred. Determined to pursue her own no matter the cost, at 18 she left her small Midwestern town for New York, where, studying with the legendary...
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Publisher
Worthy Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The world first met Jamie Lynn as a child star. She spent years escaping into different characters--on All That, Zoey 101, and even in the role as Britney's kid sister. But as she grew up, faced a teen pregnancy, raised her daughter on her own, pursued a career, and learned to stand on her own two feet, the real Jamie Lynn started to take centre stage--a raw, blemished, and imperfect woman, standing in her own power. Jamie talks frankly about the...
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Publisher
Kensington Books
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
The actress best known for her portrayal of "Mrs. C" on "Happy Days" recalls her childhood in rural Minnesota, her early career in Hollywood, and her life-changing role on the popular TV sitcom, and pays tribute to the many people who helped to fulfill her dreams.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Friends for thirty years, Texas beauties Alana and Farrah supported each other through the trials of Hollywood life and the raising of their families. Now you can read the private diaries of the woman who was by Farrah's side every step of the way, from the cancer diagnosis in fall of 2006 to the inevitable end.
36) Little weirds
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"To see the world through Jenny Slate's eyes is to see it as though for the first time, shimmering with strangeness and possibility. As she will remind you, we live on an ancient ball that rotates around a bigger ball made up of lights and gasses that are science gasses, not farts (don't be immature). Heartbreak, confusion, and misogyny stalk this blue-green sphere, yes, but it is also a place of wild delight and unconstrained vitality, a place where...
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Language
English
Description
"A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food and family in her darkest hour. It was love at first sight when Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro's traditional Sicilian family did not approve of him marrying a black American woman, an actress no less. However, the couple,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 225 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The actress, comedian, media darling, and New York Times bestselling author picks up where she left off in Ali in Wonderland, dissecting modern life--and this time, on a mission of self-improvement--in a series of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes." -- Dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Melissa Francis was eight, she won the role of a lifetime: Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted by the Ingalls family on the prime-time soap opera, Little House on the Prairie. Despite her age, she was already a veteran actress, moving from one Hollywood set to the next. But behind the scenes, her success was fueled by the pride, pressure, and sometimes grinding cruelty of her stage mother. While Melissa thrived under pressure,...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman.
One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion...