Actors & Entertainers

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“The first thing I learned about parenting is that kids ain’t goin’ nowhere.”

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“Shadmi’s deeply absorbing and moving biography will appeal to Dracula afficionados of all ages.”

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Hayley Mills is truly a figure from the past. Pollyanna indeed.

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“‘This book was born during my recovery, when I finally had the time to sit back and ruminate on my own life.’”

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“‘Yes, I was odd, but not on purpose . . . Nor, I now realize, was I the only one.””

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Reading a lot of memoirs, one can’t help but compare the ways different writers tackle their own pasts.

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“I have sometimes been called difficult. The truth is that I insist upon respect.”

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Michael J. Fox has played several iconic roles in his stellar acting career: his Marty McFly, Alex Keaton, and Mike Flaherty characters bear his indelible stamp.

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“‘I have often said that my songs are my children and that I expect them to support me when I’m old. Well, I am old, and they are!’”

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Did you ever read a book where it’s obvious the author has no burning desire to write a book, where he puts down phrases in staccato bursts that are not really sentences or paragraphs or even prope

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“This is a well-sourced biography and dimensional portrait that bypasses much of the usual gossip around this inimitable star.”

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Elaine Stritch was the Broadway belter with a foghorn in both musicals and straight drama—from the caustic Joanne in Sondheim’s Company to the tragic Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia

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“Shattering epiphanies about old bandmates aside, Time Is Tight is, most emphatically, not a book about settling old scores.

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Beautiful on the Outside is a fascinating study in motivation, concentration, and discipline, and one that has lessons for anyone in pursuit of excellence.

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“The Contender is an impressive book, a must for fans of Brando and of film acting. . . .

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“Inside Out by Demi Moore, is an entertaining, enlightening memoir from a popular, controversial actress.”

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“To Boomers, the Gabor sisters were a TV staple. . . . For decades they were Hollywood blondes and Broadway glamour gals. And then they were no more.”

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“Black’s tender and heartfelt love letter to his remarkable mother is an act of courage and reclamation. It’s a well-deserved tribute. Clearly, she was something.”

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Bruce Springsteen fans are like no other fans in the annals of rock ’n’ roll, though it would not be easy to describe them. They come in many shapes and sizes, and belong to different generations.

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“Holly van Leuven has written an exhaustively researched, well-written chronicle of Bolger’s life and career.

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“Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir by Victoria Riskin is an abundant account of what it’s like to be the daughter of Hollywood’s original power couple

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“All That Heaven Allows is a rich and complex story of Hollywood’s biggest star in its most golden age.”

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The recent retake on A Star is Born, with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, got wonderful reviews.

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Somewhere in the middle of this revelatory and emotionally powerful memoir by Sally Field, she unpacks a story that is a case study in what Hollywood’s casting couch was like, even for an actress w

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