Hollywood Divas
The Good, The Bad, and The Fabulous
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These 70 distinctive screen personalities shared in common a strong overdrive which led them to personal and career excesses and propelled them into the rank of Diva. Each of the book’s chapters reveals in detail the subject’s often torturous road to fame and how it shaped her oversized personality, needs, and demands. This volume delves into the lusty private lives and cutthroat careers of Hollywood’s most memorable bad girls over the decades. Among the subjects profiled in individual chapters are Jean Arthur, Lucille Ball, Tallulah Bankhead, Theda Bara, Drew Barrymore, Kim Basinger, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, Brett Butler, Mariah Carey, Cher, Joan Collins, Joan Crawford, Dorothy Dandridge, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Shannen Doherty, Patty Duke, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda, Kay Francis, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Paulette Goddard, Melanie Griffith, Jean Harlow, Susan Hayward, Rita Hayworth, Sonja Henie, Katharine Hepburn, Whitney Houston, Betty Hutton, Janet Jackson, Grace Kelly, Veronica Lake, Hedy Lamarr, Jennifer Lopez, Jeanette MacDonald, Madonna, Jayne Mansfield, Liza Minnelli, Marilyn Monroe, Maria Montez, Demi Moore, Mae Murray, Joan Rivers, Julia Roberts, Roseanne, Diana Ross, Norma Shearer, Britney Spears, Sharon Stone, Barbra Streisand, Gloria Swanson, Elizabeth Taylor, Lana Turner, Lupe Velez, Mae West, Shelley Winters, Natalie Wood, and Loretta Young.
About the Author:
James Robert Parish, a former entertainment reporter and publicist, is the author of numerous books, including The Hollywood Book of Death and Hollywood Bad Boys (both available from Contemporary Books). A well-known authority on show business, he appears frequently on A&E's "Biography" and E! Television's "Mysteries and Scandals," as well as numerous other network and cable television documentaries. He lives in Studio City, California.
See the publisher website: McGraw-Hill
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