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Bette Davis: A Biography
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication date
December 1, 1993
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780345382726
ISBN-10
0345382722
Dimensions
1.25 by 4 by 6.75 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
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Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$5.99
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Profiles the legendary movie actress--star of such film classics as Jezebel and All About Eve--discussing, among other topics, her endless contractual battles with studios and her four disastrous marriages. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "By turns moving and chillling, Leaming's fascinating life story of Davis consistently transcends the 'star' genre to establish itself as serious biography."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
From Barbara Leaming, the critically acclaimed biographer of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.
In this extraordinary biography, fans and film historians will discover a different, darker side of Bette Davis: a woman beset with scarring personal and professional doubts, a daughter whose mother was devoted to her success, and a mother who loved her own daughter to distraction. Obsessive and compulsive Davis was happy only she was working, but did not always choose her projects wisely. She fought a lifelong battle with alcohol, and she had an insatiable need to be loved, often at great emotional cost. A legend, a star, a remarkable woman, Bette Davis lived her life as if it were a coveted role she was desperately afraid she might not win....
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
From Barbara Leaming, the critically acclaimed biographer of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.
In this extraordinary biography, fans and film historians will discover a different, darker side of Bette Davis: a woman beset with scarring personal and professional doubts, a daughter whose mother was devoted to her success, and a mother who loved her own daughter to distraction. Obsessive and compulsive Davis was happy only she was working, but did not always choose her projects wisely. She fought a lifelong battle with alcohol, and she had an insatiable need to be loved, often at great emotional cost. A legend, a star, a remarkable woman, Bette Davis lived her life as if it were a coveted role she was desperately afraid she might not win....
Editions
Hardcover
from Summit Books (May 1, 1992)
9780671709556 | details & prices | List price $25.00
About: The first major biography of Bette Davis since her death in 1989 provides a revealing look at her rise to the top, her complicated familial relationships, and her bouts with alcoholism and cancer
About: The first major biography of Bette Davis since her death in 1989 provides a revealing look at her rise to the top, her complicated familial relationships, and her bouts with alcoholism and cancer
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Ballantine Books (December 1, 1993)
9780345382726 | details & prices | 4.00 × 6.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $5.99
About: The first major biography of Bette Davis since her death in 1989 provides a revealing look at her rise to the top, her complicated familial relationships, and her bouts with alcoholism and cancer
About: The first major biography of Bette Davis since her death in 1989 provides a revealing look at her rise to the top, her complicated familial relationships, and her bouts with alcoholism and cancer
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