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Kensington
April 2009
On Sale: April 1, 2009
Featuring: Cloris Leachman
384 pages
ISBN: 0758229631
EAN: 9780758229632
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Non-Fiction Memoir
She received two Emmy Awards as the irrepressible Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moor Showβ¦she won an Oscar for her supporting role as a frustrated housewife in The Last Picture Showβ¦she delighted audiences with her deliciously villainous turns as Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein and Nurse Diesel in High Anxietyβ¦and she earned even more award nominations playing a hard-drinking grandmother in Spanglish. But who, really, is Cloris Leachman? Sheβs one of the most acclaimed, and unpredictable, actresses of our time. Transforming herself with every role, Cloris Leachman has been dazzling audiences for decades with her unusual gift for both comedy and drama. Sheβs appeared in 11 Broadway plays, 57 films, and 137 television showsβand has earned 16 awards and 23 nominations. Now, for the first time, the incomparable Cloris Leachman reflects on her amazing life and illustrious careerβ¦ From her hometown in Des Moines, Iowa (where she first saw Katharine Hepburn perform on stage, never imagining they would one day do Shakespeare together) to the bright lights of Broadway (where she had to work up the nerve to sing for Rogers and Hammerstein to get the lead in South Pacific) to the television studios of L.A. (where she hopped on producer James Brooksβs lap to land the role of Phyllis), Clorisβs journey has been filled with laughter and tears, marriage and motherhood, tragedy and triumph. With surprising candor, she talks about her experiences at the Actorβs Studio, her βPeckβs bad boyβ behavior on the set of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, her work with Mel Brooks and other filmmakers, her return to sitcoms with The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Malcolm in the Middle, and her difficulty shaking off the roles she immerses herself in. She shares wonderfully revealing anecdotes about her co-stars and friends: Marlon Brando, Meryl Streep, Dianne Keaton, Sissy Spacek, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, and the Kennedy family. She reveals her source of inspiration behind High Anxiety (giant fake breasts) and The Last Picture Show (a disturbing childhood incident). Finally, she speaks frankly about being a celebrity icon, trying to balance her family, career, and boundless creativity energy. This is the real Cloris Leachman as youβve never seen her before.
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