Beverly Garland

Her Life and Career

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Named "Television's First Lady" by Walter Ames of the Los Angeles Times, actress Beverly Garland (1926-2008) is also regarded as a Western and science-fiction film icon. Beverly was TV's first "police woman" in the landmark series Decoy, and was seen in starring or recurring roles in such popular shows as My Three Sons and Scarecrow and Mrs. King. In addition to more than 700 television appearances, she made more than 55 feature and made-for-television films including the cult classics Not of This Earth, It Conquered the World and The Alligator People.Working with such stars as Sinatra, Bogart, and Bing Crosby, Beverly Garland had fascinating stories to tell about all of them and many more. This comprehensive biography of Beverly's life and career includes a foreword and afterword by her colleagues Joseph Campanella and Peggy Webber.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-01-02
Mått:178 x 254 x 13 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:255
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786465019

Utforska kategorier

Biografi: konst och underhållning inom Biografier
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Deborah Del Vecchio is a freelance writer living in Delaware.

Recensioner i media

“Must-read”—Midwest Book Review; “lively with feisty quotes”—Bookgasm; “an excellent job...a very thorough, interesting, informative, and entertaining look at a long, successful career and a happy productive life that is filled with exciting situations and interesting individuals...indispensable...most highly recommended”—Examiner.com; “wonderful book, very well written, and full of juicy stories. What more could a film fan want!”—Little Shoppe of Horrors; “traces [Garland’s] life and long career as television’s first lady”—Reference & Research Book News.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Joseph CampanellaIntroduction1. Beverly Lucy Fessenden2. The Actor’s Life for Me!3. Beverly Campbell 4. Beverly Garland 5. Somebody Get Me a Medic6. The Beast and the Amazon7. Scream Queen8. The Joker Is Wild9. Decoy10. Return to Gotham 11. Coco La Salle, the Lady Pirate12. Where in the World Is Beverly Garland?13. The Miracle Worker14. Stump the Stars 15. Twice Told Tales16. The Bing Crosby Show17. Pretty Poison 18. My Three Sons19. A Singing Cowboy, Hojo, and the Saga ofdeleteFreeway Chickens 20. The Cowboys 21. Roller Boogie Mama 22. A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 23. Scarecrow and Mrs. King 24. The Haunted Symphony, Russia and Roger Corman—deleteTogether Again After All These Years25. A Hollywood Survivor 26. Fifty Years in Show Business Farewell to Television’s First Lady Epilogue Afterword by Peggy Webber Appendix I: The Television Credits Appendix II: The Film and Made-for-Television Movie CreditsChapter NotesSelect Bibliography Index