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Classic Actor Biographies

Puttin' on the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the fine art of panache: a biography by Peter J. Levinson

Tough without a gun: the life and extraordinary afterlife of Humphrey Bogart by Stefan Kanfer

Brando by Richard Schickel

Gary Cooper by David Thomson; photo reseach by Lucy Gray

The girl who walked home alone: Bette Davis, a personal biography by Charlotte Chandler

Clark Gable: a biography by Warren Harris

Garbo: a biography by Barry Paris

Cary Grant: a class apart by Graham McCann

Bombshell: the life and death of Jean Harlow by David Stenn

Douglas Fairbanks by Jeffrey Vance, with Tony Maietta

Judy Garland: a biography by Anne Edwards

Audrey Hepburn by Barry Paris

I know where I'm going: Katharine Hepburn, a personal biography by Charlotte Chandler

 

Olivier by Terry Coleman

The measure of a man: a spiritual autobiography by Sidney Poitier

Ginger: my story by Ginger Rogers

Life is a banquet by Rosalind Russell and Chris Chase

Spencer Tracy: a biography by James Curtis