| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 370 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) |
| Series |
Hollywood legends series |
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Hollywood legends series.
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| Contents |
Pardon me lady, but did you drop a fish? -- From Stockbridge to the Mercury Theatre -- On stage and on air -- Anatomy is destiny -- Miss bedpan -- Los Angeles, mother in tow -- Lucille Ball's best friend -- Cookies and milk with mother -- She kept it to herself -- Mary's secret cousin -- "Not an ounce" of romance -- Nurses, nuns, and housekeepers -- When acting is everything -- Becoming the characters she played -- Success returns -- Physical deterioration -- Fade out |
| Summary |
Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable nurses, nuns, and housekeepers to life on screen and stage. Wickes was part of some of the most significant moments in film, television, theatre, and radio history. On that frightening night in 1938 that Orson Welles recorded his earth-shattering ""War of th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes filmography |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed Dec. 24, 2013) |
| Subject |
Wickes, Mary, 1910-1995.
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| SUBJECT |
Wickes, Mary, 1910-1995 fast |
| Subject |
Actors -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Acting & Auditioning.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Actors
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013005652 |
| ISBN |
9781604739060 |
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1604739061 |
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1621039579 |
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9781621039570 |
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