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020 $z9781617039362 (ebook)
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100 1 $aDeMaio, Patricia A.
245 10 $aGarden of dreams :$bthe life of Simone Signoret /$cPatricia A. DeMaio.
264 1 $aJackson :$bUniversity Press of Mississippi,$c[2014]
300 $aviii, 346 pages, [8] pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aHollywood legends series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
520 $a"The incomparable Simone Signoret, one of the grand actresses of the twentieth century and one of France's most notable stars, considered herself the "oldest discovery" in Hollywood. After years of blacklisting during the McCarthy era, she was thirty-eight years old when she entered Hollywood through the back door in the 1959 British blockbuster Room at the Top. Her portrayal of the endearing Alice Aisgill earned her the Academy Award in 1960, the first French actor to win a coveted Oscar. Though a latecomer to Hollywood, Signoret was already an international star who had survived the Nazi occupation of Paris, emerging in 1945 as a beautiful, promising actress capable of communicating more emotion through body language than dialogue alone could achieve. She gained a reputation as the thinking man's sex symbol, and in several films she portrayed prostitutes with subtlety and depth. She was fiercely protective of her privacy. But after winning the Oscar, she was dragged through the gutter when her second husband, Yves Montand, had a widely publicized affair with Marilyn Monroe. Many attributed her rapid aging and alcoholism to this betrayal. She endured this perception in silence, all the while demonstrating a remarkable capacity to reinvent herself as a best-selling author, respected social activist, and revered actress who remained in the cinema, her "garden of dreams," for over four decades. Patricia A. DeMaio combines Signoret's courageous story with Montand's biography to reveal new information and insight into Signoret's humanitarian efforts and the vibrant film career that sustained her"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aSignoret, Simone,$d1921-1985.
650 0 $aActors$zFrance$vBiography.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aDeMaio, Patricia A.$tGarden of dreams$dJackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014$z9781617039362$w(DLC) 2013033070
830 0 $aHollywood legends series.
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