An edition of Thank Heaven: A Memoir (2009)

Thank heaven

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An edition of Thank Heaven: A Memoir (2009)

Thank heaven

a memoir

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One of the best-loved stars of classic American cinema tells all in this wry, funny, and poignant memoirLeslie Caron is one of the most cherished and admired international film stars of our time. She made her film debut with Gene Kelly in the classic MGM musical An American in Paris, created one of the most enduring roles in American musicals as Gigi, danced with Fred Astaire in Daddy Long Legs, and starred with Cary Grant in Father Goose.In Thank Heaven (an homage to "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," the song Maurice Chevalier sings about her in Gigi) Caron shares her remarkable life story. From her childhood with her American mother and French father in occupied France to her early success as a young ballerina; to her meeting Gene Kelly and her years in Hollywood; to her love affairs (including a very funny and very public one with Warren Beatty) and motherhood; to her alcoholism and depression; and finally her recovery and continuing success in film and television, Caron offers an illuminating account of her career.Thank Heaven is filled with reminiscences of MGM at the end of its Golden Era, of the great stars with whom Caron worked, and of her own struggles as an actress. This is a sharp, unsentimental, and moving memoir for everyone who loves classic American movies.

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Viking
Language
English

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2009, Viking
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2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Childhood
Paradise is called Goyetchea
The war
First ballet classes
Phone call
Metro Goldwyn Meyer
The making of An American in Paris
This new life
Under contract
Renoir
Gigi
Family life
The prediction
Life with Warren
Learning independence
Marriage again
A new passion
Black days
Changing track
Brake down
Recovery
Latest adventures.

Edition Notes

Genre
Biography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.4302/8092, B
Library of Congress
PN2638.C2525 A3 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23643582M
Internet Archive
thankheavenmemoi00caro_0
ISBN 13
9780670021345
LCCN
2009030177
Library Thing
8645091
Goodreads
6681506

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