Peter Shelley

Gwen Verdon

A Life on Stage and Screen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

American dancer, singer and actress Gwen Verdon (1925-2000) won four Tony awards for her work on Broadway and also appeared in films and on television. Stricken with rickets as a child, Verdon overcame severe leg deformity through ballet training, making her film debut at 11 as a solo ballerina in the musical The King Steps Out (1936). Her theater credits include Can-Can (1953-1955), Damn Yankees (1955-1956), Redhead (1959-1960), New Girl in Town (1957-1958), Sweet Charity (1966-1967) and Chicago (1975-1977). When not dancing on stage or screen, she coached other actors, such as Jane Russell, Lana Turner, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe and Shirley MacLaine. This first full-length biography of Verdon covers her life and career, her individual performances and her collaborations with choreographers Jack Cole and Bob Fosse, her husband.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780786497362
• ISBN-10: 078649736X
• Artikelnr.: 42195929

Autorenporträt

Peter Shelley is a playwright, screenwriter and author of several film books. He lives in Gosford, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1.
Beginning and Jack Cole 2.
Working with Jack Cole in Films 3.
Can-Can 4.
Damn Yankees, Bob Fosse and New Girl in Town 5.
Damn Yankees on Film and Redhead 6.
Semi-Retirement and Motherhood 7.
Sweet Charity 8.
Sweet Charity on Film 9.
Children! Children! 10.
Chicago 11.
All That Jazz 12.
The Mature Actress 13.
Fosse Dies 14.
Charity One Last Time and Fosse Appendix: Performances on Stage, Film, Television and Record Bibliography Index