Description: Margaret Rutherford - Dreadnought With Good Manners by Andy Merriman copyright 2009, 1st edition This book with dustjacket is in very good condition - Dustjacket in very good condition with no wear - book has no torn or missing pages nor writing..very very slight slant to book Margaret Rutherford was without a doubt one of Britain' s best-loved comic actresses. But behind the kindly, serene front Rutherford presented to the world lay a life of trauma and repeated nervous breakdown - the legacy of the legacy of family tragedy that saw her father murder her grandfather during a bout of mental illness and her depressive mother later kill herself. Andy Merriman' s acclaimed biography intrigued and shocked readers with these revelations when it was published in hardback. Now out in paperback, it is also a portrait of one of our most individual actresses. Rutherford appeared in such thoroughly English classics as Blithe Spirit, The importance of Being Earnest, Passport to Pimlico and I' m All Right, Jack! But above all she was Miss Marple, in four films - and entirely created for the screen the role of Agatha Christie' s elderly and fearless private detective that subsequent actresses like Joan Hickson and Geraldine McEwan have continued. Rutherford first played Miss Marple at the age of 70, and insisted on wearing her own clothes to feel right in the part. Above all, this was a vulnerable woman whom no-one failed to like and respect, notable again and again for quiet acts of kindness, whose life story has great appeal to everyone who appreciates both classic English comedy and simple human decency. Also listed Eve Arden SIGNED, Barbara Stanwyck, Fay Wray SIGNED, Mae Murray, Pola Negri, Norma Shearer, Veronica Lake, Joan Crawford SIGNED, Hollywood Life, Yvonne De Carlo, Gloria Swanson SIGNED and other Hollywood Bios !!!. Thanks for looking and happy bidding Combine postage offered
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Book Title: Dreadnought with Good Manners
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Modified Item: No
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Publication Year: 1983
Type: Biography
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Andy Merriman
Features: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Topic: Cult Movies, Entertainment, Film, Movie & Television, Movies, Performing Arts, Television
Subjects: Biographies & True Stories
