A biography of Jane Fonda based upon research undertaken in film libraries, the FBI and discussions with actors, actresses, close friends, associates and Roger Vadim, an ex-husband. The author has written 20 biographies including one on Morecambe and Wise.

Jane Fonda: The Many Lives of One of Hollywood's Greatest Stars

FREEDLAND,Michael

Biographies & Memoirs

HarperCollins, Publishers

Maurice Chevalier

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.

Known as broadly for her incredible acting career as for her astounding voice and such songs as "Secret Love" and "Que Sera, Sera," Doris Day was an international star and an American icon. She was the idyllic attractive blonde whose swishing skirts were envied by girls and women across the world. For all her flashing renown and fame, however, Day’s private life was a much darker and more tragic affair. She had four different husbands, the third of whomMarty Melchersquandered her $20 million fortune and left Day with $500,000 worth of debt after his death. For the past 20 years, she has devoted much of her time to animals, running an animal "hotel" at her home as well as an animal ambulance service. This beautifully illustrated biography tells the remarkable story of a screen legend and documents an off-camera life filled with heartbreaking twists and remarkable turns.

Doris Day: The Illustrated Biography

Arts & Literature

Andre Deutsch

This is the story of Bob Hope's rise through Vaudeville, Broadway and Hollywood. With interviews Freeland divulges Hope's role as confidante to presidents and personalities in America. He shows us the man behind-the-scenes, presenting a look at his liaisons with women and his often tumultuous relationships with his writers.

Bob Hope: An Illustrated Biography

Humor & Entertainment

Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Bing Crosby was one of the most popular entertainers ever to appear on film. He was a symbol of an era, embodying an old-fashioned nostalgia and a golden age in cinema. His films, from the nostalgic charm of "White Christmas" to "Going My Way," which won him an Oscar, have a timeless and enduring appeal. Strikingly handsome, with a soft, crooning voice and a relaxed demeanor, Crosby was a natural heart-throb; yet behind the image of the all-American icon was a fierce, deeply complex individual. In this new biography, Michael Freedland writes candidly about his subject. Drawing on new material, rare photographs, and previously unpublished interviews, Bing Crosby: The Illustrated Biography is a long-overdue portrait of one of America's brightest stars. Among Michael Freedland's many books are All the Way: A Biography of Frank Sinatra, Irving Berlin, Sean Connery, and The Two Lives of Errol Flynn.

Bing Crosby: The Illustrated Biography

Movies

Chronicles the life and career of screen legend Doris Day, from her childhood in Cincinnati, through her four marriages, to her retirement and concern for animal rights.

The Warner Brothers

Harrap

Based on interviews with actors, directors, agents, producers, and musicians who worked for him, Michael Freedland has written an absorbing biography which tells of the demands Goldwyn made on his family, the rows with writers and he stories of the so-called 'casting couch'.

The Goldwyn touch: A biography of Sam Goldwyn

Jane Fonda

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

At the age of 63, Sean Connery is today more bankable at the box office than he was as the 30-year-old James Bond. But the man himself remains something of a mystery: devastatingly attractive, intensely private, and, according to many, unforgiving. Michael Freedland's biography is a detailed search for the man behind the brogue and the bravado. Drawing on interviews with over 100 people who have known and worked with Connery, Michael Freedland shows the reader his childhood in Edinburgh, his earliest working days in a steel mill, his first acting experiences in the chorus of South Pacific, and his tentative steps into films. What emerges is his phenomenal drive: practically inexhaustible, and typical of so many born in the slums who have only one way to go - up. Though one of the top sex symbols of today, Connery has never been an easy man to be married to. And neither is he easy to work with, never content simply to follow his directors' orders if he has better ideas himself. Freedland gives an insight into his unusual intelligence and commitment to social causes: his devoted support for Scottish Rome Rule, and the hours he spends alone in his trailer writing poetry that no one ever sees.

Sean Connery

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Books by FREEDLAND,Michael

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Jane Fonda: The Many Lives of One of Hollywood's Greatest Stars

Maurice Chevalier

Doris Day: The Illustrated Biography

Bob Hope: An Illustrated Biography

Bing Crosby: The Illustrated Biography

Doris Day: The Illustrated Biography

The Warner Brothers

The Goldwyn touch: A biography of Sam Goldwyn

Jane Fonda

Sean Connery