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Coral Browne Rose Collis

Coral Browne By Rose Collis

Coral Browne by Rose Collis


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Summary

Tells the story of the extraordinary life of the actress Coral Browne, who is remembered for her performances, her glamour, her liberated attitude to sex and her often-savage wit.

Coral Browne Summary

Coral Browne: 'This Effing Lady' by Rose Collis

A larger-than-life character that towered over the London stage for half a century, Coral Browne was remarkable for her mesmerising character performances, her glamour, her liberated attitude to sex and the quickness of her often-savage wit. Arriving from 'awful Australia' as a 21-year old she quickly became the talk of wartime London - performing as bombs rained, and V2 rockets crashed around her. Prodigiously talented and highly unconventional to the age she lived in, she forged a reputation as a brilliant classical actress, though she would later perform in the premiere of Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw in her underwear, alongside Ralph Richardson.She is also remembered for a series of iconic performances in films such as Auntie Mame, The Killing of sister George, The Legend of Lyla Claire and television dramas like The Ruling Class, Dennis Potter's Dreamchild, and Alan Bennett's An Englishman Abroad, in which she played herself. Almost as famous for her bawdy wit and unashamed appetite for men (and women), her famous lovers included Maurice Chevalier, Cecil Beaton, Paul Robeson, Christopher Cazenove and Michael Hordern, though played confidante to many more, including Alec Guinness, John Schlesinger, Alan Bates, and, remarkably, the traitor Guy Burgess. Later in life, she became 'Mrs Vincent Price', one half of one of the most passionate and remarkable celebrity marriages of all time. This Effing Lady is the humane and often hilarious life of a remarkable and truly original star.

Coral Browne Reviews

'The fruitiest Browne anecdotes are contained within this poisonously enjoyable book. As a biographer, Rose Collis ... ensures that her work does not degenerate into the literary equivalent of a night of after-show anecdote-tennis over the tablecloths of Joe Allen's.'Independent on Sunday, October 28, 2007'Rose Collis' biography is hugely entertaining and awesomely well researched...Rose Collis' witty book goes beyond fag-hagiography to show Coral's fault as well as the generous spirit which made her Darling Coral to so many.' Daily Mail, October 12, 2007'Miss Collis...recognises and recounts, with cutting clarity, the less savoury side of the aging, fading star.'The Spectator, October 3, 2007

About Rose Collis

Rose Collis is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books, including Colonel Barker's Monstrous Regiment: A Tale of Female Husbandry (Virago), Portraits To The Wall (Cassell), A Trouser-wearing Character: Life and Times of Nancy Spain (Continuum), and Portraits to the Wall: Women on Women (Continuum).

Additional information

GOR001953061
9781840027648
1840027649
Coral Browne: 'This Effing Lady' by Rose Collis
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20071001
288
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - Coral Browne