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Author
Publisher
Trapeze
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Victoria Wood was a true pioneer among entertainers, earning her the rightful place as a national treasure time and time again. Wood's career was one of the most illustrious and wide-ranging in British comedy, and one of the greatest sadnesses following her death in 2016 was that she left the world without leaving her own full account of her life, having never written an autobiography. 'I will do it one day,' she told journalist and author Jasper...
Author
Publisher
Virgin
Pub. Date
2006
Description
This biography offers a warts-and-all portrait of a star who is much more complex than she has shown herself to be. From her isolated and bizarre childhood, to the explosion of her popularity in her work with Julie Walters, this book aims to reveal the true Victoria Wood.
6) The audacity
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Detailing Katherine's journey from a naive ex-Hooters waitress fresh off the boat from Canada to comedy megastar, chapters cover how to potty train your baby at 10 months, how to cut off your racist aunties, how to marry your high school boyfriend and how to co-parent when you're a single mum. 'The Audacity' combines Katherine's unerring ear for the perfect line with the warmth, compassion and hard-won wisdom that makes up a life on and off stage....
10) Dear Fatty
Author
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, with a career that has spanned nearly three decades, encompassing a vast and brilliant array of characters. Here she describes the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely, but nevertheless genuine, national treasure.
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2011
Description
With no fewer than three gongs at the 2011 British Comedy Awards, Miranda Hart was crowned the Queen of Comedy. She has become something of a national treasure, yet thrust into the nation's living rooms (and hearts) with her self-titled sitcom, her success did not happen over night.
Author
Publisher
Andre Deutsch
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Catherine Tate leads a very private life along with her partner, stage manager Twig Clark, and their young daughter, Erin. This is the first major biography of Catherine, drawing on interviews with many of those who have worked most closely with her over the years to build a true and complete portrait of this hugely talented actress.
Author
Publisher
Blake
Pub. Date
2012
Description
With no fewer than three gongs at the 2011 British Comedy Awards, Miranda Hart was crowned the Queen of Comedy. She has become something of a national treasure, yet thrust into the nation's living rooms (and hearts) with her self-titled sitcom, her success did not happen overnight.
14) Bonkers
Author
Series
Publisher
Clipper Large Print
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Jennifer Saunders' brilliant comic creations have brought joy to millions for three decades. From 'Comic Strip' to 'Comic Relief', from Bolly-swilling Edina in 'Absolutely Fabulous' to Meryl Streep in 'Mamma Mia', her characters are household names. This is her funny, touching and disarmingly honest memoir, filled with stories of friends, laughter and occasional heartache - but never misery.
Author
Publisher
Virgin Books
Pub. Date
2014
Description
What do you do when you're labelled abnormal in a world obsessed with normality? If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, cellulite is cause for a mental breakdown and women over a size ten are encouraged to shoot themselves (immediately), what the **** do you do if you're, gasp, disabled? When Francesca was two years old, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Her parents were told by a consultant that she would never lead...
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2009
Description
An institution of British comedy, June Whitfield is a legend who has starred in everything from the 'Carry On' films to 'Absolutely Fabulous'. In this book she recalls in photographs her long and rich career, from graduating from RADA to playing alongside the likes of Terry Scott, Frankie Howerd, Roy Hudd and Jennifer Saunders.
Author
Publisher
Brazen
Pub. Date
2023
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Description
This is a book about how being a woman gets in the way of people's expectation of what autism should look like and, equally, how being autistic gets in the way of people's expectations of what a woman should look like. 'Strong Female Character' is a game-changing memoir on sexism and neurodiversity. Fern Brady will use her voice as a neurodivergent, working-class woman from Scotland to bring issues such as sex work, abusive relationships and her time...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2023
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Description
All her life, London Hughes longed to be a badass, an awesome bulletproof star nobody could mess with - someone who takes no shit - and in 'Living My Best Life, Hun', she lifts the lid on how she made it, so that we don't have to learn the hard way. London reveals how she went from secretly writing Frasier fan fiction alone in her bedroom to taking Hollywood by storm.