Backing into the spotlight
Whitehall, Michael2017
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'Backing into the Spotlight' is Michael Whitehall's hilarious memoir. It covers his early life growing up in suburban London in the 1940s and 1950s with his social climbing mother Nora (who coined the phrase 'a la carte' to describe people who were posher than her and whose company she craved); Whitehall family stories from the Putney ghetto; a successful career as an agent and producer (of course actors can be egotistical, greedy and vain, but they're not half as bad as agents and producers); and then the surprise twist in the tale when thanks to his comic genes and his wife Hilary's acting talents, Jack Whitehall becomes, much to their surprise, a successful comedian and actor.
Main title:
Backing into the spotlight / Michael Whitehall.
Author:
Whitehall, Michael, author
Imprint:
London : Constable, 2017.
Collation:
xvi, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781472127099 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
791.45092791.45028092791.4509920 WHITB WHIB
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1916851