I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (909 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 039916930X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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While it definitely wasn’t the blow to her professional life as was being blacklisted for a dozen years, thanks to HUAC’s Communist witch hunt in the 1950s, readers of this no-holds-barred autobiography can tell that it really rankled. That’s the thing: Grant doesn’t make us read between the lines here; it’s all right there, on the page. From Booklist *Starred Review* Grant, the Academy Award–winning actor who segued into directing in the 1980s, was fired weeks into directing a Bruce Willis movie in the late 1990s (the movie was subsequently shut down). The title, incidentally, comes from a piece of career advice she once received and which she followed with great en
Perfect For Lee Grant Fans and Theater Junkies R PRIUS Written from a stream of conciousness point of view and a tad on the artsy side, this memoir put me off initially until I got caught up in the rhythm of Lee Grant's writing. For a fan, this book is not only interesting but revealing. Knowing little of Grant's backstory, this memo. "From her NYC origins to surviving long years on the Hollywood Blacklist and ultimate success." according to sc2From her NYC origins to surviving long years on the Hollywood Blacklist and ultimate success. Lee Grant's supplies smooth narration along with insights to a varied, long, and ultimately successful life and career of a truly versatile actress and director. From her NYC origins to surviving long years on the Hollywood Blacklist and ultimately success in film and later as a . lexny. Lee Grant's supplies smooth narration along with insights to a varied, long, and ultimately successful life and career of a truly versatile actress and director. From her NYC origins to surviving long years on the Hollywood Blacklist and ultimately success in film and later as a . Five Stars Great book! I always liked Lee Grant after reading this book I love her!!!
Grant founded the production company Feury/Grant with her husband and is an adjunct professor at Tisch School of the Arts. Lee Grant is an Emmy– and Academy Award–winning actress and director. . In 1989, Women in Film honored Grant with their first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives in New York City
She met a man ten years her junior and began a wild, liberating fling that she never expected would last a lifetime. And after twelve years of fighting the blacklist, she was finally exonerated. Born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal in New York City, actress Lee Grant spent her youth accumulating more experiences than most people have in a lifetime: from student at the famed Neighborhood Playhouse to member of the legendary Actors Studio; from celebrated Broadway star to Vogue “It Girl.” At age twenty-four, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Detective Story, and a year later found herself married and a mother for the first time, her career on the rise.And then she lost it all.Her name landed on the Hollywood blacklist, her offers for film and television roles ground to a halt, and her marriage fell apart.Finding reserves of strength she didn’t know she had, Grant took action against anti-Communist witch hunts in the arts. Grant tells endlessly delightful tales of costars and friends such as Warren Beatty, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, and Sidney Poitier, and writes with the verve and candor befitting such a seductive and beloved star.. With courage and style, Grant rebuilt her life on her own terms: first stop, a starring role on Peyton Place, and then leads in Valley of the Dolls, In the Heat of the Night, and Shampoo, for which sh