ix, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Daddy -- Mummy -- Enter Miriam -- We are a fortress family -- Going to school -- Oh, Miriam! -- Families -- Showing off -- The facts of life -- Latin lessons -- Dinner with Isaiah Berlin -- Nude modelling for Augustus John -- Miriam Kibbutznik -- Cambridge -- Adventures in academia -- Footlights -- Saved by the beeb -- Swinging London -- The importance of voice -- Sexy Sonia -- Women are better than men: discuss -- Heather -- Coming out -- Life on the road: Fiddler on the roof -- Going on the stage: a masterclass of sorts -- The joys of being an understudy: The Threepenny Opera -- When a play goes wrong: The White Devil -- Getting into character: Endgame -- PG tips and the Caramel bunny -- To dub or not to dub -- Banged up in Bow Street -- Money talks -- Too fat to go to bed with -- My first time on Broadway was... Wicked -- Call me Gert and leave out the rude part -- In therapy -- Only connect -- Blood will tell -- Two spikes would be an extravagance! -- It is a far, far better thing -- Taking America by storm -- Please do not wear shorts -- My turn to fail -- Adventures in cinema -- Working with Scorsese: The Age of Innocence -- Romeo + Juliet -- Would you like to go to Disney World? -- Harry Potter -- Down under -- A new habit -- Being Jewish -- Choosing my side -- Speaking out -- A right royal reception -- Spliced -- Getting older -- Dirty talk -- The final curtain.
Summary:
"BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, MIRIAM MARGOLYES, OBE, is the nation's favourite (and naughtiest) treasure. Now, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary life story - and it's well worth the wait. Find out how being conceived in an air-raid gave her curly hair; what pranks led to her being known as the naughtiest girl Oxford High School ever had; how she ended up posing nude for Augustus John as a teenager; why Bob Monkhouse was the best (male) kiss she's ever had; and what happened next after Warren Beatty asked 'Do you fuck?' From declaring her love to Vanessa Redgrave to being told to be quiet by the Queen, this book is packed with brilliant, hilarious stories. With a cast list stretching from Scorsese to Streisand, a cross-dressing Leonardo di Caprio to Isaiah Berlin, This Much Is True is as warm and honest, as full of life and surprises, as its inimitable author"--Publisher's description
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.