Unsinkable: A Memoir

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Harper Collins, Apr 2, 2013 - Biography & Autobiography - 320 pages
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Unsinkable is the definitive memoir by film legend and Hollywood icon Debbie Reynolds.

In Unsinkable, the late great actress, comedienne, singer, and dancer Debbie Reynolds shares the highs and lows of her life as an actress during Hollywood’s Golden Age, anecdotes about her lifelong friendship with Elizabeth Taylor, her experiences as the foremost collector of Hollywood memorabilia, and intimate details of her marriages and family life with her children, Carrie and Todd Fisher.

A story of heartbreak, hope, and survival, “America’s Sweetheart” Debbie Reynolds picks up where she left off in her first memoir, Debbie: My Life, and is illustrated with previously unpublished photos from Reynolds’s personal collection.

Debbie Reynolds died on December 28, 2016, at the age of 84, just one day after the death of her daughter, actress and author Carrie Fisher.

 

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It's a little long and confusingly structured at first and she definitely doesn't like her ex-husbands but it's fun to read and full of interesting stuff. She's a remarkable actress and the book sounded like she wrote it all from beginning to end. Read full review

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Debbie Reynolds is a strong woman with a weakness for morally bankrupt men. I admire her efforts for trying to preserve Hollywood memorabilia from the golden age of movies, especially from big studio ... Read full review

Contents

Foreword by Carrie Fisher
Preface PART
Third Time Is a Charm or Three Strikes Youre Out?
Debbie Does Virginia
Postcards from My Daughter
Move Over HiltonsReynolds Is in the Hotel Business
The Star Theater
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Family and Faith
These Old Broads
Im Princess Leias Mother
Hollywood Highland
September 10 2001
Museum Interrupted
On to Pigeon Forge
Another Day in Court

A New
Happy New Year?
Raid on Roanoke
Under the Elephants Tail
Mother Plays Mother
Looking for Mr Wrong
Divorce American Style
Hail Mary Deal
Black Wednesday
Bottoming Out in Beverly Hills
On the Road Again
June 18 2011
Debbie Does Eighty
Miss Burbank 1948
More Stars Than There Are in Heaven
An Excerpt from Make Em Laugh
Early Days
Acknowledgments
The Films of Debbie Reynolds
Index
Photo Section
Copyright

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Unsinkable LP: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Hope, and Triumph
Debbie Reynolds,Dorian Hannaway
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About the author (2013)

Debbie Reynolds was an actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, and author best known for her leading roles in Singin' in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, and on TV as Bobbi Adler in Will & Grace. After more than sixty years in the entertainment industry, she was a true Hollywood icon, beloved by millions of fans of all ages around the world. Debbie Reynolds died on December 28, 2016, at the age of 84, just one day after the death of her daughter, actress and author Carrie Fisher.

Dorian Hannaway was the director of late-night programming at CBS-TV for more than fifteen years, supervising the production of The Late Show with David Letterman; The Kids in the Hall; and The Late, Late Show. She has known Debbie for more than thirty years, and has written and produced many projects with her.

Bibliographic information

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TitleUnsinkable: A Memoir
AuthorsDebbie Reynolds, Dorian Hannaway
PublisherHarper Collins, 2013
ISBN0062213679, 9780062213679
Length320 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Biography & Autobiography / Women
  
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