This new biography draws on a series of unpublished interviews and offers a startling and intitmate portrait of one of the most glamourous icons of the 20th century.
Donald Spoto was born near New York City in 1941 and received his PhD degree from Fordham University in 1970. He is the author of 27 books, including internationally bestselling biographies of Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe and Ingrid Bergman. He is married to the Danish school administrator and artist Ole Flemming Larsen. They live in a quiet village an hour's drive from Copenhagen.
...an intimate portrait of one of the world's most famous women. A
fine tribute to a true star
*Waterstone's Books Quarterly*
Spoto tells her story movingly and well
*Sunday Express*
Spoto was a close friend of Kelly's, so this is as definitive a
biography as we will ever get
*S, Sunday Express magazine*
Drawing on previously unpublished conversations, Spoto explores how
Kelly changed Hollywood
*Harpers Bazaar*
Kelly's life as told here reveals a gentler Donald Spoto than we're
used to: his friendship with the star has ensured a generosity of
judgement throughout...Some may yearn for a less sympathetic
portrait, but it's hard to imagine that any subsequent biography
could do such consummate justice to her life and career
*The Times*
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