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50 Great Movie & TV Biographies

Fifty terrific memoirs, (auto)biographies, diaries, etc. chronicling the lives and careers of film and television greats and not-so-greats.
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Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care (Lee Server)
Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care
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Lee Server
With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grant (Richard E. Grant)
With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grant
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Richard E. Grant
Permanent Midnight (Jerry Stahl)
Permanent Midnight
3
Jerry Stahl
What Just Happened: Bitter Hollywood Tales From the Front Line (Art Linson)
What Just Happened: Bitter Hollywood Tales From the Front Line
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Art Linson
Kinski Uncut (Klaus Kinski)
Kinski Uncut
5
Klaus Kinski
Ava Gardner: Love Is Nothing (Lee Server)
Ava Gardner: Love Is Nothing
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Lee Server
Mr Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers (Ed Sikov)
Mr Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers
7
Ed Sikov
A Siegel Film: An Autobiography (Don Siegel)
A Siegel Film: An Autobiography
8
Don Siegel
Warren Oates: A Wild Life (Susan Compo)
Warren Oates: A Wild Life
9
Susan Compo
Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu (Simon Callow)
Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu
10
Simon Callow
Orson Welles: Hello Americans (Simon Callow)
Orson Welles: Hello Americans
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Simon Callow
Orson Welles Volume 3: One-Man Brand (Simon Callow)
Orson Welles Volume 3: One-Man Brand
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Simon Callow
Robin (Dave Itzkoff)
Robin
13
Dave Itzkoff
I, Fatty (Jerry Stahl)
I, Fatty
14
Jerry Stahl
Springfield Confidential (Mike Reiss and Mathew Klickstein)
Springfield Confidential
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Mike Reiss and Mathew Klickstein
Postcards From the Edge (Carrie Fisher)
Postcards From the Edge
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Carrie Fisher
Wishful Drinking (Carrie Fisher)
Wishful Drinking
17
Carrie Fisher
Gasping for Airtime (Jay Mohr)
Gasping for Airtime
18
Jay Mohr
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again (Julia Phillips)
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again
19
Julia Phillips
What Fresh Lunacy Is This?: The Authorized Biography of Oliver Reed (Robert Sellers)
What Fresh Lunacy Is This?: The Authorized Biography of Oliver Reed
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Robert Sellers
The Friedkin Connection (William Friedkin)
The Friedkin Connection
21
William Friedkin
Truths, Half Truths and Little White Lies (Nick Frost)
Truths, Half Truths and Little White Lies
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Nick Frost
Smoking in Bed: Conversations With Bruce Robinson (Alistair Owen)
Smoking in Bed: Conversations With Bruce Robinson
23
Alistair Owen
The Moon's a Balloon (David Niven)
The Moon's a Balloon
24
David Niven
Bring on the Empty Horses (David Niven)
Bring on the Empty Horses
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David Niven
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood (William Goldman)
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood
26
William Goldman
Which Lie Did I Tell? (William Goldman)
Which Lie Did I Tell?
27
William Goldman
If They Move, Kill 'em! (Weddle)
If They Move, Kill 'em!
28
Weddle
The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life (Robert Evans)
The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life
29
Robert Evans
Tab Hunter Confidential (Tab Hunter)
Tab Hunter Confidential
30
Tab Hunter
Gilliamesque: A Pre-Posthumous Memoir (Terry Gilliam)
Gilliamesque: A Pre-Posthumous Memoir
31
Terry Gilliam
Watch Me (Anjelica Huston)
Watch Me
32
Anjelica Huston
James Whale (Curtis)
James Whale
33
Curtis
Conversations With My Agent (Rob Long)
Conversations With My Agent
34
Rob Long
A Postillion Struck by Lightning (Dirk Bogarde)
A Postillion Struck by Lightning
35
Dirk Bogarde
Once a Saint: An Actor's Memoir (Ian Ogilvy)
Once a Saint: An Actor's Memoir
36
Ian Ogilvy
Reed All About Me (Oliver Reed)
Reed All About Me
37
Oliver Reed
Billie Whitelaw, Who He? (Billie Whitelaw)
Billie Whitelaw, Who He?
38
Billie Whitelaw
This Is Orson Welles (Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich)
This Is Orson Welles
39
Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich
An Open Book (John Huston)
An Open Book
40
John Huston
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