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�She could look demure while behaving like an empress. Blonde, with eyes like pearls too big for her head, she was very striking, but marginally pretty and certainly not beautiful � But it was her edge that made her memorable � her upstart superiority, her reluctance to pretend deference to others.� Bette Davis was the commanding figure of the great era of Hollywood stardom, with a drive and energy that put her contemporaries in the shade. She played queens, jezebels and bitches, she could out-talk any male co-star, she warred with her studio, Warner Bros, worked like a demon, got through four husbands, was nominated for seven Oscars and � no matter what � never gave up fighting. This is her story.
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Bette Davis, David Thomson
- Language
- Released
- 2009
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Bette Davis
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Thomson
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 120
- ISBN10
- 1846140722
- ISBN13
- 9781846140723
- Series
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- �She could look demure while behaving like an empress. Blonde, with eyes like pearls too big for her head, she was very striking, but marginally pretty and certainly not beautiful � But it was her edge that made her memorable � her upstart superiority, her reluctance to pretend deference to others.� Bette Davis was the commanding figure of the great era of Hollywood stardom, with a drive and energy that put her contemporaries in the shade. She played queens, jezebels and bitches, she could out-talk any male co-star, she warred with her studio, Warner Bros, worked like a demon, got through four husbands, was nominated for seven Oscars and � no matter what � never gave up fighting. This is her story.