Jane Wyman: The Actress and the Woman (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc (August 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934878900
• ISBN-13: 978-0934878906
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,020,972 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good photographic overview of Jane Wyman's life and career, August 11, 2007

By	Joseph A. Admire (Manassas, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Jane Wyman: The Actress and the Woman : An Illustrated Biography (Hardcover)

Jane Wyman has earned her footnote in American history as the first wife of President Ronald Reagan, but it should never be forgotten that she had a long and illustrious career as an actress in her own right, with the zenith, IMO, being her moving performance in "Johnny Belinda". She was also a strikingly beautiful woman who had her full share of glamour-girl roles, and in the 1980's went head-to-head with the women of "Dallas" and "Dynasty" on her own prime-time soap, "Falcon Crest". Lawrence Quirk, who has written many other books on old-time Hollywood and its performers, has assembled a fine "illustrated biography" (to borrow from the book's subtitle) with an excellent selection of black-and-white photographs from every stage of her life and career, accompanied by a well-written, sympathetic text. Definitely recommended.