My Mother Was Nuts
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 20, 2014
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- Who it’s for
- A candid path through comedy, directing, and the industry’s shifting place for women.
- Themes
- Hollywood life, Womanhood, Women in film directing
- Genres
- Lives in Entertainment, Women's Lives, Personal Memoirs
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At the age of twenty-six, Penny Marshall was a divorced mother of one living in the Bronx. One year later she starred in a Head & Shoulders commercial (she was the one with the dandruff) with Farah Fawcett. So began the unlikely career of one of Hollywood’s most accomplished directors.
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My Mother Was Nuts tells the story of Marshall’s incredible life, from her starring role on the classic sitcom Laverne and Shirley to her trailblazing moment as the first woman to direct a movie grossing more than $100 million at the box office. The book is a behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood life, exploring her friendships with John Belushi, Lorne Michaels, Art Garfunkel, and Carrie Fisher, her marriage to and eventual divorce from Rob Reiner, and her experiences working with Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Geena Davis, Denzel Washington, and Drew Barrymore. This is a book about Hollywood, womanhood, and the power of Spanx.
Hollywood, From Inside
A candid path through comedy, directing, and the industry’s shifting place for women.
Come here for
- Behind-the-scenes Hollywood friendships and working relationships
- A career that moved from sitcom stardom to directing milestones
Expect
- A personal account of womanhood and ambition in Hollywood
- Familiar names, told from Penny Marshall’s perspective
Where it sits
| Lives in Entertainment | 83% |
|---|---|
| Women's Lives | 38% |
| Personal Memoirs | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in Entertainment
- Women's Lives
- Acting
- Comedy Films
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- TV Comedy
- Authors
- Penny Marshall
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 20, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Hollywood life · Womanhood · Women in film directing
- Reading lane
- Lives in Entertainment