Details

Subject(s)

• Wickes, Mary 1910-1995 [Browse]
• Actors—United States—Biography [Browse]

Series

Hollywood legends series [More in this series]

Summary note

Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable nurses, nuns, and housekeepers to life on screen and stage. Wickes was part of some of the most significant moments in film, television, theatre, and radio history. On that frightening night in 1938 that Orson Welles recorded his earth-shattering "War of th.

Bibliographic references

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Includes filmography.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Source of description

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed Dec. 24, 2013).

ISBN

• 9781604739060 ((electronic bk.))
• 1604739061 ((electronic bk.))
• 1621039579 ((electronic bk.))
• 9781621039570 ((electronic bk.))

LCCN

2013005652

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