Born a tea-planter's daughter in India, Julie Christie led a troubled younger life growing up in Britain until her breakthrough performance in the 1963 film Billy Liar. Success soon followed, including an Oscar for her role in Darling, an acclaimed performance in Dr. Zhivago, and a string of romances that included a marriage with Warren Beatty. In the face of her success and fame, however, Christie soon shied away from stardom in favor of a quiet and isolated personal life. This insightful biography charts Christie’s career right up through Oscar-nominated performance in Away from Her and uncovers little-known secrets about the private life of this astounding actress.

Julie Christie: The Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Ewbank, Tim

Arts & Literature

Andre Deutsch

An affectionate look at the life and career of AbFab's Joanna Lumley, drawing on numerous interviews A former model, Bond girl, acclaimed actress, and human rights and animal rights activist—this biography charts the remarkable life of Joanna Lumley, who has been a fascinating figure for more than four decades, since her days as a top model in the Swinging Sixties. Today, she is best known for her role as Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous and, most recently, her championing of the Nepalese Gurkhas' cause. Joanna is revered as much for her tireless campaigning for animal rights and other causes, as for her repertory of characters on stage, screen, and TV. Drawing on interviews with Joanna herself as well as her relatives, friends, and costars, this is a meticulously researched and revealing portrait of a beloved star.

Joanna Lumley

Humor & Entertainment

The Australian actor who burst on to the Hollywood scene with his roles in LA Confidential and The Insider, not to mention an explosive Oscar-nominated performance in Gladiator is given in-depth biographical treatment in this book. From a small role in daytime soap Neighbours to "Sextest Man Alive", Crowe is a different kind of Hollywood star, reminiscent of the golden age of Hollywood, he has the charisma, talent and rugged charm of Bogart and Brando. Unlike so many of his contemporaries, he seems unwilling to succumb to the modern marketing gloss and hype, instead grounding himself on his ranch in New South Wales and choosing roles that are enigmatic, raw, challenging and always highly acclaimed.

Russell Crowe : A Biography

John Thaw was one of Britain’s most versatile actors. His powerful ability to deliver award-winning, top quality performances turned him into one of the country’s most bankable names. Stafford Hildred and Tim Ewbank trace Thaw’s life from his humble roots and desperately unhappy childhood to his arrival as a Teddy Boy student at RADA. From there, the book charts his remarkable rise to stardom and recounts the notable successes, controversies, disasters, and sacrifices experienced along the way. Affectionate and immensely readable, this biography is based on John Thaw’s own enthralling and moving memories and anecdotes, plus extensive interviews and recollections from his wife Sheila Hancock, close friends, relatives, and co-stars. John Thaw died of cancer on February 21, 2002. Both he and he wife Sheila had been fighting the disease for some years. He was 60.

John Thaw: The Biography

This is the first biography of Joanna Lumley, one of Britain's best-loved and most accomplished actresses, whose outrageous, champagne-swigging, bee-hived hedonist Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous is acknowledged as one of the great TV characters of the 90s. For over four decades, since she became a top model in the 60s, Joanna has remained an endlessly fascinating figure and is now regarded as somewhat of a national treasure. Meticulously researched, the book draws on interviews with relatives, friends, and co-stars to produce an astonishingly revealing portrait of one of Britain's most likeable stars.

Joanna Lumley: The Biography

This biography charts the remarkable life of the tea planter's daughter born in India who blossomed from troubled Sussex schoolgirl into the striking young woman who unforgettably sashayed to stardom, down a Bradford street, in the film Billy Liar. Julie Christie became The Face of 1965, made the miniskirt notorious, won an Oscar with limited screen experience, was courted by Hollywood's most eligible men - including Waren Beatty - and provided international cinema with one of its most vivid and enduring images by wearing a Russian fur hat for her role in Doctor Zhivago. The authors have drawn on interviews with Julie Christie, her friends, fellow actors, actresses and film industry associates to provide a look at the career and life of one of Britain's most successful, yet private, actresses who has delighted screen audiences for forty years.

Hildred, Stafford

Andre Deutsch Ltd.

The first biography of Joanna Lumley, one of Britain's best-loved and most accomplished actresses whose outrageous, champagne-swigging, bee-hived hedonist Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous is acknowledged as one of the great TV characterisations of the nineties; For over four decades, since she became a top model in the Swinging Sixties, Joanna has remained an endlessly fascinating figure and is now regarded as something of a national treasure. An exotic cocktail of Home Counties and Hollywood, Joanna is revered as much for her tireless campaigning for animal rights and numerous other charities as for her repertory of characters on stage, screen and TV - which have earned her wide acclaim from critics and public alike as well as the television industry's highest awards and an OBE. Joanna has progressed from James Bond girl to Coronation Street, from BBC chat show host to weekly diarist for The Times; from trendsetting star of The New Avengers to TV island castaway; from Sapphire and Steel sci-fi heroine to cerebral Call My Bluff panellist; from skilled stage and TV comedienne to the voice behind countless commercials; from adventurer in India and the Far East to committed vegetarian and eco warrior, and much more besides. This affectionate and immensely readable biography is partly based on the authors' many interviews with Joanna over the years in which she has talked candidly about many aspects of her professional and personal life. Meticulously researched, the book draws on interviews with relatives, friends and co-stars to produce an astonishingly revealing portrait of one of Britain's most likeable stars.

Now approaching her 60th birthday, Olivia Newton-John still exudes star power and timeless glamour. She has sold 60 million records around the world, topped the charts multiple times, and is known all over the world for her role as Sandy opposite John Travolta in Grease. But behind the successful singing and film career lies the story of a remarkable survivor. Olivia’s life has been repeatedly touched by trauma, heartache, personal tragedy, and her own life-threatening cancer. Tim Ewbank’s revealing biography charts the highs and lows of her career, and the personal crises that have affected her personal lifebut never defeated her.

Olivia: A Biography of Olivia Newton-John

Piatkus Books

Olivia Newton-John exudes star power and timeless glamour. She has sold 60 million records around the world, topped the charts in the US and the UK four times, and is known all over the world for her role as Sandy opposite John Travolta in Grease. 
But behind the successful singing and film career lies the story of a remarkable survivor. Olivia's life has been repeatedly touched by trauma, heartache, personal tragedy and her own life-threatening cancer. Tim Ewbank's revealing biography charts the highs and lows of her career, and the personal crises that have affected her personal life - but never defeated her.

Olivia

Little, Brown, UK

Now approaching her 60th birthday, Olivia Newton-John still exudes star power and timeless glamour. She has sold 60 million records around the world, topped the charts multiple times, and is known all over the world for her role as Sandy opposite John Travolta in Grease. But behind the successful singing and film career lies the story of a remarkable survivor. Olivia’s life has been repeatedly touched by trauma, heartache, personal tragedy, and her own life-threatening cancer. Tim Ewbank’s revealing biography charts the highs and lows of her career, and the personal crises that have affected her personal lifebut never defeated her.

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Julie Christie: The Biography

Joanna Lumley

Russell Crowe : A Biography

John Thaw: The Biography

Joanna Lumley: The Biography

Julie Christie: The Biography

Joanna Lumley

Olivia: A Biography of Olivia Newton-John

Olivia

Olivia: A Biography of Olivia Newton-John