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1 5 y separately published work icon Judith Anderson : Australian Star, First Lady of the American Stage Desley Deacon , Brunswick : Kerr Publishing , 2019 18516306 2019 single work biography

'Everyone knows Mrs Danvers as a byword for menace in Hitchcock's Rebecca and as a poster girl for lesbians in the movies. But only dedicated fans know her brilliant creator.

'This book tells Judith Anderson's life story for the first time. It recovers her career as one of the great stars of stage and television and an important character actress in film. Born in Adelaide, Australia, in 1897, brought up by a determined single mother, she parlayed her rich, velvety voice and ability to give reality to strong emotional roles into stardom on Broadway in the 1920s. Not a conventional beauty, she was alluring, with her beautiful body, perfect dress sense, and striking, volatile personality. After playing glamorous roles, she was recognised as a Leading Lady of the American Stage under the direction of Guthrie McClintic in Hamlet and co-starring with Laurence Olivier and Maurice Evans in Macbeth. Her reputation as a great actress was confirmed by her landmark performance in 1947 in the ancient Greek Medea, adapted for her by her friend, poet Robinson Jeffers. In a long career, she appeared in Medea again in 1982 at the age of 85, playing the Nurse to fellow-Australian Zoe Caldwell's Medea.

'Ambitious and driven, Anderson toured extensively, made numerous highly praised appearances on television, and, after her unforgettable role as Mrs Danvers, was a sought-after character actress in film, playing her last role as Vulcan High Priestess in Star Trek III at the age of 87. She won many awards and was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1960 and Companion of the Order of Australia just before her death in 1992. She had a stormy private life and two short marriages, which, she remarked, were 'much too long.'' (Publication summary)

1 3 y separately published work icon Roger Rogerson : The Dark Side Roger Rogerson , Brunswick : Kerr Publishing , 2009 Z1636023 2009 single work autobiography

'Roger Rogerson hasn't been a police officer for more than 20 years. Yet his name makes him the most well-known 'detective-sergeant' in Australia. He has been the subject of articles, appearances, profiles and books; portrayed in TV dramas; and recorded by covert listening devices at home for months. Rogerson took up his own pen in prison. Out, he walked the club and pub speaking circuit, where he found a ready audience for his tales of law and mayhem. He now writes for newspapers.

'Here, he tells us of:

  • high profile investigations
  • forgotten ones, like when a key from Tassie opened a Sydney murderer's door
  • some of the most interesting dead people he's ever met
  • the hunt for desperados on a deadly robbing spree
  • the bloody night that earned him the award for courageous action
  • meeting a prominent toe cutter
  • besieging the comic Wally and the dangerous green Man
  • the dogs in a prison he sojourned in
  • bad days in a flattened railcarriage at Granville ...

'and more ...

'These untold tales are the ones everyone else has glossed over or ignored, from the horse's mouth, for the first time.'

Source: Back-cover blurb.

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