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One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg offers a sweeping portrait of the revered performer’s life and career. Deemed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, Diana Rigg (1938–2020) initially found fame as super sleuth Mrs. Emma Peel in the 1960s BBC/ABC-TV espionage series The Avengers. A classically trained and multi-award-winning thespian, Rigg is known for her diverse body of work — from her big-screen debut in 1969 as Countess Teresa di Vincenzo, wife of James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, to her Tony Award–winning, leading role in Medea on Broadway, culminating with her Emmy-nominated portrayal as Lady Olenna Tyrell on the heralded sma...
Based on author Herbie J Pilato’s exclusive interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery prior to her death in 1995, Twitch Upon a Star includes insider material and commentary from several individuals associated with her remarkable life and career before, during, and after Bewitched, including her classic feature films The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? (1963), and Johnny Cool (1963). Two of Montgomery’s many popular TV movies, A Case of Rape (which remains one of the highest-rated TV-movies of all time) and The Legend of Lizzie Borden (which will soon be remade as a feature film), were groundbreaking and remain classics. But Twitch Upon a Star also goes ...
Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most prolific and popular actresses of the twentieth century. In her more than five hundred appearances on television, film and the stage, Elizabeth Montgomery’s talent, charisma, and personalityhave charmed millions for decades. This delightful new book delineates, dissects, and celebrates the diversity and minutia of Montgomery’s remarkable career, while chronicling just how much her real life spilled into her historic roles on stage and screen. The book is based on Pilato’s exclusive interviews with the actress and supplemented withcommentary provided by myriad entertainment professionals, journalists, and media and classic TV histo...
With MARY: THE MARY TYLER MOORE STORY, Herbie J Pilato offers the first full-scale, objective, and detailed biography of the actress best known from The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. MARY explores in-depth her entire life and career before, during, and beyond those two benchmark series, as it examines with a reflective and microscopic lens Moore's endeavors in front of and behind the camera of countless TV, film, stage, and live-event appearances. With MARY: THE MARY TYLER MOORE STORY, Herbie J Pilato narrates it all, telling the enticing, adventurous, very personal, very human, and now very accessible tale of Moore's remarkable life and career. The hardcover includes a 24 page color photo insert.
The 1970s cult TV show Kung Fu introduced an entire generation of Americans to the ways of eastern philosophy. Its central appeal rested with the lead character, Kwai Chang Caine, whose graceful ways and respect for all life, attracted viewers of all ages, creeds, and colors.The over four hundred quotes of The Kung Fu Book of Wisdom are gathered from the words of Caine and Master Po and Master Kan, the Shaolin monks who were Caine's teachers. Arranged by notable topics that the show addressed: courage, discipline, freedom, and harmony--to name a few--this book offers clear insights of eastern wisdom.
This book guides you through the show's original eight-year run, using candid conversations and behind-the-scene anecdotes to supplement the historical background. You will hear from the late Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha), Dick York (Darrin, 1964--1969), Dick Sargent (Darrin, 1969--1972), and Agnes Moorehead (Endora) as well as the rest of the cast, producers, writers, and directors who brought the show to life. Also included are: A chronology of all 254 episodes, detailing the writers, directors, guest stars, plots, and anecdotes from behind-the-scenes of each segment; Bewitched trivia, including how Elizabeth Montgomery created the famous witch-twitch; Comments culled from interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White (Larry Tate), Alice Ghostley (Esmeralda), Erin Murphy (Tabitha), and more; A list of 22 Emmy nominations the show garnered and other memorabilia information; Over 150 photos, at least 50 of which have never been published before; Biographies of the entire ensemble of actors, staff, and crew. This book is a must-have for the millions of veteran Bewitched fans.
Glamour, Gidgets, and the Girl Next Door is the latest creation from entertainment biographer and pop culture consultant Herbie J Pilato. Based on exclusive celebrity interviews, this book runs the gamut of female television legends, from Donna Douglas (who played Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies) to the stars of the original Charlie’s Angels. According to Pilato, “There are so many charismatic women who have made their ‘beauty-mark’ in television. I wanted to celebrate their contributions, not only with regard to aesthetic appeal but to honor the intelligence, individual wit, and unique talent and style that each of them have contributed to television—and how that great medium in particular was utilized to introduce and showcase so many amazing and wonderful women to the world.” Suffice it to say, for exclusive and key information on TV’s top leading ladies who shattered expectations and paved the way for successive generations, this book is the number one resource and go-to guide.
This companion to both series explores the shows' histories and influences. Includes interviews with cast members, creators and crew as well as complete episode guide.
Be they actors, comedians, singers, dancers, or talk show hosts and personalities, everyone from George Burns and Milton Berle to Jack Benny and Jackie Gleason to Sid Caesar and Caesar Romero ignited their own particular brand of “man-erisms.” In the process, they each inspired their own particular brand of audience to cheer them on—whatever their guise. This book will explore and celebrate the men who invented manliness, and became stars in the process.It also profiles such teenage heartthrobs as Leave it to Beaver's Tony Dow and The Partridge Family's David Cassidy, stars who left an indelible impression on a generation of young girls.
The first and definitive guide to one of television's all-time great sitcoms, featuring more than 100 photographs of the cast. The book contains an entertaining and thorough analysis of the show's appeal, including extensive interviews with the cast, writers, and crew.