I have Ray Manzarek's book "Light My Fire: My Life with the Doors" and I think it's great. I've tried reading other autobiographies and was bored by them. Drew Barrymore's "Little Girl Lost" sticks out in my mind as being boring. Can anyone suggest an entertaining celebrity autobiography to read? I like the stories where people start off not having much and make it big. There's so many to choose from. I'm open to suggestions.
2006-11-21 06:13:13 · 8 answers · asked by ☆skyblue 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Believe it or not, one of the best I have ever read is Milton Berle`s! It`s so long ago I`ve forgotten the title.
2006-11-21 06:18:17 · answer #1 · answered by Hamish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Sound of Laughter" by Peter Kay is very funny, entertaining and interesting. Once you get into it, you won't put it down! I was given a copy for my birthday, and loved it. If you enjoy his humour, you'll enjoy this book, as stylistically, it's pretty much the same. He's a very down to earth bloke, grew up in a working-class household in the North West of England, was always making people laugh at school and work, and has become an extremely successful comedian, without being changed by his success - which is why he continues to be successful. A definite must-read!!
2006-11-21 07:19:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would try Phillis Diller's “Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse,” or Carol Burnett's "One More Time: A Memoir by Carol Burnett" or Whoopi Goldberg's "Book" (which she insists is not an autobiography but many believe it is). These women are so talented that their autobiographies have to be good!!!
2006-11-21 06:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like older movie stars, a great one is "Me," by Katherine Hepburn. She has no pretensions at all about herself--she tells about what a terrible tomboy she was as a girl, and her life with her huge family. She really doesn't talk a lot about her actual films, except to tell what it was like, such as she had a "dreadful" time making the African Queen, and telling about the interesting people she met, not the stars so much as the natives she met and their circumstances. But through all of it, she shows a real sense of humor about herself.
2006-11-21 06:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really enjoyed Camryn Manheim's Wake Up I'm Fat!
It is her autobiograohy and it talks about how she always wanted to get into acting but because she was overweight no one wanted to take her seriously. Camryn has won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her part in The Practice.
2006-11-21 06:30:53 · answer #5 · answered by WillLynn 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about "White Cargo" by Felicity Kendal?
As a young girl, Felicity Kendal was brought up in India, touring the country as part of a troupe of actors managed by her father. Geoffrey Kendal's dream was to do theatre for as much of his life as he could manage, and to be under nobody's thumb. He and his wife put together a small company, and together they barnstormed around India doing Shakespeare, Wilde, and Shaw for the best part of three decades.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Cargo-Memoir-Felicity-Kendal/dp/0140271589/sr=8-1/qid=1164139235/ref=pd_ka_1/203-9915083-6090310?ie=UTF8&s=books
2006-11-21 07:04:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Takei (Star Trek's Mr. Sulu) wrote an excellent one. He spent part of his childhood in a US internment camp and had other adventures.
2006-11-21 06:26:30 · answer #7 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ALONE by Admiral Richard E. Byrd
2016-05-22 08:11:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋