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Mixed Fancies by Brenda Blethyn (Hardcover, 2006)
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Author: Brenda Blethyn ISBN 10: 0743248597.
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- Born in Ramsgate during the 1940s, Brenda Bottle was the youngest of nine in a poor but close family. She left school to work as a secretary for British Rail, where she met her husband. But by the age of twenty-seven, the marriage was over. Brenda left her job and with the little she had saved, enrolled at Guildford Drama School. And so her life as an actress began. One of Britain's best-loved actresses, Brenda Blethyn has dazzled in a vast number of roles, including her performances as downtrodden Cynthia in Mike Leigh's SECRETS AND LIES and as the man-eating Mari Hoff in LITTLE VOICE, for which she received Oscar nominations. On stage, television and film she has worked with our greatest writers and directors -- Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard, Sam Mendes, Peter Hall -- and actors -- including Michael Caine, Jude Law, Julie Walters, Brad Pitt, Ewan McGregor and John Hurt. Brenda is one of Britain's finest character actresses, famous for playing her roles with social realism and warmth, wit and humour -- characters her audience empathise with. She has the same warmth and humour off screen too; a wonderfully down-to-earth person with a fascinating history. Told with sparkling wit and engaging honesty, MIXED FANCIES is the compelling story of her journey from the Plains of Waterloo to the National Theatre and on to television, Hollywood and stardom.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- ISBN-139780743248594
- eBay Product ID (ePID)86862402
Product Key Features
- Book TitleMixed Fancies
- AuthorBrenda Blethyn
- FormatHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- TopicTelevision
- Publication Year2006
- GenreBiographies & True Stories
- Number of Pages320 Pages
Dimensions
- Item Height234mm
- Item Width156mm
Additional Product Features
- Title_AuthorBrenda Blethyn
- Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- by worcester_1403 Aug, 2022
Great read
This book was great value and came quickly. I'm loving reading how Brenda lived and all about her family. You don't need to be a "Vera" fan to enjoy this book!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
- by dis155ff4z27 Apr, 2022
facinating
Excellent , what a surpising person she is ! Loving reading this, don't want it to ever end !
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
- by susanshaw.201219 May, 2020
Amazing
This book is enthralling, can't put it down, makes you laugh out loud.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
- by julia57*12303 Jun, 2012
She's just a warm ,lovely lady
This is a brilliant book, brenda has witten about her life,having come from a very poor back ground , and a big family she's never left that behind,i liked when she talks movingly about her mother.this book is both funny and moving,just one of the best auto's i have read,could not put it down.
- by priscilla801507 Jul, 2022
Brenda Blethyn memoirs
Charming book. Very entertaining.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
- by sukmar906 Nov, 2019
Fab buy
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
- by emoframs10 Jun, 2014
a true rags to riches fairy tail?
I may come from a biased angle as Brenda is my neighbour! I have read this book twice because Brendas mixed fancies really is the story of a girl made good. From a genuinely working class background Brenda has reached national treasure status, this before the recent Vera! The book is engagingly written and there are plenty of stories to laugh out loud at as well at look at the poverty around just after the war. A very nice read.
- by jackjovi5622 Jul, 2011
best book i've read for ages and well worth the money.
This book i cant put down brenda is so funny i remember lots of quotes that happened when i was younger that still make me laugh. She's lived a good and funny life well worth a read..
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