"Of Human Bondage", "Jezebel", "All About Eve", "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane". Just this short list of Bette Davis' films, gives an unmistakable sense of the role she played in twentieth-century cinema, as one of the finest performers in Hollywood history. Drawing on an extensive series of conversations that took place during the last decade of Bette Davis' life, this biography draws heavily on the actresses own words. Looking back over the decades, from her teenage decision to become an actress, to the pain and outrage over her daughter's bitter portrayal of her, Davis speaks with extraordinary candour. She explains how her father's abandonment of her, a child reverberated through her four marriages, and discusses the persistent Hollywood legend that she was difficult to work with. Immersing readers in the drama and glamour of movie-making's golden age, "The Girl Who Walked Home Alone" is a startling portrait of an enduring icon.
- ISBN10 0786286393
- ISBN13 9780786286393
- Publish Date 31 December 2006 (first published 3 July 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 August 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Thorndike Press
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 615
- Language English