'How did I end up here'? A question Elaine C. Smith asked herself when sitting in the dressing-room of a top theatre in London's West End, about to go on stage with one of the UK's most successful plays. In "Nothing Like a Dame", Elaine reflects on a 50-year journey that took her to the peak of the entertainment world. She recounts her long struggle to make it in a male-dominated, working-class society when women were supposed to just shut up and stay thin, especially in the sexist world of theatre and television, where she was told, 'Look, women just aren't funny'. Despite many highs and lows, she proceeded to forge a stellar career in show business, hosting her own TV series and becoming a household name thanks to her comic portrayal of Mary Nesbitt, the long-suffering wife in the award-winning BBC comedy Rab C. Nesbitt. "Nothing Like a Dame" is a heart-warming memoir: candid, outspoken, hilarious and at times deeply sad.
- ISBN10 1845965914
- ISBN13 9781845965914
- Publish Date 3 June 2010 (first published 1 October 2009)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 November 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Mainstream Publishing
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English