Fallen Stars : Tragic Lives and Lost Careers

by Upton, Julian

• ISBN13: 9781900486385
• ISBN10: 1900486385
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Scb Distributors

Summary

Fallen Stars probes the underside of fame to reveal a host of glittering careers stunted by ill-health, alcoholism, drug addiction and egomania. Twenty-one tales of stardom turned sour, these are the tragic final years of some of the world's best-loved actors and comedians, a latter-day Hollywood Babylon that includes Benny Hill, Diana Dors, Peter Sellers, Carry On legends and many others.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(2)
1 Fame and Misfortune
Carol White	9	(6)
Hollywood and Bust
Rachel Roberts	15	(8)
Paradise Lost
Oliver Reed	23	(9)
Hyde in Plain Sight
Diana Dors	32	(7)
The Lakes Regress
Mary Millington	39	(9)
True Blues
2 Tragic Comics
Tony Hancock	48	(5)
Down and Under
Richard Beckinsale	53	(3)
The Dark Light Comedian
Peter Sellers	56	(10)
Curse of the Pink Panther
Charles Hawtrey	66	(6)
Sixteen Year Bender
Benny Hill	72	(6)
The Show's Over
Terry-Thomas	78	(6)
Temporarily Embarrassed
Barry Evans	84	(6)
Misadventures of a Taxi Driver
Peter Cook	90	(7)
A Life in Pieces
Dudley Moore	97	(8)
On the Rocks
3 Final Acts
Mary Ure	105	(4)
Anger and After
Vivien Merchant	109	(5)
Betrayal
Jill Bennett	114	(6)
Love and Death
Ian Hendry	120	(5)
The Nearly Man
David Rappaport	125	(4)
Even Dwarves Started Small
Charlotte Coleman	129	(4)
Forever Young
Sir Stanley Baker	133	(5)
The Outsider
Appendix: Selected Filmographies	138	(16)
Appendix: References	154	(2)
Index	156