Ellen Burstyn SIGNED Card Autobio Movie Actress Exorcist Last Picture Show

by Ellen Burstyn

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Lessons In Becoming Myself by Ellen Burstyn 1st edition 2006 - This hardcover book issued with dustjacket is in like new condition - Dustjacket in very good condition with no wear and book is in excellent condition - no missing or torn pages ...Excellent Addition to your Collection!! SIGNED Card attached on title page "Ellen Burstyn " An inspirational account by the Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning actress discusses her complicated relationship with her mother, film and Broadway roles, and her ongoing search for personal and professional authenticity. Cast as Chris MacNeil in The Exorcist, Ellen Burstyn cinematically confronted the devil. Born Edna Rae Gilloolly, she confronted demons of her own, from her demeaning mother to her psychotic and sadistic husband. Now as one of the most acclaimed and respected actors of her generation, the ebullient Burstyn reflects on her life and 40-plus-year career, nimbly tracing the paths she followed, risks she took, mistakes she made, and lessons she learned to assess the price she paid for hard-earned wisdom. Armed with little more than a burning ambition to refute her narrow Midwest Catholic upbringing, Burstyn resolutely struck out on her own at age 18. Landing in Manhattan, she became a devoted acolyte of Lee Strasberg's Method school of acting, a technique that served her well. Foundering in a violently unstable marriage and still bearing the psychic scars of a damaging childhood, Burstyn applied the same painstaking deliberation

• Year: 2006
• Condition: Fine

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