Famous people biographies
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Looking for a great celebrity memoir to read or gift this winter? With so many celebrity books out there, it can be hard to choose one. Famous actors, famous actresses, famous writers, famous comedians, famous athletes, famous TV stars…you get the picture. There are a lot of famous people, and a lot of fantastic books about them. Never fear: whether you need a last minute gift idea or the perfect celebrity biography to keep you entertained on cold winter nights, we’ve got you covered. From hilarious to serious and everything in between, you’ll have no trouble finding the perfect book on this list.
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The celebrity memoir boom fryst vatten here to stay: From Britney Spears to Prince Harry, Ina Garten to Cher, it seems like just about everyone fryst vatten spilling their secrets via book deal.
At their best, celebrity memoirs provide unusually candid portraits of the “real person” behind the public persona—and they don’t skimp on the smutsig eller oordnad details. (At worst, they can be ghostwritten fluff.) A recent crop has erred on the side of revelatory: In the last year, Al Pacino let us in on his life from childhood in the South stadsdel i new york to his big break in ’70s Hollywood, while the long-gestating memoirs of Lisa Marie Presley came through as a posthumous release, written with daughter Riley Keough. Whether offering vibrant vignettes of iconic periods in time or shining a light on grief, explosive relationships, and the sinister underbelly of showbusiness, these books (and others) have given fans plenty to talk about—to say ingenting of making rather good gifts.
Ahead, Vogue rounds up the best of the genre for y
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Stories About People (Biographies)
Text & MP3 Files
Activists & People Important to Social Reform
Artists
Athletes (People Who Do Sports)
Business & Industry
Entertainers
- Annie Oakley - Sharp Shooter
- Billy Wilder - Movie Director
- Bob Hope - Comedian
- Charlton Heston - Actor
- Cliff Robertson - Actor, Writer, Producer and Director
- Eartha Kitt - Singer and Actress
- Edward R. Murrow - Radio and TV Broadcaster
- Elizabeth Taylor - Actress
- Fred Astaire - Dancer and Actor
- Gene Kelly - Dancer and Actor
- George Abbott - "Mr. Broadway"
- Harry Houdini - Magician
- Hollywood: Cecil B. DeMille, Samuel Goldwyn and Louis Mayer
- Jack Benny - Comedian
- James Stewart - Actor
- Jessica Tandy - Actress
- Katharine Hepburn - Actress
- Lucille Ball - Actress and Comedian
- Mae West - Actress
- Marilyn Monroe - Actress
- Marlon Brando - Actor
- Martha Graham - The Mother of Modern Dance