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In spite of myself a memoir

In this rollicking self-portrait from one of today's great actors, Plummer tells of his privileged Canadian upbringing, rich in Victorian gentility, and how he tore himself away from the ski slopes to break into the big, bad world of theater.

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Main Author: Plummer, Christopher
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Afred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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Plummer, Christopher.
Actors > Biography.
Memoirs.
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Summary:In this rollicking self-portrait from one of today's great actors, Plummer tells of his privileged Canadian upbringing, rich in Victorian gentility, and how he tore himself away from the ski slopes to break into the big, bad world of theater.
Physical Description:647 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780679421627
0679421629
Author Notes:Christopher Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario. He acted in more than a hundred feature films, and, in addition to performing leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he starred in Great Britain's National Theatre, the Stratford Festival of Canada, and sixteen Broadway plays. He was nominated for seven Tony Awards and won twice for Best Actor for Barrymore and Cyrano. He lived in Connecticut. He died in 2021.

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