To: vocalist
Subject: RE: good biographies
Date sent: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:33:47 PST
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I can recommend "Hollywood Diva," a biography of Jeannette MacDonald by
Stanley Turk. Here's one singer who wasn't ruined by a) unconventional (to
say the least) training, b) starting out as a child star (she made her
Academy of Music debut at the age of 5) or c) doing musical theater (she was
playing featured roles in Broadway musicals at the time she was tapped for
the movies, and capped her career with a regional tour in "The King and I").

Elizabeth Finkler
mightymezzo-at-hotmail.com

"I find that the best way to ride the Schuylkill Expressway is to scratch
two rabbits' feet, pat my lucky moonstone, count my worry beads, count ten,
spit into the wind, say my private Devil-Worshipper's prayer, and merge into
the traffic stream." --Alfred Bendiner

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