
Mixed Fancies
Brenda Blethyn(Author)
Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
Published on 4. June 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7434-7806-9 (ISBN)
Description
Born in Ramsgate during the 1940s, Brenda Bottle was the youngest of nine in a poor but close family. She left school to work as a secretary for British Rail, where she met her husband. But by the age of twenty-seven, the marriage was over. Brenda left her job and with the little she had saved, enrolled at Guildford Drama School. And so her life as an actress began. One of Britain's best-loved actresses, Brenda Blethyn has dazzled in a vast number of roles, including her performances as downtrodden Cynthia in Mike Leigh's SECRETS AND LIES and as the man-eating Mari Hoff in LITTLE VOICE, for which she received Oscar nominations. On stage, television and film she has worked with our greatest writers and directors -- Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard, Sam Mendes, Peter Hall -- and actors -- including Michael Caine, Jude Law, Julie Walters, Brad Pitt, Ewan McGregor and John Hurt. Brenda is one of Britain's finest character actresses, famous for playing her roles with social realism and warmth, wit and humour -- characters her audience empathise with. She has the same warmth and humour off screen too; a wonderfully down-to-earth person with a fascinating history. Told with sparkling wit and engaging honesty, MIXED FANCIES is the compelling story of her journey from the Plains of Waterloo to the National Theatre and on to television, Hollywood and stardom.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
none
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7434-7806-9 (9780743478069)
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Mixed Fancies
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BRENDA BLETHYN OBE has won many awards including a Bafta, has twice been nominated for an Oscar, and four times for a Bafta. Besides being a film actress, she appears often in television series (including OUTSIDE EDGE, BUDDAH OF SUBURBIA and BETWEEN THE SHEETS) and is a star of the stage, recently appearing in NIGHT MOTHER with Edie Falco on Broadway. She lives in London and Kent.