Beverly Washburn / Donald Vaughan
Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Donde los libros
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Beverly Washburn was one of Hollywood’s most familiar child actorsduring the 1950s and ’60s, a consummate performer who excelled at bothcomedy and drama with equal ease. Renowned for her uncanny ability tocry on cue, she appeared in countless television shows during themedium’s Golden Age, and many of the era’s best-loved movies, includingWalt Disney’s Old Yeller, The Greatest Show on Earth, Shane, and SpiderBaby, just to name a few.Beverly made her first movie at age 6, and quickly found her niche. Overthe years, her circle of friends included some of the biggest names inmovies and television, many of whom she 'dated' in the pages of the fanmagazines-and in real life. But Beverly’s fame went far beyond thesilver screen. In the 1960s, for example, she even cut a hitrecord-'Everybody Loves Saturday Night'-written by the legendary folkartist Pete Seeger.In this heartfelt and deeply revealing autobiography, Beverly talks fromthe soul about her astounding career as a child actress, and thedifficulties she encountered as she became a teenager and then an adult.She also reflects back on her most famous movies, with manybehind-the-scenes anecdotes never before revealed, and discusses herenduring friendships with some of entertainment’s most prominentperformers, including Jack Benny, Loretta Young, Lou Costello, andGeorge Reeves.
