San Antonio College Library

"A lost document of theatrical history written more than seven decades ago is now translated for the first time into English - the autobiography of the great Yiddish actor Jacob Adler. It is, as well, a history of the Yiddish theater - for which Adler himself was almost single-handedly responsible - in Russia, England, and the United States."--Jacket.

This is Hal Holbrook's affecting memoir of growing up behind disguises, and his lifelong search for himself. Abandoned by his mother and father when he was two, Holbrook and his two sisters each commenced their separate journeys of survival. Raised by his powerful grandfather until his death when Holbrook was twelve, he spent his childhood at boarding schools, visiting his father in an insane asylum, and hoping his mother would surface in Hollywood....

Life and career of the popular Hollywood star.

Biography of Yul Brynner.

The life story of the eccentric American stage actor who publicly feuded with British actor William Macready and was a participant in one of the most scandalous divorce trials of the time; he also was a patron of American playwrights and a benefactor of retired actors.

"Joel Grey, the Academy Award-winning master of ceremonies in Cabaret, finally tells his remarkable life story. Born Joel David Katz to a wild and woolly Jewish-American family in 1930's Cleveland, Joel began his life in the theater at the age of nine, starring in local productions of touring Broadway hits. He was hooked, and the search for the spotlight took him from the Cleveland Playhouse to seedy, gangster-filled nightclubs in Chicago, and finally...