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Actors with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
Cerebral palsied -- United States -- Biography.
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Jewell, Geri.
Jewell, Geri.
Actors with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
Cerebral palsied -- United States -- Biography.
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I'm walking as straight as I can : transcending disability in Hollywood and beyond /
Geri
Jewell
; with Ted Nichelson.
by
Jewell
,
Geri
.
ECW Press, c2011.
Call #:
791.45028 J59i
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Jewell
,
Geri
.
Actors with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
Cerebral palsied -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781550228830 (pbk.)
1550228838 (pbk.)
Description:
[xi], 252 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
Born with cerebral palsy,
Geri
Jewell
inspired a generation of young people when she became the first person with a disability to appear in a recurring role on prime-time television, with her groundbreaking character on the sitcom The facts of life. This candid memoir details her experiences from her traumatic birth to her rise to stardom as a stand-up comic to becoming a television star, followed by a downward spiral, tax problems, drug addiction, marriage, and an accident that nearly claimed her life.
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Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Nichelson, Ted.
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