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Kurtz, Swoosie.
Kurtz, Swoosie.
Kurtz, Swoosie -- Family.
Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Adult children of aging parents -- Biography.
Aging parents -- Care -- Biography.
Caregivers -- Biography.
Intergenerational relations -- Biography.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
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Part swan, part goose : an uncommon memoir of womanhood, work, and
family
/
Swoosie
Kurtz
, Joni Rodgers.
by
Kurtz
,
Swoosie
.
Perigee Trade, 2014.
Call #:
791.45028 K96p
Subjects
Kurtz
,
Swoosie
.
Kurtz
,
Swoosie
--
Family
.
Television actors and actresses
--
United States
--
Biography
Motion picture actors and actresses
--
United States
--
Biography.
Adult children of aging parents
--
Biography.
Aging parents
--
Care
--
Biography.
Caregivers
--
Biography.
Intergenerational relations
--
Biography.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
--
Biography.
ISBN:
9780399168505 (hc.)
Description:
327 p. ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"
Swoosie
Kurtz
shares just the right combination of personal misadventure and showbiz lore, candidly reflecting on the right choices that empowered her, the wrong choices that enlightened her, and the intimate journey of caring for an aging parent. Her father, Frank, was an Olympic athlete and highly decorated World War II airman. He flew a record number of missions in a cobbled-together B-17D called the Swoose. Her mother, Margo, was the quintessential military wife but with the spunk and will to match her husband's. Her 1945 memoir, My Rival, the Sky, chronicled their lives up to the time of the birth of their daughter. Today, Margo, who is fast approaching her hundredth birthday, lives with
Swoosie
. And
Swoosie
's life has become a precarious and precious balancing act as she struggles to stay ahead of her mother's increasing needs while navigating a showbiz career that keeps one foot in Hollywood and the other on Broadway. She is currently starring in the CBS television hit series Mike & Molly. Her previous performances include the TV hits Sisters and Pushing Daisies. A multiple Tony, Emmy, Obie and Drama Desk Award winner,
Swoosie
Kurtz
is a Broadway icon whose work also includes big screen blockbusters like Liar, Liar and Dangerous Liaisons, indie favorites like Citizen Ruth, True Stories and Cruel Intentions. Her distinctive name comes from The Swoose, the bomber flown by her father, Col. Frank
Kurtz
, the most decorated Air Force pilot of World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Rodgers, Joni, 1962-
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