First Edition, First Printing. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over gray boards, gilt (silver) lettering on spine, red endpapers. Illustrated with 16 pages of B&W photographs. Includes Film Chronology, Theater Chronology, List of Awards and Nominations, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. A detailed biography of the famed Hollywood actress and stage performer, covering her family background and early life, her stage and film career, her various personal relationships, her social conscience and anti-McCarthyism, her feuds with the press, her treatment of fans, and much more. This insightful biography reveals many little-known facts about this universally adored American icon. . This is an unmarked copy in excellent, once read condition. The unclipped dust jacket shows slight shelf-wear at the head of the spine only, else as new. FINE/FINE.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 512 pp