'At my Mother's Knee (and other Low Joints)' is the first autobiography by which TV personality?
"2009, O'Grady has presented his own two-hour long programme on BBC Radio 2 called ""Paul O'Grady on the Wireless"" which is broadcast on Sundays from 5–7pm. O'Grady was a guest on Kate Thornton's ""Paper Cuts"" in 2015. In September 2017, O'Grady presented a two-part documentary for BBC Radio 2 called ""The Story of the Light"". The show saw O'Grady celebrate the 50th anniversary of Radio 2 by looking back at the ""BBC Light Programme"" that the channel replaced. O'Grady has written a four-volume autobiography. The first volume, ""At My Mother's Knee ... And Other Low Joints"", was published by Bantam"
"Knee Deep in Paradise Knee Deep in Paradise is the title of an autobiography authored by actor/comedian Brett Butler, released in 1996. The memoir is very direct, and deals with her pre-stardom life, prior to the success of her popular ABC sitcom ""Grace Under Fire"". Notable for its unflinching candor, Butler's book provides accounts of such tragic personal events as being abandoned by her father when she was 4 years old, being beaten by her husband, and the ubiquitous crutches of drinking, drugs and sex. It progresses to her discovery of stand-up comedy and how it helped to channel her"
"creativity. She develops her career, sobers up, and discovers her true self. It was published by Hyperion and is available in hardcover (), softcover (), and audiobook formats. Knee Deep in Paradise Knee Deep in Paradise is the title of an autobiography authored by actor/comedian Brett Butler, released in 1996. The memoir is very direct, and deals with her pre-stardom life, prior to the success of her popular ABC sitcom ""Grace Under Fire"". Notable for its unflinching candor, Butler's book provides accounts of such tragic personal events as being abandoned by her father when she was 4 years old, being"
"occasional television appearances in later years, such as ""Love Boat"", ""Burke's Law"", and ""Murder, She Wrote"". In 1981, she published her autobiography, ""I Ain't Down Yet"", which described her battle with alcoholism. She was also interviewed by author David C. Tucker for ""The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms"", published in 2007 by McFarland and Company. Storm continued to make personal appearances and autographed photos at fan conventions, along with Charles Farrell from the ""My Little Margie"" series. She also attended events such as the Memphis Film Festival, Cinecon, the Friends of Old-Time Radio and the"
"Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words was a one-hour comedy television special which premiered on December 5, 2005 on Bravo. The show featured comedians reading actual excerpts from celebrity autobiographies. The special was based on a live show written by Eugene Pack which opened in Los Angeles, California in 1998. Excerpts were chosen because of their melodramatic and/or vacuous nature. Autobiographies which were connected, such as memoirs by former Hollywood couple Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson, were read together. Celebrities whose autobiographies were read included Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson, members of 'N Sync, Madonna,"
"deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson on 26 June 2009, Wilkins erroneously reported the death of actor Jeff Goldblum on ""Today"", although later in the program this was verified as a hoax. In September 2011 he released his autobiography ""Black Ties, Red Carpets, Green Rooms,"" which went on to be a best seller. In May 2012, Wilkins started on smoothfm. He is the host of weekend ""Mornings"" (10am – 1pm) on smoothfm 91.5 in Melbourne and smoothfm 95.3 in Sydney. In 2017, Wilkins celebrated his 30th anniversary with the Nine Network. In January 2017, for the twelfth time, Wilkins"
"optioned for a TV series by Sprout Pictures in partnership with Parallel Films. Her memoir, ""Relish"", was published in 2012. Her first television appearance was in the 1970s as a presenter of two thirteen-episode magazine series aimed at women at home, made by Tyne Tees Television. She was a last-minute replacement for Jack de Manio, and with no experience and a director who liked everything scripted, including interviews, she disliked the experience. Later, in the 1980s, she was the subject of two television programmes about her life and career: the first episode of Channel 4’s ""Take Six Cooks"" and the"
"Becket at the age of 98, following a sudden and unexplained decline in health. Peg Lynch Margaret Frances Lynch (November 25, 1916 – July 24, 2015) was an American writer, actress, and creator of the radio and television sitcoms ""Ethel and Albert"", ""The Couple Next Door"", and ""The Little Things in Life"". She was the first woman to create, write, star in and own her own sitcom; she retained that ownership throughout her life. In total, Lynch wrote nearly 11,000 scripts for radio and television. Lynch was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her father died of the Spanish flu when she"
"for, and briefly a cast member of ""Saturday Night Live"" in 1981. Although she did not appear in the single episode for which she was credited as a featured player, she had appeared uncredited in five previous episodes, between 1977 and 1981. She was a writer-performer in the cult film ""Mr. Mike's Mondo Video"" and Robert Longo's ""Arena Brains"". Her works include a compendium of her humor writing, ""In the Missionary Position"", the acclaimed short story collection ""A Visit From the Footbinder and Other Stories"", the novels ""Eve's Tattoo"", ""Clea and Zeus Divorce"", and ""Roger Fishbite"", and a memoir, ""Wuhu"
"""bag lady"" on Sunset Boulevard in the August 2001 Channel 4 documentary ""Celebrity: The Rise and Fall"" and it was reported elsewhere that she had spent five years ""down-and-out"" in L.A. Later that year, she returned to the UK. In her final years, spent in sheltered accommodation in Surrey, she wrote an autobiography called ""I Thought It Grew on Trees"". She was twice married (to Christopher Page and Leslie Cocks) and had three children. She died of a heart attack. On 16 December 2010, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a programme entitled ""Joan Turner: The Highs and Lows of the Wacky"
"who was quite ill at birth and died at 18 months old, and her parents divorced. She attended Presbyterian Ladies' College, Armidale, but ""didn't do well in the Leaving at all"" and failed to get a university pass. She began her career in radio at the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in the early 1950s, becoming a junior broadcaster in children's programs. That led to her joining the cast of the ""Argonauts Club"". Despite the pressure of live television and having no formal training, she started making weekly appearances on ABC Children's TV, and in 1960 began her most fondly-remembered role"
"suicide in 1997 at the age of 44. His brother is the novelist James Brown (""Final Performance"", ""Hot Wire""), who etched an intimate portrait of their dysfunctional family in his acclaimed memoir, ""The Los Angeles Diaries"", published by HarperCollins in 2003. Brown began his acting career as a child of five and took part in many television and live performances. He appeared with Van Johnson in a stage production of ""The Music Man"" at the age of ten. Brown was 19 when he made his first major screen appearance in ""Halls of Anger"" (1970), followed by ""The Great Northfield Minnesota"
"television."" The ratings, however, slid downward each successive week, and after the show completed its initial limited run, it did not reappear. The same year she appeared as a guest on the programs ""V Graham Norton"" in the UK, ""High Chaparall"" in Sweden, and ""The View"" and ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"" in the U.S. After Clinton's autobiography, ""My Life"", appeared in 2004, Lewinsky said in an interview with the British tabloid ""Daily Mail"": By 2005, Lewinsky found that she could not escape the spotlight in the U.S., which made both her professional and personal life difficult. She stopped selling her handbag"
"anti-war, pro-environmentalist primary candidate. Aside from an occasional role as narrator, Merrill essentially retired from the entertainment business after 1980. Shortly before his death, he authored the autobiography ""Bette, Rita and the Rest of My Life"" (1989). Merrill survived his second former wife, Bette Davis, by only five months, dying of lung cancer in Falmouth, Maine on March 5, 1990. He is buried there in the Pine Grove Cemetery. He was survived by a son, Michael; a daughter, Margot; a brother, Jerry; and two grandchildren. Merrill's television work spanned from 1953-1980. Most of his appearances were in guest-star roles in"
"Jeanne Little Jeanne Mitchell (born 11 May 1938), professionally known as Jeannie Little, is a retired Gold Logie-award-winning Australian entertainer and TV personality. She was diagnosed with rapid-onset Alzheimer's Disease in 2009, and is now being cared for in a Sydney nursing home. Little was born in Sydney, Australia. She made her television debut on Network Ten's ""The Mike Walsh Show"" in September 1974. Invited on as a guest showcasing designer maternity clothes, Little quickly became a regular, eventually (after a stint at Channel Seven) moving with the Walsh Show to Channel Nine. The Seven Network had attempted two short-lived"
"CBS). He also had recurring roles as (1) a friend of the Nelson brothers on ABC's ""The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"" and (2) as Jonathan Baylor on CBS's ""Ichabod and Me"" sitcom with Robert Sterling and George Chandler in the 1961–1962 season. He guest starred in many other programs during his childhood and young adult years, such as the CBS sitcom, ""Dennis the Menace"". Hawkins was born in Los Angeles to Thomas J. Hawkins (1913–1993) and Bette C. Hawkins (born c. 1916). His first roles—as a two-year-old—were uncredited – Spencer Tracy's ""The Seventh Cross"" and Lana Turner's ""Marriage Is"
"the CBS News program ""Face the Nation"" and is now a co-host on CBS This Morning. He wrote a book, ""On Her Trail"", about his mother's life. Nancy Dickerson Nancy Dickerson (January 19, 1927 – October 18, 1997) was a pioneering American radio and television journalist. As famous as a celebrity and socialite as she was for her journalism, she later became an independent producer of documentaries. Born Nancy Conners Hanschman in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, Nancy Dickerson first attended Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, for two years before moving on to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she"
"of the death penalty. Blair wrote a book of her memoirs, published in late May 2008, entitled ""Speaking for Myself: The Autobiography"", and the book was listed as a ""Sunday Times"" best-seller. Interviewed about the book by Carole MacNeil on the Canadian network CBC Television on 1 June 2008, Blair stated that she felt most of the controversy about her in the British media was due to her pioneering role as the first wife of a British Prime Minister who had her own career, with the media simply not knowing how to treat her fairly and objectively. Played by Helen"
"Corner"", and continues to appear on similar shows (most recently, ""Most Shocking Christmas TV Moments"" on Channel 5 in December 2015). He has written three volumes of autobiography, humorous accounts of ""growing up normal"" in 1970s Northampton, struggling with art school in London in the 1980s, and forging a media career in the 1980s and 1990s: ""Where Did It All Go Right?"" (2003) (a ""Sunday Times"" and Smith's bestseller), ""Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"" (2004) and ""That's Me in the Corner"" (which draws its title from a line from the R.E.M. song ""Losing My Religion"") published in May 2007. He"
"Award for Unique Theatrical Experience. Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words was a one-hour comedy television special which premiered on December 5, 2005 on Bravo. The show featured comedians reading actual excerpts from celebrity autobiographies. The special was based on a live show written by Eugene Pack which opened in Los Angeles, California in 1998. Excerpts were chosen because of their melodramatic and/or vacuous nature. Autobiographies which were connected, such as memoirs by former Hollywood couple Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson, were read together. Celebrities whose autobiographies were read included Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson,"
"1969. She published her memoir, ""Below Stairs"", in 1968. It sold well, 14,000 copies in its first year, and was followed by other autobiographical books beginning the following year. She also wrote some novels. She became a popular guest on television talkshows. When she died in April 1984 at 76 after suffering from cancer, she left a substantial estate of £77,000. ""Below Stairs"" was one of a wave of working-class memoirs beginning in the 1950s, and is about class—she writes, ""We always called them 'Them'""— but ""defiantly individualistic"" rather than socialist. Powell is bitter about the injustice of her situation,"
"raised three children from Mark's previous marriage. Johnson, under her professional name, Jane Clayson, is the primary fill-in host on the public radio program ""On Point"", when regular host Tom Ashbrook is absent. She has produced specials for the Discovery Channel. She also hosted BYU TV's coverage of the funeral for LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley on February 2, 2008. Her first book, ""I Am a Mother!"", was released in March 2007 and chronicles her decision to leave the network news business to have a family. She regularly speaks on the topic at events across the United States. Jane"
"both in front of and behind the camera. Sam Edwards Sam Edwards (May 26, 1915 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor. His most famous role on television was as banker Bill Anderson on ""Little House on the Prairie"". Born into a show business family, his first role was as a baby in his mother's arms. He appeared on radio in the 1930s in the ""Adventures of Sonny and Buddy"" one of the first radio serials ever syndicated, and later in ""The Edwards Family"", a series based on the life of Sam, brother Jack, sister Florida, and his parents,"
"Kathy Cronkite Kathy Cronkite (born September 5, 1950) is an American actress and mental health professional. She is also a daughter of former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite. Cronkite is a public speaker on issues related to mental health, especially depression. She is the author of the books ""On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations on Conquering Depression"" and ""On the Edge of the Spotlight: Celebrities' Children Speak Out About Their Lives"". In 1979 she co-starred on the short-lived NBC sitcom ""Hizzonner"". She also had roles in the movies ""Network"", ""Billy Jack"", ""The Trial of Billy Jack"", ""Billy Jack Goes to"
"actress Byrne appeared in the Australian musical theatre versions of ""Cats"" (July 1985 to mid-1987), ""Les Misérables"" (November 1987 to May 1988, December 1989 to June 1990) and ""Sunset Boulevard"" (October 1996 to June 1997). Her solo album, ""Caught in the Act"" (April 1991), peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold. In 2006 Byrne published her autobiography, ""Not Quite Ripe: A Memoir"". In 1969 Debra ""Debbie"" Byrne made her television debut on ""Brian and the Juniors"", a children's variety and talent quest, which was hosted by Brian Naylor. She stayed with the show for"
"""Deadly Hero"" (1975) and Francis Ford Coppola's ""Peggy Sue Got Married"" (1986). He starred in television series such as ""The Outcasts"" (1968–1969), ""Knots Landing"" (1979–1981) and ""Twin Peaks"" (2017). Murray was born in 1929 the only child of Dennis Aloisius Murray, a Broadway dance director and stage manager, and Ethel Murray, a former Ziegfeld performer. Murray attended East Rockaway High School (class of 1947) in East Rockaway, New York where he played football and was on the track team. He was a member of the student government, glee club, and joined the Alpha Phi Chapter of the Omega Gamma Delta"
"Jo Maeder Jo Maeder is an American writer and voiceover artist. She is the author of the memoir ""When I Married My Mother"", published by Da Capo Press/Perseus and Vivant Press. She has also written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and More Magazine. In 1977, after spotting station bumper stickers and giving away prizes as Y100/Miami's ""Y-onic Woman"", she became their first female disc jockey, and one of the first female Top 40 DJs in the United States. Her air name was ""The Madame."" She was the first woman in that market to host a morning drive radio"
"worked on periodically from 1990 to 1992. He had a very small cameo in the film Exodus, broadcast on UK Channel 4. His autobiography, ""Who and Me"", was published in November 2009, then released as a talking book on CD, read by Letts himself, and later broadcast on BBC Radio 7. Letts also taught directing for the BBC at Elstree Studios. Letts suffered from cancer for many years before his death. His wife, Muriel, had died earlier in the year. Letts is survived by his three children: Dominic, Crispin and Joanna. Following Letts’ death, Tom Baker was interviewed for BBC"
"successful where Dante slows down, in the more theological and deliberative cantos of the ""Purgatorio"" and ""Paradiso"". In 1980 James published his first book of autobiography, ""Unreliable Memoirs"", which recounted his early life in Australia and extended to over a hundred reprintings. It was followed by four other volumes of autobiography: ""Falling Towards England"" (1985), which covered his London years; ""May Week Was in June"" (1990), which dealt with his time at Cambridge; ""North Face of Soho"" (2006), and ""The Blaze of Obscurity"" (2009), concerning his subsequent career as a television presenter. An omnibus edition of the first three volumes"
"Peg Lynch Margaret Frances Lynch (November 25, 1916 – July 24, 2015) was an American writer, actress, and creator of the radio and television sitcoms ""Ethel and Albert"", ""The Couple Next Door"", and ""The Little Things in Life"". She was the first woman to create, write, star in and own her own sitcom; she retained that ownership throughout her life. In total, Lynch wrote nearly 11,000 scripts for radio and television. Lynch was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her father died of the Spanish flu when she was two years old, after which she and her mother moved back to Kasson,"
"such as John Leslie, Ron Jeremy, Ginger Lynn and Tom Byron said they never saw her use drugs and insisted she was always fully aware of her actions. One of her co-workers from that time, Christy Canyon, said about Lords' autobiography, ""I think her book could have been fabulous, except that she was lying throughout the whole thing."" Traci Lords: Underneath It All Traci Lords: Underneath It All is an autobiography by American actress and singer Traci Lords, first published on July 8, 2003 by HarperCollins. It was reissued as a paperback on June 29, 2004, with an additional chapter"
"had a small appearance the film SuperBob. In 2009, she performed in the UK tour of the hit American show, ""Totally Looped"", where performers including Phill Jupitus, Humphrey Ker and Marcus Brigstocke Sanjeev Bhaskar improvised live dialogue to film clips. Her stand-up television appearances include ""Live at Jongleurs"" (1997), ""Rove"" (Australia ) 2002), and most notably ""The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson"" CBS in 2009, and Stewart Lee's ""The Alternative Comedy Experience"" on Comedy Central in 2014. Her autobiography, ""Random Abstract Memory"" is published by Penguin (1997) tells the story ""from her birth as a suspected appendicitis to her"
"and David Letterman. She is considered by many critics and journalists a pioneer of women in comedy. All authored and read by Joan Rivers, except where noted. Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host. She was noted for her often controversial comedic persona—heavily self-deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially toward celebrities and politicians. Rivers rose to prominence in 1965 as a guest on ""The Tonight Show"". Hosted by her mentor, Johnny Carson, the show established Rivers' comedic style. In 1986, with"