Charlotte Chandler
Charlotte Chandler , actually Lyn Erhard , is an American biographer and playwright. She was born in San Francisco , California and lives in New York City , New York .
Chandler has written biographies on Groucho Marx , Joan Crawford , Bette Davis , Federico Fellini , Alfred Hitchcock , Ingrid Bergman , Mae West , Marlene Dietrich , Katharine Hepburn, and Billy Wilder . Her works often feature unusual quotes from the late celebrities Chandler claims to have interviewed personally, with statements occasionally contradicting other biographies.
Works
- Groucho and his friends (= Hello, I must be going , 1978). Rogner & Bernhard , Munich 1984; two thousand and one , Hamburg 1989; Heyne , Munich 1995, ISBN 3-453-09403-4
- The secret of happiness (= The Ultimate Seduction , 1984). Nymphenburger , Munich 1989; Ullstein , Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-548-22813-5
- I, Fellini . Herbig, Munich 1994; Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek 1996, ISBN 3-499-13774-7
- Hitchcock. The personal biography (= It's only a movie , 2005). Herbig , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7766-2418-3
- Bette Davis. A personal biography (= The girl who walked home alone , 2006). Langen Müller , Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7844-3137-6
- Ingrid. Ingrid Bergman, a personal biography . New York 2007, ISBN 0-7432-9421-1
- Not the Girl Next Door. Joan Crawford, a personal biography . New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-4751-8
- She Always Knew How. Mae West, a personal biography . New York 2009, ISBN 978-1-4165-7913-7
- Marlene. Marlene Dietrich, a personal biography , New York 2011, ISBN 978-1-4391-8835-4
Plays
- Confessions of a Nightingale (with Ray Stricklyn )
Web links
- First chapter of 'The Girl Who Walked Home Alone' , published in The New York Times , June 11, 2006
- First chapter of 'Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, a personal biography' , published in The New York Times , June 3, 2007
- Interview with Mae West (1979) from 'The Ultimate Seduction' , published in The Guardian , September 21, 2007
- Excerpt from 'Not The Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a personal biography' , published in Vanity Fair , February 5, 2008
- Charlotte Chandler: On Joan and Bette , Interview by Richard Knight, Jr., Windy City Times , April 30, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lewis Jones: The Real Kate: a Personal Biography of Katharine Hepburn by Charlotte Chandler: review. In: The Telegraph. June 17, 2010, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Charlotte Chandler | Official Publisher Page. Simon & Schuster, Inc., accessed January 26, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Mel Gussow: Theater: 'Nightingale'. In: The New York Times. September 24, 1986, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Charlotte Chandler: Bette Davis: The personal biography of Charlotte Chandler . Langen Müller, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7844-3137-6 .
- ↑ Joe Flaherty: An Anarchist Named Marx. In: The New York Times. May 14, 1978, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Leah Garchik: The Witty, Frank, Groucho and Friends . In: San Francisco Examiner . San Francisco July 9, 1978, p. 304 .
- ↑ Thomas Mallon: I Am Joan Crawford. In: The Atlantic. April 2008, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ^ Stephanie Zacharek: All About Bette. In: The New York Times. June 11, 2006, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ^ WS di Piero: Fellini's Fellinicon. In: The New York Times. October 29, 1995, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Lindsay Pfeffer: Psycho analysis. In: The Observer. March 20, 2005, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Howard Hampton: Ingrid. In: The New York Times. June 3, 2007, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Kevin Thomas: 'She Always Knew How' by Charlotte Chandler. In: Los Angeles Times. April 16, 2009, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Joseph McBride: 'Marlene,' by Charlotte Chandler: review. In: San Francisco Chronicle. April 2, 2011, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Review: Charlotte Chandler's biography presents Katharine Hepburn largely in the actress' own words. In: The Mercury News. July 14, 2010, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ^ Richard Simon Chang: Books In Brief: Nonfiction. In: The New York Times. December 22, 2002, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Anette Kaufmann: Collective review: Marxism is alive! Groucho and his brothers . In: media science: reviews . tape 7 , no. 4 . Frankfurt / Main 1990, doi : 10.17192 / ep1990.4.5770 .
- ^ Christian Schröder: Blaumann. In: Tagesspiegel. March 17, 2005, accessed February 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Christina Tilmann: 100th birthday: The great vixen. In: Tagesspiegel. April 5, 2008, accessed February 3, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Chandler, Charlotte |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erhard, Lyn (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biographer and playwright |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California , United States |