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Julie Walters
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Publisher | Orion | ||
ISBN | 9780752897776 | ||
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Vicky
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Synopsis
Julie Walters has been described as the nation's most popular actress and comedienne. She has been delighting us on screen and on stage for over 25 years and we have taken her to our hearts. Now she tells us her own story, in her own words. She was born in fifties Birmingham, daughter of an austere Irish Catholic mother. She was sent to school in a convent and from a young age always wanted to be an actress but to appease her mother she first went into nursing. This didn't last for long though and she soon went to join the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. West End success followed, and she quickly replicated her success on film, earning an Academy Award nomination for her role opposite Michael Caine in Educating Rita. Julie's collaborations with her close friend Victoria Wood have given us, among others, the unforgettable character 'Mrs Overall' in Acorn Antiques and Petula in 'dinnerladies', and she's recently charmed a new generation of fans playing Mrs Weasley in the Harry Potter films and alongside Meryl Streep in 'Mamma Mia!', as well as co-starring with Helen Mirren in Calendar Girls.The winner of countless awards, Julie has continued to be in some of Britain's best TV drama and was awarded a CBE for her services to the theatre. A natural writer with an instinctive sense of timing, Julie's memoirs are warm, moving, painfully felt, fiercely intelligent - and totally entertaining.
Review
'That's Another Story' is the brilliant autobiography by Julie Walters. It is very entertaining and had me laughing out loud quite a few times. With her brummy accent and sense of humour Julie Walters keeps you listening through all four discs without barely a stop for a loo or tea break. As an ex nurse she had me laughing out loud about her exploits when a woman died on her shift as a young nurse, and what the sister of the ward told her she must never do! It brought back some wonderful memories of my nursing in the 1960s.
Julie always wanted to be an actress, and her journey from nursing to acting is filled with highs and lows, both with her need to perform and her relationship with her parents and brothers and her partners. It is full of anecdotes from all parts of her life, and as she rose from obscurity to fame, you can see she still remains very grounded with that same sense of fun even through the most trying times in her life.
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Julie reading her autobiography and hope she does a part two. An audio book that everyone can enjoy.
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