Items related to Hold the Roses
Synopsis
A revealing memoir of actress and comedienne Rose Marie traces her career from nightclub singer to her best known role as the wisecracking Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show. (Biography)
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Rose Marie lives in California.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Between the pages of this book you will find the story of a sixty-five-year career in show business. I started working as a child star on radio, performed on vaudeville, grew up to play the big night clubs and hotels, and graduated to working with all of the greats of show business—Jolson, Benny, Burns and Allen, Red Skelton, Phil Silvers, and Milton Berle, to name a few.
I was raised by a mother who was a naïve, Polish lady who believed everything she was told. My father was a tyrant who had another family and never married my mother. He gambled away all the money I made as a child, and my mother never knew a thing about it. He beat me because he was jealous of anybody I ever went out with. I eloped with a musician who tried, in every way, to prove to my parents that he was a good man and who went through hell because my father feared losing his meal ticket—me. My marriage of twenty years was the best thing that ever happened to me. We moved to California and a whole new life of respect, love, happiness, and security. We had a beautiful daughter.
I love and respect show business. We have been inseparable all of my life. Here I tell the intimate stories of my years in the business, the hardships and the good times and how they shaped my character and my career. I also tell about some of the so-called Big Stars who are angels to the public and anything but in real life. Most people don’t know that I was helped by Mafia influences (Al Capone, Frank Costello, Bugsy Siegel, and Joe Adonis). I opened the Flamingo Hotel for Bugsy Siegel when I was 6 months pregnant and Vegas was still primarily a desert and the Flamingo was only the third hotel there.
During the lean years I struggled to keep my career going because if I didn’t work, we didn’t eat. Later I struggled to become an actress on TV and in the movies so I could stay home with my husband and daughter. I appeared on series and variety shows. I never stopped working. I refused to give up.
This book is not your usual Hollywood memoir. It is not about who I screwed but rather who screwed me!
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherUniv Pr of Kentucky
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0813122643
- ISBN 13 9780813122649
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages208
- Rating
Search results for Hold the Roses
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Seller: Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Acceptable. An acceptable and readable copy. All pages are intact, and the spine and cover are also intact. This item may have light highlighting, writing or underlining through out the book, curled corners, missing dust jacket and or stickers. Seller Inventory # 467UX0000AMP
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Published by
University Press of Kentucky, 2003
ISBN 10: 0813122643
ISBN 13: 9780813122649
Used
Hardcover
Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_423089108
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Published by
University Press of Kentucky, 2003
ISBN 10: 0813122643
ISBN 13: 9780813122649
Used
Hardcover
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_423051348
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Fair. Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 1.38. Seller Inventory # 353-0813122643-acp
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.38. Seller Inventory # 0813122643-2-3
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any). 1.38. Seller Inventory # 353-0813122643-vrg
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Published by
University Press of Kentucky, 2003
ISBN 10: 0813122643
ISBN 13: 9780813122649
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 975903-20
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.38. Seller Inventory # 0813122643-2-4
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Like New. "Like New. Clean, Tight and Neat. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!". Seller Inventory # X0813122643X1
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Hold the Roses
Published by
University Press of Kentucky, 2003
ISBN 10: 0813122643
ISBN 13: 9780813122649
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Pink Casa Antiques, Frankfort, KY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. full number line, hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, dust jacket edges sunned, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders. Seller Inventory # 97299
Quantity: 1 available