by Kelly Bishop
First published 2024
Kelly Bishop opens her life story after fifty years in entertainment. She earned a Tony Award in the original A Chorus Line cast and played Jennifer Grey's mother in Dirty Dancing before becoming Emily Gilmore on television. Bishop started as a Radio City Music Hall dancer in the 1960s. She married a compulsive gambler young and worked as a Las Vegas showgirl until burnout nearly ended her career. She helped create her A Chorus Line role and worked alongside Ed Herrmann as her television husband and Lauren Graham as her television daughter. Bishop shares backstage stories and lessons from working with major entertainment figures. She includes personal photographs and reflects on the experiences that shaped her versatile career. The memoir reveals how she built lasting connections with audiences across theater, film, and television while maintaining her authentic voice throughout decades of performance.
Genres: 20th-century, autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: backstage-story, memoir, showbusiness
Setting: Las Vegas
Period: 1960s
244 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books