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Index
Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter One: Nobody Ever Wanted It More: “But She Has No Talent!”
Chapter Two: Dying Is Easy. Comedy Is Hard.
Chapter Three: Dicks and Balls: Breaking Into the Boys’ Club
Chapter Four: Stardom and Wifedom: Happily Ever After?
Chapter Five: Westward Ho: California Dreamin’
Chapter Six: The First Lady of Comedy: Nothing Is Sacred
Chapter Seven: Victim as Enforcer: Terrorizing Women into Submission
Chapter Eight: The Temptation of Joan: Poisoned Apple
Chapter Nine: A Thankless Child: “How Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth”
Chapter Ten: Debacle: The Death of a Show, a Marriage—and a Husband
Chapter Eleven: Recovery: The Long Road Back
Chapter Twelve: Reinventing a Career: “I Can Rise Again!”
Chapter Thirteen: Art and Commerce: All in a Day’s Work
Chapter Fourteen: Home Sweet Versailles: Marie Antoinette Meets Auntie Mame
Chapter Fifteen: High Society: Putting On the Ritz
Chapter Sixteen: But Is It Good for the Jews? Sex, Politics, and Religion
Chapter Seventeen: Men Are Stupid: Beauty and Betrayal
Chapter Eighteen: Back to the Top: Fighting Like “a Rabid Pit Bull”
Chapter Nineteen: Fashion Forward: Triumph of the Mean Girls
Chapter Twenty: Daughter Dearest: How to Succeed in Show Business
Chapter Twenty-One: The Time of Her Life: Fame, Friends, and Fun
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Final Mountain: Gathering Shadows
Chapter Twenty-Three: Grand Finale: Sudden Exit, Pursued by Bear
Chapter Twenty-Four: Legacy: Laughter and Liberation
Epilogue: Updates from the Afterlife: “You Were Fat, You Bitch!”
Photos
Acknowledgments
Note on Sources
About the Author
Also by Leslie Bennetts
Newsletters
Copyright
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