{"product_id":"girls-got-to-breathe-the-life-of-teresa-wright-paperback","title":"Girl's Got to Breathe: The Life of Teresa Wright - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Spoto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe actress Teresa Wright (1918-2005) lived a rich, complex, magnificent life against the backdrop of Golden Age Hollywood, Broadway, and television. There was no indication, from her astonishingly difficult--indeed, horrifying--childhood, of the success that would follow, nor of the universal acclaim and admiration that accompanied her everywhere. Her two marriages--to the writers Niven Busch (\u003ci\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDuel in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e) and Robert Anderson (\u003ci\u003eTea and Sympathy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI Never Sang for My Father\u003c\/i\u003e)--provide a good deal of the drama, warmth, poignancy, and heartbreak of her life story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I never wanted to be a star,\" she told the noted biographer Donald Spoto at dinner in 1978. \"I wanted only to be an actress.\" She began acting on the stage in summer stock and repertory at the age of eighteen. When Thornton Wilder and Jed Harris saw her in an ingénue role, she was chosen to understudy the part of Emily in the original production of \u003ci\u003eOur Town\u003c\/i\u003e (1938), which she then played in touring productions. Samuel Goldwyn saw her first starring role on Broadway--in the historic production of \u003ci\u003eLife with Father\u003c\/i\u003e--and at once he offered her a long contract. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She was the only actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for her first three pictures (\u003ci\u003eThe Little Foxes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Pride of the Yankees\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Miniver\u003c\/i\u003e), and she won one for the third film. Movie fans and scholars to this day admire her performance in the classics \u003ci\u003eShadow of a Doubt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best Years of Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e. The circumstances of her tenure at Goldwyn, and the drama of her breaking that contract, forever changed the treatment of stars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wright's family and heirs appointed Spoto as her authorized biographer and offered him exclusive access to her letters and papers. Major supporting players in this story include Robert Anderson, Alfred Hitchcock, William Wyler, Karl Malden, Elia Kazan, Jean Simmons, Dorothy McGuire, Bette Davis, George Cukor, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, the artist Al Hirschfeld, Stella Adler, and more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Spoto\u003c\/b\u003e (1941-2023) received his PhD from Fordham University in 1971. He is author of twenty-nine books published in more than twenty-six languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153510301759,"sku":"9781496861672","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/kxoGoVAyKH9781496861672.webp?v=1776948120","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/girls-got-to-breathe-the-life-of-teresa-wright-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}