The Brief, Madcap Life of Kay Kendall

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foments l o rewopd How This Book Came to Be by Maraday Wahlborg Ppoloque Onaptep O n e "If anyone suggested anything, she was game for it." OnapTep I wo "Of course, there was nobody in London." Onaptep I h pee "That's Kay Kendall and she's supposed to be in the chorus!" Onaptep I O U P 28 "We're going to take a chance with you." Lyhaptep live "You have no talent. Find some nice man and get married." Lyhaptep Oix "I need someone to look after me, wifey." Onaptep Oeven "We made ourselves ill with laughter." xi 1 5 14 18 35 43 48 viii V^ontents L^haptep Eiqnt 53 "People think I'm the gayest thing on two legs, but I get awfully depressed at times." Chaptep Mine "Come on, come on, getcher autographs here!" Lyhapter I en "I have two hired killers looking for you at this very moment." Chapter Lleven "You stupid, long-nosed English actor!" Onaptep I welve "It's about the worst case I know." Onaptep I nipteen "I am not thinking of matrimony either with Mr. Harrison or anybody else." Onaptep Toupteen "My career is still important, but it's not that important." Chaptep lineen "I won't be any good at it! She needs a strong person." (chaptep Oixteen "It is Kay Kendall who shines brightest... a constant pleasure and surprise." 53 59 66 73 80 86 95 105 110 ontents ¡x v_yhapter seventeen "I just wanted that sense of being at home—my first real home." Onaptep Eighteen "They were just lost, they were so deeply in love with each other." v_yhaptep nineteen "Diggy, I think I'm dying . . . and they won't tell me." v^napter I wentij "If you think I'm coming here to die, you're wrong!" L^napter I wentij-vJne "No one was ever born into the world with such a bright genius for living." I ilmoqpapliij Motes DiblioqpapnLj Ack nowledqments Index Illustrations follow page 118 123 133 141 152 159 169 183 185 187 82 ...