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  • Published: 19 September 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529946390
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $36.99
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The Third Gilmore Girl

  • Kelly Bishop



Spanning more than six decades of her celebrated film, television, and theater career, a captivating and revealing memoir from the beloved actress best known for her role as the matriarch on Gilmore Girls, the mother of Jennifer Grey’s Frances 'Baby' Houseman in the film Dirty Dancing, and the Tony Award-winning originator of the role of Sheila Bryant in Broadway’s iconic musical A Chorus Line.

Kelly Bishop’s long, storied career has been defined by landmark achievements, including her Tony Award–winning performance in the original Broadway cast of A Chorus Line and her memorable appearance as Jennifer Grey’s mother in Dirty Dancing, but it is her iconic role as the matriarch Emily in the ever-popular, groundbreaking television series Gilmore Girls that may well have defined her legacy. Gilmore Girls continues to garner audiences to this day, the series and Bishop herself remaining well-covered in media outlets. Even now, Bishop still takes on parts working alongside famed showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino in such shows as Bunheads and the hit series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the final season of which just debuted in spring 2023. Each role enabled Kelly to create some of the most three-dimensional female characters "of a certain age" in an industry that has historically relegated actresses to simply the ingenue or the mother.

Bishop’s revealing memoir THE THIRD GILMORE GIRL delves into her life on the stage and behind the screen, sharing some of her greatest stories and life lessons. She will recount her early transition from dance to acting, winning a Tony, the hardship of marrying young to a compulsive gambler, the career moments that changed her life, losses of dear friends and colleagues, enduring her second husband’s battle with cancer and death, and marching for women’s rights, among many other pivotal experiences. Unlike some show business memoirs, THE THIRD GILMORE GIRL is not a dry, name-dropping exercise in listing

Kelly’s credits but rather a rich exploration of her highs and lows. It is the memoir of a smart, fearless, versatile performer whose talent and spirit have earned her an enduring place in pop culture history. With no interest in retiring, Kelly looks back on the seventy-nine years she's lived so far and ahead to her future with remarkable insight, perspective, and humor, beautifully captured in THE THIRD GILMORE GIRL. Including a generous collection of personal and professional photographs, this is a warm, unapologetic, spirited book spotlighting the unique voice of a woman whose roles have left indelible impressions on her audiences for decades--and she isn't done yet.

  • Published: 19 September 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529946390
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $36.99
Categories:

Praise for The Third Gilmore Girl

Kelly Bishop is a remarkable person with remarkable stories to tell. I cherish every long lunch and late work night I’ve ever had with Kelly, sharing stories of our careers and love lives, our ups and downs, our disappointments and hopes. This book feels like one of those special encounters—it’s a satisfying conversation with a treasured friend.

Lauren Graham, author of 'Talking As Fast As I Can'

The Third Gilmore Girl is a ‘Number One.’—I loved it! She’s sassy, she’s funny she’s honest... she’s a winner!

Priscilla Lopez, Tony Award-winning actor

Bold, unapologetic, and inspiring, Kelly tells her story exactly as she lives her life: on her own terms. Gee… I wish I could be like her when I grow up.

Sutton Foster, Tony Award-winning actress and author of Hooked: A Memoir in Crafts

Remarkably candid... the great ‘raconteuse’ recalls her Dirty Dancing fears – and the sharp suits and sharper barbs of Emily Gilmore

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