Full name: More Than a Woman: An Intimate Biography of Bette Davis

Author: James Spada Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780751509403 075150940X

Paperback. Pub Date: October 1994 Pages: 528 in Publisher: Warner A biography of Bette Davis. Revealing a life replete with scandal. The sex. Violence courage sacrifice and hearteak. After three years of research and more than 150 It doesn'' James Spada has written a revealing biography of one of the greatest Hollywood Legends. Spada has convinced Bette Davis's relatives and friends to speak out for the first time. and he has gained new access to court documents. long-lost inquest transcript. and personal correspondence to paint a portrait of one of the most complex and misrepresented women in Hollywood history. This book reveals Bette Davis' oddly close relationship with her mother (who bathed her until she was in her teens); her ambivalent feelings about the sex act. as revealed by a directorlover; her possible role in the ain damage of her adopted daughter; the bizarre be...