Albert Finney: A Well-Seasoned Life

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The definitive biography of Albert Finney, a Salford-born, homework-hating bookie’s son who broke the social barriers of British film.

Albert Finney was a Salford-born, homework-hating bookie’s son who broke the social barriers of British film. He did his share of roistering, and yet outlived his contemporaries and dodged typecasting to become a five-time Oscar nominee and one of our most durable international stars.

Bon vivant, perennial rebel, self-effacing character actor, charismatic charmer, mentor to a generation of working-class artists, a byword for professionalism, lover of horseflesh and female flesh – Albert Finney is all these things and more. Gabriel Hershman’s colourful and riveting account of Finney’s life and work, drawing on interviews with many of his directors and co-stars, examines how one of Britain’s greatest actors built a glittering career without sacrificing his integrity.

AUTHOR:
Gabriel Hershman is an international writer with a passion for human interest stories. His books aim to preserve the memory of those gifted, sometimes underrated performers who enthralled cinema and theatregoers with their passion.

16 b/w illustrations

ISBN: 9781803993744
Author: HERSHMAN, GABRIEL
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01/09/2023
RRP: $39.99
Pages: 408
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Imprint: The History Press