Book description
" In this first-ever biography of Greer Garson, Michael Troyan
sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. The true
origins of her birth, her fairy-tale discovery in Hollywood, and her
career struggles at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are revealed for the first time.
Garson combined an everywoman quality with grace, charm, and refinement.
She won the Academy Award in 1941 for her role in Mrs. Miniver , and for
the next decade she reigned as the queen of MGM. Co-star Christopher
Plummer remembered, ""Here was a siren who had depth,
strength, dignity, and humor who could inspire great trust, suggest deep
intellect and whose misty languorous eyes melted your heart
away!"" Garson earned a total of seven Academy Award
nominations for Best Actress, and fourteen of her films premiered at
Radio City Music Hall, playing for a total of eighty-four weeks--a
record never equaled by any other actress. She was a central figure in
the golden age of the studios, working with legendary performers Clark
Gable, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford,
Robert Mitchum, Debbie Reynolds, and Walter Pidgeon. Garson's
experiences offer a fascinating glimpse at the studio system in the
years when stars were closely linked to a particular studio and moguls
such as L. B. Mayer broke or made careers. With the benefit of exclusive
access to studio production files, personal letters and diaries, and the
cooperation of her family, Troyan explores the triumphs and tragedies of
her personal life, a story more colorful than any role she played on
screen.
