Book description
In this moving memoir, Robert J. Wagner opens his heart to share the
romances, the drama and the humor of an incredible life. Under the
mentorship of stars like Spencer Tracy, he became a salaried actor in
Hollywood's studio system among other hot actors of the moment such as
his friends Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis. Wagner began to appear in a
number of films alongside the most beautiful starlets. As his career
blossomed he met the woman who would change his life forever, Natalie
Wood. They fell instantly and deeply in love and stayed together until
the stress of their careers drove them to divorce.
Trying to forget the pain, he made more movies and spent his time in
Europe with the likes of Steve McQueen, Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers,
Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Liz Taylor and Joan Collins. He would
meet and marry the beautiful former model and actress Marion Marshall.
Together they had a daughter, and made their way back to America,
where he found himself at the beginning of a new era in Hollywood -
the blossoming of television.
Despite his new found success, his marriage to Marion fell apart. He
looked no further than Natalie Wood, for whom he still pined. To the
world's surprise, they fell in love all over again. Their life
together was cut tragically short, though, when Wood died after
falling from their yacht. For the first time, Wagner writes about that
tremendously painful time. After a serious bout with depression, he
finally resurfaced and eventually married Jill St. John, who helped
keep his family and his fractured heart together.
Robert J. Wagner has been active in Hollywood for more than five
decades and has starred in such films as
A Kiss
Before Dying, The Longest Day, The Pink Panther
and, most recently, the Austin Powers movies. On television, Wagner also
starred in three long-running series,
It Takes a Thief
(with Fred Astaire),
Switch
(with Eddie Albert and Sharon Gless) and
Hart to Hart
(with Stefanie Powers). He is currently featured on
Two and a Half
Men.
Wagner is married to actress Jill St. John and lives in Los Angeles.
