Finch, Bloody Finch: A Life of Peter Finch

by Elaine Dundy

A biography of film star, Peter Finch, covers his childhood in Australia, his discovery by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, his development as an actor, and his personal life

Genres: Biography, Film

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Elaine Dundy (1921–2008) grew up in New York City and Long Island. After graduating from Sweet Briar College in 1943 she worked as an actress in Paris and, later, London, where she met her future husband, the theater critic Kenneth Tynan. Dundy wrote three novels, The Dud Avocado (1958), The Old Man and Me (1964), and The Injured Party (1974); a play, My Place (produced in 1962); biographies of Elvis Presley and the actor Peter Finch; a study of Ferriday, Louisiana; and a memoir, Life Itself!

Reviews

[Shiroma Perera-Nathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A comprehensive biography written on the complex, talented and tormented British/Australian actor. Extremely well written and researched by Dundy at the time, but Finch deserves an updated portrait with a more detailed look at his acting roles, now.