The Complete Actors' Television Credits, 1948-1988, Volume 2: Actresses

by James Robert Parish, Vincent Terrace

Used as the principle reference source for the syndicated TV series Memories for uncovering actors' past credits. This companion to the Actors volume of The Complete Actors' Television Credits chronicles the individual performances of 1,739 actresses from January 1948 to August 1989. It is the largest and most accurate reference book on the subject, listing their credits for all network, syndicated, and cable entertainment programs, including many rare, never-before-published credits. Like the Actors volume, this cumulates and updates the information for 1950-1985 that appeared in the four highly regarded Actors' Televesion Credits books. Each performer, including 328 new entries, is listed alphabetically. With a 48-page photo spread.

447 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

James Robert Parish, a former entertainment reporter, publicist, and book series editor, is the author of many published major biographies and reference books on the entertainment industry including Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You; The Hollywood Book of Extravagance; It’s Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks; The Hollywood Book of Breakups; Fiascos: Hollywood’s Iconic Flops; The Hollywood Book of Love; Jet Li; The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood; The Hollywood Book of Death; Gus Van Sant; Whoopi Goldberg; Rosie O’Donnell’s Story; The Unofficial “Murder, She Wrote” Casebook; Today’s Black Hollywood; Let’s Talk! America’s Favorite TV Talk Show Hosts; Prison Pictures from Hollywood; Prostitution in Hollywood Films; The Great Cop Pictures; Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films; Pirates and Seafaring Swashbucklers on the Hollywood Screen; Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema; Hollywood’s Great Love Teams; and The Fox Girls. Mr. Parish is a frequent oncamera interviewee on cable and network TV for documentaries on the performing arts. The author resides in Studio City, California.

Reviews

[Chris Gager · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seems like the book I'm looking for is a JRP TV picture book covering the 50's and 60's. Can't remember the title. Date read is approximate. I may have read this one too while studying for the Trivia Bowl at CU.