LEADER 04342nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910972763203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780826263384 010 $a0826263380 035 $a(CKB)1000000000003521 035 $a(OCoLC)55663986 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10048215 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000166565 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11158963 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166565 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10161740 035 $a(PQKB)10512295 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570753 035 $a(OCoLC)1080549945 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse66788 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10048215 035 $a(OCoLC)56479664 035 $a(Perlego)1704346 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000003521 100 $a20020528d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGuillaume $ea life /$fRobert Guillaume with David Ritz 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780826214263 311 08$a0826214266 320 $aFilmography and discography: p. 207-211. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Two Women -- Bedrock of My Rebellion -- Morning Glories and Pigs' Snouts -- "Boy, One of Us Has to Go " -- Jeannette Williams (1880-1951) -- Karin Berg -- Karamu -- The City -- Acting as Though -- Golden Opportunities -- Pilgrims' Progress -- "He Had Specters" -- The Primary Issue -- Faye Hauser -- Stone Love -- Dinner for Four -- Pat Carpenter -- Brother, Sister, Mother -- Intellectual Armor -- Donna Brown Guillaume -- Be Careful What You Wish For -- "He Was Broken for Me" -- "This Is the Moment" -- Stroke of Fate -- Filmography and Discography -- Index. 330 8 $aGuillaume: A Life is the autobiography of esteemed Broadway, Hollywood, and television star Robert Guillaume. Ten months after suffering a stroke, Guillaume-perhaps best known as television's Benson-began this autobiography with award-winning author and collaborator David Ritz.The book goes beyond the recounting of a long and successful career to examine the forces that shaped the man: family, religion, race, and class. Startlingly candid and disarmingly self-aware, Guillaume seeks to know and understand himself, his treatment of the women in his life, and the choices he made along the way. He pursues the truth, however painful it may be, says Ritz, guided by two questions, "Who the hell am I?" and "What made me do what I did?" Born in St. Louis in 1927 to a young, abused, unstable mother, and reared by a strong, hardworking grandmother, Robert Guillaume managed to move from the poverty and adversity of his youth to a rich, full career as an actor and a singer. Fierce determination and sharp focus enabled this man born to hardship and racial discrimination to study, learn, cultivate his natural talents, and succeed at the performance career he pursued with a vengeance. Guillaume first performed in the strict Catholic schools and churches to which his grandmother, who understood that education would be the key to any success he might achieve, sent him. There his love of classical music was nurtured, and he was encouraged to perform.From a child longing for his mother's love to a man unsure of the meaning of love for many of the women in his life, from a young performer struggling to succeed on Broadway and in Hollywood to a grief-stricken father watching his son die of AIDS, Robert Guillaume tells what it was like to realize celebrity and what he sacrificed in the process. Readers will savor the success story of this artist who achieved great recognition and fame, but who never lost sight of his beginnings. Appealing to all audiences, Guillaume is a revealing and poignant autobiography of an extraordinary and distinguished American thespian. 606 $aActors$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aActors 676 $a792/.028/092 676 $aB 700 $aGuillaume$b Robert$01811425 701 $aRitz$b David$01099354 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972763203321 996 $aGuillaume$94363298 997 $aUNINA