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Julie Walters has worked with some of the greatest and most diverse actors and directors of our time. From her Oscar-nominated film debut alongside Michael Caine in "Educating Rita", to her role as London madam Cynthia Payne in "Personal Services" and her appearance in the internationally acclaimed "Billy Elliot", she is one of Britain's finest actresses. She is also famed for her enduring collaboration with comedienne and close friend Victoria Wood in sketches such as "Acorn Antiques". This biography traces her life from a poor Catholic upbringing in Birmingham and her decision to leave a secure job as a nurse to pursue a career in the arts, through a romance with fellow actor Pete Postlethwaite, a period of heavy drinking and her marriage, to the tragic diagnosis of her daughter's leukaemia, when she put her career on hold to nurse her. She has now returned to both the small and big screens and has been introduced to a new generation of fans as Mrs Weasley in the Harry Potter films.
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From her BAFTA-winning television work, such as My Beautiful Son, to her big screen debut alongside Michael Caine in Educating Rita, her starring in Billy Elliot (both of which earned her Oscar nominations) and her portrayal of Mrs Weasley in the Harry Potter films, Julie Walters has worked with some of the greatest and most diverse actors and directors in the world today. In December 2005, at the British Comedy Awards, Walters - alongside longtime friend and television comedy partner Victoria Wood - picked up the Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award.
Raised in a strict Catholic family in working class Birmingham, Julie Walters abandoned a nursing course to study drama at Manchester Polytechnic and went on to join the Liverpool Everyman Theatre where she cut her teeth as an actress. Over the next decade, she experienced three marriage proposals, two long-term romances and a period of heavy drinking. At the end of 1984 she met sociology student Grant Roffey and had a daughter Maisie, who was traically diagnosed with luekaemia and had to undergo years of painful chemotherapy.
the authors have interviewed friends, teachers and colleagues to skilfully compile the first-ever biography of one of Britain's finest and best-loved actresses.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Raised in a strict Catholic family in working class Birmingham, Julie Walters abandoned a nursing course to study drama at Manchester Polytechnic and went on to join the Liverpool Everyman Theatre where she cut her teeth as an actress. Over the next decade, she experienced three marriage proposals, two long-term romances and a period of heavy drinking. At the end of 1984 she met sociology student Grant Roffey and had a daughter Maisie, who was traically diagnosed with luekaemia and had to undergo years of painful chemotherapy.
the authors have interviewed friends, teachers and colleagues to skilfully compile the first-ever biography of one of Britain's finest and best-loved actresses.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating biography and a perfect summer read,
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This review is from: Julie Walters: Seriously Funny - An Unauthorised Biography (Paperback)
I've been a huge fan of Julie Walters since her 'Victoria Wood, as Seen on TV' days and this well crafted biography detailed Julie's life from working class Birmingham through to her Hollywood/OBE/National Treasure current status. I particularly found the descriptions of Julie's early stage career to be interesting, especially when juxtaposed with the politial climate of the 70s and 80s. The authors pulled no punches with the anguish caused by Julie's daughter Maisie's cancer treatment and I'm sure this will help other parents in the same situation.
All in all, a great book and it's lovely to hear that Julie's a joy to work with in whichever production she's appearing in. Great stuff!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Tribute to a National Treasure,
By Charlie Beeson (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Julie Walters: Seriously Funny - The Unauthorised Biography (Hardcover)
I am a huge fan of Julie Walters and I found this book absolutely fascinating. There are so many interviews it really feels as though you know what she was like - the stories of her as a child are lovely, and the pranks she got up to as a nurse are funny. It was also really interesting to see how her career developed and where she became typecast. Again lots of her colleagues talk so you get a backstage account of her work. I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about the wonderful Julie Walters.
8 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not so much a biography as a catalogue of her work,
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This review is from: Julie Walters: Seriously Funny - The Unauthorised Biography (Hardcover)
This book would be very interesting to anyone who wishes to know the details of Miss Walters' work. It drones on in far too much detail about who wrote and directed what, and what other work they had done, who was in what play and so on.It becomes quite boring early on in the book if you are intersted in knowing about the person.I would not recommend this book to anyone.
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