Rosie

Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to Rosie: Rosie O'Donnell's Biography by James Robert Parish. Rosie presents in detail the captivating story of how a young woman from Commack, Long Island became a first-class jokester. Following Rosie's path on the highly competitive comedy club and television circuit, this dimensional biography also looks at O'Donnell's Hollywood films (e.g., League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, The Flintstones). From the death of her mother when Rosie was age ten to her troubled relationship with her Irish-born father, here is the story of well-earned professional triumphs and the price of fame. This book provides a behind-the-scenes account of the talented and driven comic who won the hearts of so many just by making them laugh. It also focuses on how this outspoken celebrity became a dynamic national figure as the hostess of her highly-rated TV talk show. This is an illuminating and informed account of iconic funster Rosie O'Donnell who observed once of her journey to show business fame, "I never had something to fall back on because I was never going to allow myself to fall back.... You have to know in your heart of heart, 100% sure, that you're going to succeed in order to do it."