num_pages: 264
description: As the hours leading up to her life-threatening surgery dissolve, Ursula Thiess remembers the dramatic events of her storied life. An actress in war-ravaged Germany, the author recalls saving her one-day-old baby from a fire-bombed hospital. Fate brings her to Los Angeles, where she meets and marries Hollywood superstar Robert Taylor. Film roles and magazine covers follow, and Ms. Thiess revisits wonderful encounters with Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, and Robert Mitchum. A true Hollywood story, "...but I have promises to keep." Benefits from the perspective of a woman who dared to reach out and grab her future.
language: English
title: But I Have Promises to Keep: My Life Before, With, and After Robert Taylor
titlecomplete: But I Have Promises to Keep: My Life Before, With, and After Robert Taylor
characters: Ursula Thiess, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Xlibris