num_pages: 407
description: The public persona of Dudley Moore was the short, anxious member of the comic duo Pete and Dud; the hard-drinking millionaire in the phenomenally successful Arthur; the gifted concert pianist and composer; the working-class kid who won a scholarship to Oxford. His life spanned an era of brilliant British comedy and an extraordinary decade of success—and excess—in Hollywood. After a debilitating illness forced him off the stage into real life, he struggled to survive; paradoxically, he also found inner peace. Looking back on the final 15 years of his life, Rena Fruchter gives us a loving and unflinching portrait of her friend Dudley Moore.
language: English
title: Dudley Moore: An Intimate Portrait
titlecomplete: Dudley Moore: An Intimate Portrait
genres: Biography
ratings_count: 52
publisher: Ebury Press