Title: Speedbumps : flooring it through Hollywood /
Authors: Garr, Teri, 1944-; Mantel, Henriette.
Publisher: Hudson Street Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Garr, Teri,; Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography.; Multiple sclerosis Patients United States Biography
Abstract: The popular Oscar-nominated actress muses about movies, men, motherhood, and MS--from the directors she's worked with and admired to the men she's loved; from sipping Cokes with Elvis Presley to hangin' with the Beatles; from her secrets to succeeding in Hollywood without losing her sanity, to dealing with the fear and anxiety of being plagued by mysterious physical problems that eluded diagnosis for twenty years. At thirteen she was touring with a ballet company, at seventeen she was dancing alongside Elvis and Ann-Margret, and by thirty she was one of Hollywood's best loved comic actresses. In 2002 she announced she had multiple sclerosis and became a leading advocate in raising awareness about the disease.--From publisher description.
Contents: Hollywood : this mess is a place -- Daddy dearest, hold your applause -- Kwitcher bitchin' -- My affair with Mickey Mouse -- Buried alive -- Ballerina in a go-go cage -- Money talks and bullshit walks -- What knockers -- We're circus people -- One from the heart -- My marriage to Dave-- -- Tripped up -- Something up my butt -- Grace of my heart -- With friends like these-- -- Walking on broken glass -- Ms. Garr goes to Washington -- Brace yourself -- Coming in for a landing -- She's up, she's down, she's up, she's down -- Elvis has left the building -- Keep your chins up -- The little engine that could.