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What Have We Here? : Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams (2024, Hardcover)

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Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. What Have We Here?. by Billy Dee Williams. His first film role was in The Last Angry Man, the great Paul Muni's final film.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades--a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian's Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe--unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed. "Effortlessly charming. . . [Williams] writes with clarity and intimacy, revealing the person behind the persona." --Maya S. Cade, The New York Times Book Review "The story of a legend, written by the legend himself! Impressive, inspiring, entertaining and endearing." --J. J. Abrams Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira Gershwin/Kurt Weill production where Williams ended up feeding Lenya her lines. He studied painting, first at the High School of Music and Art, with fellow student Diahann Carroll, and then at the National Academy of Fine Art, before setting out to pursue acting with Herbert Berghoff, Stella Adler, and Sidney Poitier. His first film role was in The Last Angry Man , the great Paul Muni's final film. It was Muni who gave Billy the advice that sent him soaring as an actor, "You can play any character you want to play no matter who you are, no matter the way you look or the color of your skin." And Williams writes, "I wanted to be anyone I wanted to be." He writes of landing the role of a lifetime: co-starring alongside James Caan in Brian's Song , the made-for-television movie that was watched by an audience of more than fifty million people. Williams says it was "the kind of interracial love story America needed." And when, as the first Black character in the Star Wars universe, he became a true pop culture icon, playing Lando Calrissian in George Lucas's The Empire Strikes Back ("What I presented on the screen people didn't expect to see"). It was a role he reprised in the final film of the original trilogy, The Return of the Jedi, and in the recent sequel The Rise of Skywalker. A legendary actor, in his own words, on all that has sustained and carried him through a lifetime of dreams and adventure.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593318609
ISBN-13
9780593318607
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24061236839

Product Key Features

Book Title
What Have We Here? : Portraits of Alife
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
Film / General, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Author
Billy Dee Williams
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
19.9 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"The debonair actor crafts a memoir that rivals his greatest characters . . . the narrative often reads like fiction . . . The author always retains his cool, laid-back style, whether he's discussing how he landed breakthrough roles as Gale Sayers in Brian's Song and Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, or his friendships with great actors such as Laurence Olivier and Marlon Brando or author James Baldwin. Despite his own numerous issues with racism and discrimination, Williams has always maintained a cool head and used his experiences as a Black man to inform his art in a way that is relatable to all people . . . Williams makes it all sound fascinating." --Kirkus (starred review)
Lccn
2023-031857
Lc Classification Number
Pn2287.W464a3 2024

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