Elizabeth Ashley (1) (1939–)

When I was in the audience to see Joyce Maynard appear on a Boston TV talk show, Elizabeth Ashley was the other guest and came across as confident and exuberant. Although this 1978 memoir written not long after that may seem premature, Ashley had already done a lot of living at age 38. She writes about her acting process and dishes lots of dirt - marriages to James Farentino and George Peppard and a tumultuous affair with married author Tom McGuane, who infuriated her by running off with a "star-lette" he impregnated. McGuane's wife later married Peter Fonda. Fast crowd. I had to know who the "star-lette" was and determined it was Margot Kidder.… (más)