One Common ThreadCanadian actor Christopher Plummer's memoir, In Spite of Myself, takes the reader through the different stages of a long and varied career. From Shakespeare, to Klingon, to Captain von Trapp -- Plummer has mixed it up and been regarded all along the way.
In Home: A Memoir of My Early Years, Julie Andrews tell the story of her life starting in 1935 and up to her Oscar-winning role as Mary Poppins in 1962. Andrews holds nothing back in this entertaining book filled with backstage stories, personal and professional triumphs. Her My Fair Lady Broadway try-out stories are among the best.
The common thread that connects Plummer and Andrews is obvious. Both starred in The Sound of Music, one of the most enduring and popular family films of all time. To get the real story of the Trapp family, sound out Maria Augusta Trapp's book, originally published in 1949.
