Book Review

In Spite of Myself (2008)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Nov 04, 2008; Writer: Christopher Plummer; Genres: Memoir, Nonfiction; Publisher: Knopf

In Spite of Myself is a rich, ribald, old-fashioned name-dropper by Christopher Plummer, one of the great stage actors of the 20th century.
Confession: He'd been 
 enjoying ''the good life'' so much that when he showed up on the Sound of Music 
set, he was too plump for his lederhosen.
Muses: Elia Kazan, among others
Childhood Tidbit: As a toddler, he apparently thought the family Airedale was his mother.
Dish: Whenever he was ''seated on the toilet reading, as was my wont,'' in his California home, he heard the whimper 
of a ghost. A–

Originally posted Nov 12, 2008 Published in issue #1021-1022 Nov 21, 2008 Order article reprints

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