Jon Krampner



Table of Contents

Well, dang, I've already listed the table of contents, and now I'm supposed to provide a link to...what?...the table of contents? This is completely off-topic, but did you know that Kim's first stage name was Patricia Stanley? She used it at the Pasadena Playhouse, where she studied in 1945, and in "Boy Meets Girl," the first play she appeared in with Bill Hodapp's Bluegrass Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky, in the spring of 1946.


Selected Works

Biography
Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley

"I thought I knew Kim Stanley. However, after reading Jon Krampner's excellent biography of Kim, now I really know her."
-- Eva Marie Saint

"For those who admired and loved her, this is the book to read. And for those who want to find out about one of our best actresses, this is the book to read."
-- Jack Klugman

"Kim was the great actress of my generation. She was the muse, the archetype, the female Brando to all of us who aspired to someday do great work on stage or screen. Jon Krampner has done us a huge favor by presenting to us a full picture of this remarkable actress and her life."
-- Sydney Pollack

"Reading Female Brando brings back memories of an actress I adored and idolized. Kim Stanley was the best and brightest actress of her generation and no other actress has ever illuminated Broadway the way Kim did. Krampner takes us to the heart of the demon that made Kim great. Broadway's lights dimmed considerably when that same demon sabotaged her career. Through Krampner's work, Kim shows us what real acting was, is, and should be."
-- Julie Harris

"A must for every practicing artist"
-- Nehemiah Persoff



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