Elsie downey biography books
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&#;Sr.&#;: Not Like Anything Else
Before there was Robert Downey Jr., there was Robert Downey. "I was just Bob Downey's kid for a long time," says Jr., as he shall be known going forward, in "Sr.," a new film that, much like the father and son at its center, defies easy categorization.
Directed by Chris Smith and currently streaming on Netflix, the film emerged from Jr.'s idea to do a documentary about his father, their history, and their life together. "We're just kind of finding our way into something that we hope winds up being interesting, and not the usual," says Jr., whose East Hampton residence figures prominently in the film.
Sr. emerged in the New York underground film scene in the mids with a series of ultra-low budget films that shared little but an anarchic, often twisted sense of humor. For example, his film "Chafed Elbows" is about an oddball son who marries his mother, goes on welfare, and encounters bizarre characters on his meanderings around New York.
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Robert Downey Jr.
American actor (born )
"RDJ" redirects here. For other uses, see RDJ (disambiguation).
Robert Downey Jr. | |
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| Born | Robert John Downey Jr. () April 4, (age&#;59) New York City, U.S. |
| Other&#;names | RDJ |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Works | Filmography |
| Spouses | |
| Partner | Sarah Jessica Parker (–) |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Robert Downey Sr. |
| Awards | Full list |
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, )[1] is an American actor. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. In , Downey was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people in the world. From to , he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor.
At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s film Pound. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science () and L
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Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman
Praise for Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman
*Winner of the Northern California Book Award*—--
“That we suffer from a shortage of women’s histories fryst vatten not new information. But Robinson’s obscurity feels particularly surprising when you consider both her popularity and the dramatic life behind her hard-won sagacity…. Scheeres and Gilbert attempt to resurrect Elsie, fill in her biography and place her in the pantheon of women we should know about. The result is an fängslande tale that doesn’t gloss over the extreme adversity and restrictions Robinson faced as a woman of much ambition and few means.”—New York Times
"As pioneering women journalists finally begin to get the recognition they deserve, the name Elsie Robinson is rarely part of the conversation. Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert aim to change that with….the first biography of this