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Donald Spoto (b. June 28, 1941), is a celebrity biographer, Catholic theologian and former monk. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Celebrity biographers are Authors who specialize in writing sensationalized Books about the lives of Celebrities. He is best known for his best-selling biographies of film and theatre celebrities such as Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Alan Bates. A bestseller is a Book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical (ˈbærjman in Swedish but usually ˈbɝgmən in English (August 29 1915 &ndash August 29 1982 was a Swedish three-time Academy Award -winning and two-time Emmy James Byron Dean ( February 8 1931 &ndash September 30 1955) was a two-time Oscar -nominated American Film Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Marlene Dietrich maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç (December 27 &ndashMay 6) was a German -born American Actress, Singer and Entertainer Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003 was a British Actor. He has also written a biographical account of the House of Windsor from the Victorian era through Diana, Princess of Wales and of religious figures such as Jesus, and Saint Francis of Assisi, which was made into a television program by Faith & Values Media. The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms The older part is a branch of the Saxe-Coburg Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) For the opera by Olivier Messiaen see Saint-François d'Assise. Faith & Values Media, with headquarters in New York City, is the largest U [1][2]

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Biography

A native of New Rochelle, New York, Spoto graduated from Iona Preparatory School in 1959 and received his B.A. from Iona College in 1963 and his M. New Rochelle ( French: Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in the south-east portion of the U Iona Preparatory School (also known as Iona Prep) is an all-boys National School of Excellence Catholic high school located in New Rochelle NY in Iona College is located in New Rochelle New York, 20 miles north of Manhattan in suburban Westchester County. A. and Ph. D. in theology (New Testament studies) from Fordham University in 1966 and 1970, respectively. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Fordham University is a private University in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. [3][1] He taught theology, Christian mysticism, and Biblical literature at the New School for Social Research from 1975 until 1986 and then at University of Southern California, beginning in 1987. Christian Mysticism is traditionally practised through the disciplines of Prayer (including oratio meditation and Contemplation Books of the Bible are listed differently in the canons of Jews and Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox Slavonic Orthodox Georgian Armenian Apostolic This is about the university in New York; for other uses see New School (disambiguation. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly [3] He has also been a visiting lecturer at the British Film Institute and the National Film Theatre, in London, from 1980 until 1986. The British Film Institute ( BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film television BFI Southbank (formerly known as the National Film Theatre) is the leading Repertory cinema in the UK specialising in seasons of classic independent [1][3]

In the mid- to late-seventies, he began writing biographies of film directors and other film and stage celebrities. More recently, he has alternated between the celebrity biographies and accounts of such religious figures as Jesus and St. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Francis of Assisi. For the opera by Olivier Messiaen see Saint-François d'Assise. [1] The latter was made into a television program of the same title, Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi, "produced for Faith & Values Media by Lightworks Producing Group and West Egg Studios. Faith & Values Media, with headquarters in New York City, is the largest U " Spoto's Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life was adapted into a four-hour drama which aired in 2000 on the US broadcast network CBS. The production featured Joanne Whalley, Tim Matheson, Tom Skerritt, Francis Fisher, Andrew McCarthy, Phillip Baker Hall, Fred Ward and Diane Baker. Spoto was an executive producer of the project, along with George Stelzner of West Egg Studios.

Spoto serves (or has served) on the boards of directors of Human Rights Watch, Death Penalty Focus and the San Francisco-based Youth Law Center[1]. Human Rights Watch is a United States -based international Non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on Human rights. Founded in 1988 Death Penalty Focus is a non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of Capital punishment through grassroots organizing research and the dissemination The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city

Assessment

Michael Coveney, in the Guardian, describes Spoto as "an American quasi-academic gossipmonger who has produced zestful, authoritative books. Michael Coveney is a British theatre critic born in Mile End in East London in 1948 The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. . . " [4]

Books

Spoto has published 23 books[1]:

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Biography of Donald Spoto. For the opera by Olivier Messiaen see Saint-François d'Assise. Viking Press is an American Publishing company currently owned by Penguin Books. Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' Hutchinson & Co was an English book Publisher. It merged with Century Publishing in 1985 to form Century Hutchinson and was folded into Random House UK in 1989 Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Hutchinson & Co was an English book Publisher. It merged with Century Publishing in 1985 to form Century Hutchinson and was folded into Random House UK in 1989
  2. ^ Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi Home page, accessed 17 September 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Biography at UCLA library.
  4. ^ Michael Coveney, "Guilty Secrets" , Guardian Unlimited 16 June 2007. Michael Coveney is a British theatre critic born in Mile End in East London in 1948 The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. (Review of Otherwise Engaged: The Life of Alan Bates. )

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