Preface; Introduction; Part One: Stardom and Celebrity; 1. Bright (1946-49); 2. Blonde (1950-56); 3. Bold (July to November 1956); 4. Brazen (1960-85); Part Two: Acting and Performance; 5. Pseudo-star Acting in Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953); 6. A Marriage of Method and Style in The Unholy Wife (1957); 7. Exploiting her Nascent Has-Been Status in Berserk! (1967); 8. Popping In and Out as a Virtuosic Guest Star in The Pied Piper (1972); 9. Perfect When Poised in Steaming (1985); Conclusion: A Dubiously Dorsian Conclusion; Bibliography; Filmography; Index