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Title I'm walking as straight as I can : transcending disability in Hollywood and beyond / Geri Jewell ; with Ted Nichelson.
Author Jewell, Geri.
Publication Info. Toronto : ECW Press, c2011.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  791.45028 JEWELL    Check Shelves
Description [xi], 252 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Summary Born with cerebral palsy, Geri Jewell inspired a generation of young people when she became the first person with a disability to appear in a recurring role on prime-time television, with her groundbreaking character on the sitcom The facts of life. This candid memoir details her experiences from her traumatic birth to her rise to stardom as a stand-up comic to becoming a television star, followed by a downward spiral, tax problems, drug addiction, marriage, and an accident that nearly claimed her life.
Subject Jewell, Geri.
Actors with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
Cerebral palsied -- United States -- Biography.
Added Author Nichelson, Ted.
Added Title I am walking as straight as I can
ISBN 9781550228830 (pbk.) : $19.95
1550228838 (pbk.)
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