Ladies of the Western: Interviews with Fifty-One More Actresses from the Silent Era to the Television Westerns of the 1950s and 1960s
Michael G. Fitzgerald and
Boyd Magers
Released Hardcover 2002; Softcover 2006
336 pages
150 photos
This work features interviews with 51 leading ladies who starred in B Westerns, A Westerns, and television Westerns. They all talk candidly about their careers and many difficulties they faced. Conditions were often severe, locations were often harsh, and pay was often minimal.
The actresses were sometimes the only females on location and they had to provide their own wardrobe and do their own make-up, as well as discourage the advances of overly affectionate co-stars. Despite these difficulties, most of the women interviewed agree that they had fun. Forewords by Kathryn Adams, Mala Powers, and Marion Shilling. The fifty-one actresses interviewed are:
| 1. Kathryn Adams |
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26. Carole Mathews |
| 2. Claudia Barrett |
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27. Joyce Meadows |
| 3. Reno Browne |
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28. Colleen Miller |
| 4. Virginia Carroll |
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29. Pauline Moore |
| 5. Phyllis Coates |
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30 & 31. Dorothy Morris & Caren Marsh |
| 6. Louise Currie |
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32. Noreen Nash |
| 7. Frances Dee |
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33. Noel Neill |
| 8. Edith Fellows |
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34. Gigi Perreau |
| 9. Barbra Fuller |
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35. Mala Powers |
| 10. Beverly Garland |
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36. Madlyn Rhue |
| 11. Lisa Gaye |
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37. Elaine Riley |
| 12. Jane Greer |
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38. Kasey Rogers |
| 13. Marie Harmon |
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39. Jean Rouverol |
| 14. Virginia Herrick |
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40. Ann Rutherford |
| 15. Kathleen Hughes |
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41. Karen Sharpe |
| 16. Lois January |
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42. Marjorie Stapp |
| 17. Anne Jeffreys |
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43. Olive Sturgess |
| 18. Linda Johnson |
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44. Ruth Terry |
| 19. Suzanne Kaaren |
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45. Lyn Thomas |
| 20. Mary Ellen Kay |
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46. Martha Tibbetts |
| 21. Elyse Knox |
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47. Yvette Vickers |
| 22. Barbara Knudson |
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48. June Vincent |
| 23. Ruta Lee |
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49. Beverly Washburn |
| 24. Virginia Lee |
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50. Marie Windsor |
| 25. Adele Mara |
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51. Jane Withers |
Ladies of the Western is the follow up to the authors' previous book, Westerns Women: Interviews with 50 Leading Ladies of Movie and Television Westerns from the 1930s to the 1960s (1999).
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