{"product_id":"juliet-prowse-born-to-dance-9781037023422","title":"Juliet Prowse: Born to Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003eJuliet Prowse was a young South African dancer who burst into the international spotlight in her first Hollywood movie, Can-Can. Considered talented and exotic, she caught the media's attention and her engagement to Frank Sinatra fuelled their fascination further. But was it true love and what did Sinatra make of Juliet's relationship with Elvis during \u003cem\u003eG.I. Blues\u003c\/em\u003e? Unhappy with 20th Century Fox, Juliet broke out of her contract, created her own company and became one of the highest paid dancers of her era on a Desert Inn $1 million contract by the mid-1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Juliet won awards for \u003cem\u003eSweet Charity \u003c\/em\u003ein Las Vegas and London, opening on Broadway seemed elusive. Juliet continued to build her world-class modern dance company, winning \u003cem\u003eFemale Entertainer of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e in Las Vegas four times in the era of Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand and Shirley MacLaine. As a triple threat, Juliet featured on the international stage for four decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis story is personal. Told by Juliet's niece, it includes Juliet's words from letters written to her mother (the author's grandmother), family anecdotes and amusing insights from those who worked with Juliet. With her endless legs and playful charm, Juliet had many romances and married actor John McCook of \u003cem\u003eThe Bold and the Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e. But in her search for love and professional fulfilment, could she accomplish it all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProwse, Juliet E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Juliet Prowse never intended on becoming an author, but when she spotted a little red suitcase in her parents' attic, filled to the brim with articles about her famous aunt, the dancer\/entertainer Juliet Prowse, she felt she just had to tell this story.As a seasoned communications professional, Juliet was used to writing, but to ensure the authenticity of her first book, Juliet waded through over 1 000 newspaper articles and letters, largely written by her aunt to her grandmother, and spoke to over 20 people who had performed with Juliet. Known as Big Juliet and Little Juliet in the Prowse household, Little Juliet inherited her aunt's athleticism and became a South African runner, but she was never as graceful as her famous aunt who was born to dance! Juliet Prowse: Born to Dance is a love letter to her aunt.Juliet has an MBA from the University of Cape Town and a science degree from the University of Nebraska. She lives in Cape Town where she is an avid theatregoer and sports lover.www.julietprowse.com","brand":"Prowse Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51415212917010,"sku":"9781037023422","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23357906-31c2-48ca-8234-3fd0da1e876f.jpg?v=1751130729","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/juliet-prowse-born-to-dance-9781037023422","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}