Just Outside the Spotlight

Rex Reed called this memoir of award-winning character actress Eileen Heckart, “Touching, hilarious, and completely enthralling”—and readers everywhere will call it fabulous! Written by Heckart’s son, this unusual biography tells all the tales that Heckart heard and saw in her fifty-year career in movies, theater, and TV. Oscar-, Emmy-, and Tony-winning actress Heckart worked with most of the greatest stars of the twentieth century. "Just Outside the Spotlight" is a remarkable memoir, packed with heartwarming family photos and never-before-seen images of stars, and with unforgettable anecdotes.