Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Questions of Female Stardom in British Cinema 1
6. CHAPTER 2. ‘A Girl Appears in Camiknickers’: Jean Kent’s Austerity Stardom 36
7. CHAPTER 3. ‘Blonde Glamour Machine’: Diana Dors in the 1950s and Beyond 59
8. CHAPTER 4. British New Waif: Rita Tushingham and Sixties Female Stardom 88
9. CHAPTER 5. ‘A Constant Threat’: Glenda Jackson and the Challenges of Seventies Stardom 111
10. CHAPTER 6. ‘From Schoolgirl to Stardom’: The Discovery and Development of Helena Bonham Carter and Emily Lloyd in the 1980s and 1990s 133
11. CHAPTER 7. National Treasure: Judi Dench and Older Female Stardom into the 2000s 173
12. CHAPTER 8. Conclusion: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being (a Female British Star) 194
13. Bibliography 209
14. Index 235