Kathryn Sermak is the co-founder of the Bette Davis Foundation and co-executor of the Bette Davis Estate. In addition to Bette Davis, Kathryn has been personal assistant to HH Princess Shams Pahlavi; French actress, Isabelle Adjani; the statesman and journalist, Pierre Salinger; astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin, Motown Founder, Berry Gordy Jr.; famed American designer, Patrick Kelly; and the co-creator of "Where's Waldo," Michael Gornall. Kathryn was also among the first to receive the Personal Assistant Career Award in 2003.
"Miss D & Me is a fascinating look at the life of this indomitable
star and her young assistant, Kathryn, during the last ten years of
Miss Davis's life. It is their inspirational journey, which begins
with Miss D as mentor-instructing Kathryn in every detail of work
as well as the social graces-and ultimately leads to a devoted
friendship. I highly recommend it."--Ann-Margret
"America loved Bette Davis for the great star she was. I had the
privilege of being her friend. She lived by good old-fashioned
Yankee standards; she expected much and gave much; she was
forthright, honest, and had a great sense of humor. Kathryn
Sermak's book is a beautifully insightful look at the real Bette
Davis."--George Hamilton
"Deeply personal, strangely enthralling."--New York Times Book
Review
"Delightful . . . Miss D & Me details the sweet and deepening bond
between the much-feared actress and a timid, young Kathryn
Sermak--a pairing set against a steady drumbeat of menace."--New
York Daily News
"Endearing . . . Inspired by a fateful road trip the two women
embarked upon through France in 1985, the book - based on Sermak's
extensive archive of datebooks, photographs and audio cassettes -
offers an intimate glimpse into the last 10 years of the screen
icon's life, until her passing in 1989 with Sermak by her
side."--The Hollywood Reporter
"Kathryn Sermak has given us a well-written and vivid account of
her long association with one of the most remarkable women of the
past century: Bette Davis. I read it and was enthralled."--Olivia
de Havilland
"None of us knew or loved Bette Davis during her later years more
than Kathryn Sermak. This is a wonderful book about one of the
greatest women I ever knew--and one of the greatest actresses who
gave us all so very, very much. You'll enjoy this read and realize
what a truly great woman Bette Davis was--and an inspiration to
women of all ages."--Robert Wagner
"We should all hope that we have a Kathryn Sermak in our lives
whose love and devotion overcame any odds she might have
encountered in her remarkable journey with Miss D. This book is
homage to both ladies and a wonderful read."--Stefanie Powers
"What a great insight into the last chapters of an Extraordinary
woman's life. Kathryn Sermak tells it like it was: with candor and
style--certainly the Bette Davis I was fortunate enough to
know!"--Greg Gorman, celebrity photographer
"When Kathryn Sermak was hired as Bette Davis's personal assistant
in 1979, she was a 22-year-old ingenue who had no idea who the
great movie star was. For the next ten years she would help the
woman she regarded as her mentor and, subsequently, friend, through
her twilight years that brought illness and a devastating betrayal
by her daughter, B.D. Hyman, in a brutal memoir about her mother.
Davis's heartbreak is also keenly felt by Sermak in her deeply
personal Miss D And Me. The woman behind often horrific movie
characters emerges as a loyal, kind and vulnerable person,
emotionally maimed by a child she adored."--Daily Mail (named a
Best Book of the Year)
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