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Kay Thompson

Kay Thompson

Kay Thompson

Kay Thompson (1909-1998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s. The Eloise character grew out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on what was an immediate bestseller, Kay Thompson became a literary sensation when Eloise was published in 1955. The book has sold more than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created four more Eloise books, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas, Eloise in Moscow, and Eloise Takes a Bawth.

Eloise in Hollywood will be released on March 06, 2012 in eBook
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Eloise in Moscow will be released on January 24, 2012 in eBook
Jan 24, 2012
Eloise in Moscow is now available in eBook
Jan 24, 2012
Eloise Ready-to-Read Value Pack will be released on January 03, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Jan 03, 2012
Eloise Ready-to-Read Value Pack is now available in Trade Paperback
Jan 03, 2012
Eloise in Paris is now available in eBook
Nov 15, 2011
Eloise in Paris will be released on November 15, 2011 in eBook
Nov 15, 2011
Eloise Takes a Bawth will be released on November 15, 2011 in eBook
Nov 15, 2011
Eloise Takes a Bawth is now available in eBook
Nov 15, 2011
Eloise at Christmastime is now available in eBook
Oct 04, 2011
Eloise at Christmastime will be released on October 04, 2011 in eBook
Oct 04, 2011
Eloise is now available in eBook
Jun 14, 2011
Eloise will be released on June 14, 2011 in eBook
Jun 14, 2011
Eloise Visits the Zoo is now available in Trade Paperback
May 19, 2009
Eloise Visits the Zoo is now available in eBook
May 19, 2009
Eloise Visits the Zoo will be released on May 19, 2009 in Trade Paperback
May 19, 2009

Authors on the Web

Ezine Mark, December 12, 2011
...Rosen (1991) and Conversational Induction with Utilization of Spontaneous Trance (Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, P320-87) by Kay Thompson and The Milton H. Erickson Foundation. (1983...
WXEL, November 25, 2011
...Williams looks back on his career, and filmmaker Sam Irvin celebrates the resilient gleam of performer and writer Kay Thompson. Also, C.J. Chivers explores the AK-47 and its impact on warfare. Nonfiction releases from Roy Williams, Jane Leavy, Sam Irvin...
NPR, November 23, 2011
...Williams looks back on his career, and filmmaker Sam Irvin celebrates the resilient gleam of performer and writer Kay Thompson. Also, C.J. Chivers explores the AK-47 and its impact on warfare. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us...
MSN Entertainment, November 18, 2011
...� I grew up knowing his name. As a child I used to regularly sneak downstairs to watch "Playhouse 90" on the tube.� While not the only director credited, there was something consistent with a John� Frankenheimer show; a diversity of themes.� One...
AL.com, November 13, 2011
...Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise? by Sam Irvin - Biography (Simon & Schuster) ? A multi-threat entertainer, Kay Thompson was a friend, mentor and/or inspiration to Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Tennessee Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Bette...
NewsOK.com, November 10, 2011
...Lyrics for Jamie.” His knowledge came in great use as he collaborated with Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, and Kay Thompson. One collaboration in particular with Rodger Edens earned them an Oscar nomination for the well-known song, “Clang, clang, clang...
Centre Daily Times, October 25, 2011
...little girl who lives at The Plaza has been enjoying more widespread visibility since the death of author Kay Thompson, who had kept the books out of print. Eloise, along with many of its El sisters from Ella to Eleanor, is a newly-fashionable baby name...
Parkersburg News, January 30, 2012
...Brenda Kay Thompson Newlon, 45, of Mineral Wells, passed away Jan. 28, 2012, at her home. She was born Jan. 27, 1967, in Parkersburg, a daughter of Truman A. and Margie Ruth...
Hollywood Stock Exchange, January 29, 2012
...Shyer directs with an adapted script by Janet Brownell and Erin Joslyn. The original book was written by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight...
The Arts Desk, January 29, 2012
...Paris Paree”. In Stanley Donen’s Funny Face (1957), actually shot on location, Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson on first arriving in Paris go their different ways seeing the sights and singing “Bonjour Paris”, until all three...
Hollywood Stock Exchange, January 28, 2012
...Shyer directs with an adapted script by Janet Brownell and Erin Joslyn. The original book was written by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight...
NEMS 360, January 27, 2012
...two grandchildren, Ethan Cade Williams and Kinzley Cate Williams; her parents; two sisters, Becky Thompson McNeel (Bilbo) and Kay Thompson Davidson, all of Pheba. Pallbearers will be Jake Davidson, Coby McNeel, Cody Brown, Erik Montgomery, Brad Latham...
Daily Times Leader, January 27, 2012
...Kinzley Cate Williams; her parents: Norma Sharp and Earl "Bub" Thompson; two sisters: Becky Thompson McNeel (Bilbo) and Kay Thompson Davidson all of Pheba. Pallbearers are Jake Davidson, Coby McNeel, Cody Brown, Erik Montgomery, Brad Latham, and James...
Starkville Daily News, January 26, 2012
...Kinzley Cate Williams; her parents, Norma Sharp and Earl “Bub” Thompson; two sisters, Becky Thompson McNeel (Bilbo) and Kay Thompson Davidson all of Pheba. Pallbearers will be Jake Davidson, Coby McNeel, Cody Brown, Erik Montgomery, Brad Latham and...