By Ellen Madden
Kelly Bishop is a well-known dancer and actress. She was born on the 28th of February 1944 in Colorado Springs. When Kelly turned eighteen years old in 1962, she moved to New York to progress her career as a ballet dancer. She has been in multiple plays, TV shows, and films, as she has over six decades in the show business. Her most famous roles include when she played Emily an elegant grandmother to Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls and the sequel Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. In A Chorus Line, the Broadway show, she played Sheila Bryant, and later won a Tony Award for her acting. Bishop was also a character in Dirty Dancing as Marjorie Houseman, the mother of Jennifer Grey.
On the 17th of September 2024, Kelly Bishop released a memoir called the Third Gilmore Girl, covering 256 pages with stories and life lessons she learnt in her personal and professional life. This memoir received 4.5 stars on Goodreads, which included 9,324 ratings and 1,667 reviews. Amazon has also received 442 ratings, ranking her memoir 4.7 stars. Overall, this memoir has been a great seller and is in popular demand. On Amazon, it is available on Kindle, audiobook, audio CD, and hardcover. The Third Gilmore Girl can also be preordered on Eason’s website.
It is important to recognise this is a popular time to watch Gilmore Girls, especially if you are a Gilmore Girls fan. Therefore, the Third Gilmore Girl is the perfect novel to read on a cold autumn night huddled up near a fire and drinking coffee.