Beating the Odds

Beating the OddsAcclaimed actor and incomparable storyteller, Louis Zorich, shares a remarkable and rich 90 year life story. One of 7 children raised during the Great Depression in Chicagos South Side, Zorich shares memorable tales, mishaps and adventures of his youth familiar to any immigrant child. His almost 6 decades long acting career brought him on stage and screen with such notable artists as Sir Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand and his wife

Acclaimed actor and incomparable storyteller, Louis Zorich, shares a remarkable and rich 90-year life story. One of 7 children raised during the Great Depression in ChicagoÕs South Side, Zorich shares memorable tales, mishaps and adventures of his youth familiar to any immigrant child. His almost 6 decades-long acting career brought him on stage and screen with such notable artists as Sir Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand and his wife of 51 years, Olympia Dukakis. Readers will remember ZorichÕs performances in Death of a Salesman, Hadrian VII, The Odd Couple, King Lear, Fiddler on the Roof, Muppets Take Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge and Mad About You, among many others. For all devoted theatergoers and aspiring actors, Louis ZorichÕs life story is one of great learning, love, and laughter, and one youÕll never forget. This is truly a portrait of an artist, humbled and heartened by the human condition, a man beating the odds.

Includes 27 B & W photographs and a biographical index.