She was a very smart woman and really handles this interview with class, intelligence and is well spoken. She was such a modern woman and seems way ahead of her time with her views.

@charlottearena

5 ай бұрын

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes!!!! Amazing woman, who really initiated the concept in my opinion of the "Modern Woman" (you know it got women thinking and wanting answers), she was a revelation!!! It's funny how times have changed she would be viewed as a Goddess these days. She never got the credit she deserved, such a shame we lost her so young.

@utube-r9q

3 ай бұрын

You’re right 😊

What a fantastic interview. Jackie was one hell of a lady. She had such charisma and was a fantastic writer. Valley Of The Dolls is one of my ultimate favourite books. It's heartbreaking to think that she was already battling her last bout of cancer. She looks so vibrant.

I admire her so much. I have read all her books. I have a "Valley of the Dolls" first edition.

" To me, a writers greatest thing is communication to the public. And I'm only interested in the public. And I'm only interested in the public. If they are turned on by my book, then I consider it a success, I don't keep a scrapbook of literary critics" -This is brilliant

What a wonderful interview. Just love this woman. There is just something compelling about her

In this interview, Jacqueline Susann comes across as professional, engaging, thoughtful and committed to her writing, which included what was then an unusual component (an author being interested in marketing and sales) and now expected. The final question is poignant, knowing that she was battling the return of the cancer that eventually claimed her life. Her books give pleasure still and reflect the ambivalence of their historical moment, as well as our attitudes towards celebrities and success. And it's also a pleasure to hear her very distinctive voice. It makes one wish that she would've lived to have been interviewed by someone thoughtful like Terry Gross.

Thanks so much for this upload, Jacqueline Susann was not only talented, exceptionally beautiful, she was funny as hell, so far ahead of her time, she had a husband that not only loved her but adored her too, there is a difference, may she rest in peace.

Sad to think she was dead by 1974. What an incredible woman she was!

@Scorchy666

Жыл бұрын

The hypothetical question about having six-weeks to live at the end really threw me. She really answered it honestly.

She was definitely an incredible force of nature!❤️

Jacqueline Susann was soooo ahead of her time. She was beautiful, classy and smart, and dealt with constant attacks on her writing style and story themes. But that was because she was breaking ground and pushing the envelop. She challenged the historical and traditional oppression of women and even in this interview, she says women should get equal pay. Her women characters were bold, feminine, savvy and strong.

LOVE HER!!!! And every novel she wrote! She was so chic, and just… amazing.. so sad that she was so ill etc.. but look how great she looks here.

The interviewer, Elaine Grand, was born June 8, 1926 and died on April 30, 2001. Jacqueline passed away in 1974, the year after doing this interview.

She was already so sick with cancer 😟and still one of the hardest working people ever

Today, everyone goes on talk shows hawking their books, perfumes, etc and here, it seems like it was such a weird concept for her to promote her book. Jackie changed the way books are sold!

She was a woman of tremendous power .

@Msziya

5 жыл бұрын

swampzoid A true Leo Woman.

She's such a badass!

This woman is my icon. I aspire to her greatness.

She wrote about an interesting time...Mad Men reminded me of her world. Mid century New York was pretty exciting.

Way ahead of her time and a great writer. I learned so much about show biz and life when I was 16 just by reading everything she wrote. I also met her husband Irving at the Waldorf a few years after she passed. I told him how Jackie had enhanced and changed my world.

I love her. What a marketing genius she was. And from this interview, a genuinely nice lady.

Brilliant and articulate icon of literary world❤😊

I've always admired Jackie. She was brilliant and very funny. She was the firsts author to have 3 books in a row at #1 on the bestseller list. She was diagnosed with lung cancer at this time and Jackie handled it all with class and discretion. She never wanted to be pitied or have anyone feel sorry for her. Jackie suffered from depression, had the tragedy of a profoundly autistic son, she was a total failure as an actress. However, she never quit. She never gave up. What she achieved was incredible!

@Joannec95

4 жыл бұрын

She had died from breast cancer then died of lung cancer.

Love it!

JS was a down to earth superstar, talented to beat the band and someone I would give anything to have chatted with for 10 minutes. Absolutely facinating.

Jacqueline was such an intelligent, lovely women. The press and interviewers were so rude to her, she was an extremely talented author. Rest in peace lovely Jacqueline

I have always been a Jackie Susann fan. This is one of her best interviews. The host was such a bitch trying to bait Jackie and insult her. Jackie was so bright she was able to answer every challenge in a warm loving way and was able to draw the attention back to her books and fictional creations. Jackie had inoperable lung cancer at this time. Had undergone chemotherapy and radiation. She was scared to death but never showed it. She was brave, sassy, and classy to the very end. She is full of gratitude for life. A class act!

I adore Jacqueline Susann.

Wow that last question! She actually lived that scenario.

She had a very good marriage, husband adored her.

Sharp as a damn tack. A real badass lady.

Jacqueline and her husband were decades ahead of their time...they knew how to use the media then (TV and radio interviews, traveling to make appearances at bookstores, etc) to get the word-of-mouth out about her books and promote them. If they were around today, they'd be using (like modern stars and film studios do) Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc to promote her books

LOVE that she's wearing the Ankh!! Xxo

She was dying at that time.

@garlicflowerzzz

5 жыл бұрын

MerleOberon :( i know it’s so sad

Admired Jackie...

i want to find once is not enough in audio format. it doesn't seem to have been uploaded to youtube yet

Great interview❤️🌶️👠🌶️👠🌶️👠🌶️👠

I love her! A pity she passed so early! 😢

This interviewer doesn't get the genius of such a remarkable woman.

@anaisnincatullus

2 жыл бұрын

Too true. She's brilliant.

I love Jacqueline and The Valley of the Dolls. There was a rumor that Jackie was supposed to attend a dinner party at Sharon Tate’s home that was later debunked. There was not a dinner party that night. RIP to Jackie.

I'm surprised Jackie didn't walk out on this interview.

If she were alive in 2020 she would be 102 years old.

Think this is during the media tour for once is not enough

"Who IS she? Who WAS she? Who does she HOPE to be?" ~ Harold, THE BOYS IN THE BAND

I love her. I can't believe how patient she is with this horribly negative and insulting interviewer.

Susann was too ahead of her time for the interviewer. She just couldn't keep up. The interviewer comes off as condescending, rude and humorless

@770WT

4 жыл бұрын

Susann and husband Irving Mansfield were also Marketing Geniuses .Jacqueline worked just as hard promoting her books .

@garywarmee4367

4 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy someone with a point of view over a puff piece. She brought out an interesting interview fom the author.

The interviewer is perpetually challenging Jacqueline and Jackie is holding her own quite well.

My favourite book by her is Yargo

Still trying to figure out what she did wrong other than to write a book men thought women shouldn't be writing.

Two Collins sisters in one ....olé!

Jackie was a FREE SPIRIT A BUTTERFLY IN FLIGHT RIP CHARISMATIC JACKIE🙏🏼♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻😞😞😞😞🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂

She laughed at the critics, all the way to the bank bahahahaha

What sold the book, the novella ‘Wherter’, or the author, Goethe .LOL 😂

she was b4 her time.....

She died of cancer a year later.

Wonderful interview. I see the false eyelash glue on the left eye.

EG: That novelist is of course Miss Jack-a-lin Susann. Miss Susann, hello. JS: Hello, Ms. Grand, but... please call me Jack-wa-lin. EG: Alright. Jack-lin.

Wow, this is a nasty interviewer... I get the feeling she's trying to piss off Susann, who continues to smile and not let it get to her. JS comes off looking like a winner.

@CalTxDude

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! She's nasty, attempts to be condescending, trying to provoke Ms. Susann! I get the feeling that she doesn't think much of Americans at all and seems to absolutely loathe J.S.! But I think the interviewer's shitty attitude is less about "class" and crassness...and all about her deep resentment that she's NOT as famous, lauded and admired as J.S.! Only fear can inspire that amount of obvious self loathing

@90sHONEY

Жыл бұрын

I don't see that at all. To me it seems she really wants to discuss the book and JS's motives with her. Seems very respectful and interested.

What's the product? You or the book? Both, silly. If she wasn't an author, we wouldn't have a novel to enjoy. If she didn't market the novel, well, we wouldn't know the novels existed. Replace the novel word with actress: movies; Physician: Healing, Artist: Art. Think about it. Also, one of the best books I've ever read - in Junior High, no less, is: Once is Not Enough. I saw the movie, too, but the book was better.

@lyndastarwriter8507

Жыл бұрын

BTW, the content of her novels are fiction that we can all relate to...which is why the novels resonate.

Odd to say she didn't learn to cook because her mother was a school teacher...and the maid kicked her out of the kitchen...hmmm

did she really have an affair with ethel merman as rumored ?

Yes,I read Valley Of The Dolls when I was 17! I loved it! I didn't see the movie until I got my computer, roughly 5 years ago.THE ORIGINAL IS FAB SHES I think fibbing about drug taking. Heard she was a heavy drug user.

@elgrigorio1

3 жыл бұрын

Not surprised, a lot of writers/artists were back then.

@dddddadadad1796

Жыл бұрын

How old are you? She was NOT a “drug user”. She took prescription sleeping pills to combat life long insomnia, as did most women of the time

Elaine Grand is one of the worst hosts I have ever seen. All the things you can ask an author about their book and these are the insulting questions she asks? I know it was a different time time but come on! Jackie is so gracious and patient with her.

I think Jacqueline would have looked so much better without the false eyelashes,and the jet black hair which looks like a wig or at least a fall. It gives her a hard look .

A very petty antisemite interview, similar to those that Joan Rivers bridled against.

THESE OLD TALK SHOW HOSTS! AWFUL!

@kathrynmcelroy5658

Жыл бұрын

LAME!