Sylvia Kristel (1952–2012)

Interesting to note that Sylvia Kristel did most of her work and play in the throes of serious drug and alcohol abuse. The only way to overcome her own conservative and reserved nature was to deaden herself and dance away her pain. Sad that she did not attempt to know herself sober and to overcome whatever it was that kept herself hidden from even the people she felt most important in her life. The first half of the book is very good but then with the onset of alcohol and drug abuse the Hollywood syndrome takes over, and celebrity and the quest for shallow victories hastens her ultimate departure from her truest self. Not sure she ever recovered though she attempted in her own words to claim that she did. A lot of shallow name-dropping towards the end of the book but understandable for a washed-up B-grade movie star who had one of the most beautiful combinations of intelligence, good looks, and a very fine body.… (meer)