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Lucille BALL
LUCY IN THE AFTERNOON by Jim Brochu (New English Library, London. 1990)
LUCY & DESI – THE LOVE STORY OF TELEVISION’S MOST FAMOUS COUPLE by Warren G. Harris (Simon & Schuster, New York. 1991)
THE LUCY BOOK by Geoffrey Mark Fidelman (Renaissance Books, Los Angeles. 1999)
BALL OF FIRE – THE TUMULTUOUS LIFE AND COMIC ART OF LUCILLE BALL by Stefan Kanfer (Alfred Knopf, New York. 2003)
Ronnie BARKER
IT’S HELLO – FROM HIM! by Ronnie Barker (New English Library, London. 1988)
DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT – EARLY YEARS ON THE STAGE by Ronnie Barker (Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1993)
RONNIE BARKER – THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY by Bob McCabe (Andre Deutsch / Chameleon, London. 1998)
THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF RONNIE BARKER by Bob McCabe (BBC Books, London. 2004)
AND IT’S GOODNIGHT FROM HIM – THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE TWO RONNIES by Ronnie Corbett (Penguin/Michael Joseph, London. 2006)
REMEMBERING RONNIE BARKER by Richard Webber (Century, London. 2010)
Rosanne BARR
MY LIVES by Rosanne Arnold (Century, London. 1994)
Richard BECKINSALE
THE RICHARD BECKINSALE STORY by David Clayton (History Press, London. 2007)
John BELUSHI
WIRED – THE SHORT LIFE AND FAST TIMES OF JOHN BELUSHI by Bob Woodward (Simon and Schuster, New York. 1984)
Jack BENNY
JACK BENNY by Irving A. Fein (Putnam, New York. 1976)
JACK BENNY by Mary Livingstone Benny and Hilliard Marks & Marcia Borie (Doubleday, New York. 1978)
SUNDAY NIGHTS AT SEVEN – THE JACK BENNY STORY by Jack Benny and Joan Benny (Warner, New York. 1990)
WELL! – REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE AND CAREER OF JACK BENNY edited by Michael Leannah (BearManor Media, 200?)
Michael BENTINE
THE LONG BANANA SKIN by Michael Bentine (Wolfe, London. 1975)
THE RELUCTANT JESTER by Michael Bentine (Bantam Books, 1993)
Milton BERLE
MILTON BERLE by Milton Berle (?)
B.S. I LOVE YOU – SIXTY FUNNY YEARS WITH THE FAMOUS AND THE INFAMOUS by Milton Berle (McGraw-Hill, New York. 1988
Joe BESSER
ONCE A STOOGE, ALWAYS A STOOGE by Joe Besser, Jeff Lenburg and Greg Lenburg (Roundtable Publishing, Santa Monica. 1988)
Eddie BRABEN
THE BOOK WHAT I WROTE – ERIC, ERNIE AND ME by Eddie Braben (?. 200?)
Bernard BRADEN
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS by Bernard Braden (Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1990)
Wilfrid BRAMBELL
ALL ABOVE BOARD by Wilfrid Brambell (W.H. Allen, London. 1976)
Jo BRAND
LOOK BACK IN HUNGER by Jo Brand (?. 2009)
CAN’T STAND UP FOR SITTING DOWN by Jo Brand (Headline Review 2011)
Fanny BRICE
THE FABULOUS FANNY by Norman Katkov (Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1953)
FANNY BRICE – THE ORIGINAL FUNNY GIRL by Herbert G. Goldman (Oxford University Press, New York. 1992)
Mel BROOKS
MEL BROOKS – THE IRREVERENT FUNNYMAN by Bill Adler and Jeffrey Feinman (Playboy Press paperback, Chicago. 1976)
METHOD IN MADNESS – THE COMIC ART OF MEL BROOKS by Maurice Yacowar (St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1981)
MEL BROOKS AND THE SPOOF MOVIE by Nick Smurthwaite and Paul Gelder (Proteus, ?. 1982)
THE FILMS OF MEL BROOKS by Neil Sinyard (Exeter Books, New York. 1987)
Peter BROUGH
EDUCATING ARCHIE by Peter Brough (Stanley Paul, London. 1955)
Janet BROWN
PRIME MIMICLER by Janet Brown (Robson, London. 1986)
Joe E. BROWN
YOUR KIDS AND MINE by Joe E. Brown (1944)
LAUGHTER IS A WONDERFUL THING by Joe E. Brown, with Ralph Hancock (Barnes, New York. 1956)
Lenny BRUCE
LENNY BRUCE – THE COMEDIAN AS A SOCIAL CRITIC AND SECULAR MORALIST by Frank Kofsky (Pathfinder / Monad paperback, New York. 1974)
Dora BRYAN
ACCORDING TO DORA by Dora Bryan, with Kay Hunter (Bodley Head, London. 1987)
Carol BURNETT
ONE MORE TIME by Carol Burnett (?, 1986)
LAUGHING TILL IT HURTS – THE LIFE AND CAREER OF CAROL BURNETT by J. Randy Taraborrelli (William Morrow, New York. 1988)
George BURNS
I LOVE HER, THAT’S WHY! by George Burns, with Cynthia Hobart Lindsay (W.H. Allen, London. 1956)
LIVING IT UP OR, THEY STILL LOVE ME IN ALTOONA! by George Burns (Putnam, New York. 1976)
THE THIRD TIME AROUND by George Burns (Putnam, New York. 1980)
GRACIE – A LOVE STORY by George Burns (Putnam, New York. 1988)
ALL MY BEST FRIENDS by George Burns, with David Fisher (Putnam, New York. 1989)
100 YEARS, 100 STORIES by George Burns (Putnam, New York. 1996)
GEORGE BURNS AND THE HUNDRED YEAR DASH by Martin Gottfried (1996)
GEORGE BURNS IN HIS OWN WORDS by Herb Fagen (Carroll & Graf, New York. 1996)
Douglas BYNG
AS YOU WERE by Douglas Byng (Gerald Duckworth & Co. 1970)
BAWDY BUT BRITISH - THE LIFE OF DOUGLAS BYNG by Patrick Newley (Third Age Press2009)