Mirror Mirror: The Astrology of Famous People and the Actors who Portrayed Them

Alex Trenoweth, MA (CAA), DFAstrolS, ISAR CAP is an astrological researcher who runs a thriving consultancy specialising in families as well as a professional schoolteacher in London. In 2015, she was awarded "International Astrologer of the Year" by the Krishnamurti Institute of Astrology (KIA) in Kolkata India for her ground-breaking and innovative research on Astrology and Education based on her book 'Growing Pains' (The Wessex Astrologer). Since then, she has spoken at astrology conferences around the world and has contributed to major astrological magazines and publications. She has also recently authored "The Adolescent Astrology Report" which was created to help parents and teachers understand the children they care for and is available from her website. Alex is the Director of Education for the prestigious Kepler College and has recently started her own astrology school, Rohini Academy of Astrology. Her website is www.alextrenoweth.co.uk.

Foreword by Julia Parker ix
Introduction xi
PLUTO 1
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2
Al Capone 4
Madame Curie 7
Schindler's List 11
Neptune 16
Goodfellas 16
Sid and Nancy 20
The Pursuit of Happyness 24
Uranus 27
Amadeus 28
The Miracle Worker 32
The Story of Louis Pasteur 36
Saturn38
127 Hours 38
Ali 40
Coalminer's Daughter 43
Dead Man Walking 45
Eddie the Eagle 49
Invictus 51
Shine 55
The Iron Lady 59
JUPITER61
Frida 62
Lust for Life 64
Moulin Rouge 66
The Spirit of St Louis 69
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MARS72
Evita 72
James Dean 75
Jesse James 77
Looking for Mr Goodbar 79
Raging Bull 81
VENUS84
Diamond Jim 84
Iris 87
Jackie 92
Lady Sings the Blues 95
My Week with Marilyn 97
Stand and Deliver 100
The Dolly Sisters 102
Wilde 104
MERCURY 107
Bohemian Rhapsody 108
Frances 111
Grace of Monaco 114
Mata Hari 117
Young Man With a Horn 120
MOON 123
Chaplin 124
Gorillas in the Mist 127
My Left Foot 129
The Pianist 132
The Queen 135
Walt Before Mickey 139
SUN 142
Boys Town 142
Cry Freedom 145
Hotel Rwanda 149
La Bamba 151
The Elephant Man 153
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NODES158
A Cry in the Dark 159
Coco Before Chanel 161
Funny Girl 164
Gandhi 166
Lincoln 168
Patton 170
Miss Potter 173
Ray 176
Selena 179
The Aviator 181
The Buddy Holly Story 186
CHIRON 189
Dance With a Stranger 189
Factory Girl 191
Judy 195
Silkwood 198
The Karen Carpenter Story 200
MULTIPLES203
Ted Bundy 204
The Deliberate Stranger 205
Ted Bundy 207
The Stranger Beside Me 209
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 212
Thomas Edison 214
Young Edison 214
Edison, the Man 216
Elizabeth I 218
Fire over England 218
Shakespeare in Love 222
Stephen Hawking 222
Hawking 222
The Theory of Everything 225
Harry Houdini 228
Houdini 228
Houdini (TV Film) 232
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Richard III 234
Richard III (1955) 234
Looking for Richard 236
Dorothy Stratten 238
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story 238
Star 80 241
Queen Victoria 244
Mrs Brown 244
Victoria and Abdul 248
FAVOURITES253
Behind the Candelabra 254
Born on the Fourth of July 258
Erin Brockovich 264
Capote 268
Great Balls of Fire 272
Hitchcock 277
I, Tonya 283
Julie & Julia 287
La Vie en Rose 293
Lawrence of Arabia 296
Mask 300
Milk 304
Monster 308
Rocketman 313
The Doors 320
The Imitation Game 324
The King's Speech 329
Walk the Line 334