Utah Celebrities: A Guide to the Stars

Utah Celebrities
A Guide to the Stars
BOYD PAYNE
Paperback. 176 Pages. / 1-56085-052-3 / $10.95

Short of a map, this is the closest to a Hollywood-style guide that any paparazzi wannabe could wish for. Celebrities in Utah? Who would not be impressed by this list: actors Robby Benson, Wilford Brimley, Johnny Carson, Edward Herrmann, Mike Lookinland, Robert Redford, Joe Regalbuto, and Robert Urich; actresses Carlin Glynn and Kaki Hunter; producers Marcy Carsey and Amy Robinson; and even the former blue movie star Harry Reems who retired to the quiet life in Park City.

Utah has more than its share of athletes: Jason Buck, Stein Eriksen, Karl Malone, Parnelli Jones, Merlin Olsen, John Stockton, and Steve Young, to name a few. Fashion? There is Georges Marciano. Beauty? Sharlene Wells. Writers? Robert Fulghum. Corporate moguls? Debbi Fields and Hyrum Smith, to begin with.

Eighty-three celebrities in all, each featured with a biographical sketch; a portrait; and a photograph of his or her home. Alphabetical entries make for easy reference. In addition, the author remembers personalities from the past who have moved on, notably Roseanne Barr, Donny and Marie Osmond, and James Woods.

Boyd Payne is the former Signature Books marketing director, now with Larson-Juhl. He is the editor of the popular and comprehensive New Mormon Studies CD-ROM. Previously he was book buyer for Seagull Book and Tape and a radio host at KCPX and KLZX in Salt Lake City. He and his family live in South Jordan, Utah.