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Marsha Scarbrough is the author of the award-winning memoirs "Medicine Dance" and "Honey in the River".

Her memoir, "20 Years in Hollywood: Tales to Tell", about her time working as an Assistant Director on major feature films and primetime television, is being published in installments on Substack.com.

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A graduate of the Directors Guild of Americas prestigious Assistant Directors Training Program, Marsha has handled logistics, organization and administration for various directors including Clint Eastwood, Leonard Nimoy, Blake Edwards and Carl Reiner.

As a freelance journalist, Marsha has had over 100 articles published in national magazines. As a contributing editor for Written By: Th ...more

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	Medicine Dance: One Woman's Healing Journey into the World of Native American Sweatlodges, Drumming Meditations and Dance Fasts 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honey in the River: Shadow, Sex and West African Spirituality 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inside Breaking Bad: How Vince Gilligan created Walter White and sent him straight to Hell 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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20 Years in Hollywood: Tales to Tell

I am publishing my memoir, 20 Years in Hollywood: Tales to Tell, on Substack.com. Become a paid subscriber to receive two installments a month about my years working with celebrities and famous directors as an Assistant Director on major feature films and primetime television. My coworkers included Clint Eastwood, Dolly Parton, John Travolta, Pierce Brosnan, Mary Tyler Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Leona Read more of this blog post »

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