Patrick Dennis

Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis chronicling the madcap adventures of a boy, Patrick, growing up as the ward of the sister of his dead father. The book is inspired by Dennis' real life eccentric aunt, Marion Tanner, whose life and outlook mirrored those of Mame. The novel was a runaway best seller, …

Little Me: The Intimate Memoirs of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television, or simply Little Me, was the parody "confessional" self-indulgent autobiography of "Belle Poitrine". It was written by Patrick Dennis, who had achieved a great success with Auntie Mame. A bestseller when introduced in book form, the …