In My Life on a Diet, Academy Award鈥搉ominated and Emmy Award鈥搘inning writer and actress Ren茅e Taylor looks back on a life full of memorable roles in Hollywood and on Broadway, and just as many fad diets. A self-described 鈥渄iet junkie鈥� who used to think that if she ate like star, she just might look and live like one, Ren茅e dishes out juicy anecdotes about, and weight loss tips from, Hollywood legends such as Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe and Barbra Streisand. She also shares hilarious and poignant stories about Joseph Bologna, her partner in work and life for 52 years. In telling about her highs and lows鈥攐n and off the scale鈥攖his comedy legend proves that the ability to laugh gets you through it all.