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| Born | Marjory Ford August 30, 1898 New York City |
| Died | October 16, 1992 (aged 94) North Chatham, Massachusetts |
| Spouse(s) | Ed Gardner (1929-1942) William H. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City of New York Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Chatham is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. Ed Gardner ( June 29, 1901 &ndash August 17, 1963) was an American comic Actor, Writer and director Baker (1943-1951) |
Shirley Booth (August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an Academy Award-, Tony-, Emmy-, and Golden Globe-winning American actress whose acclaim on stage and in motion pictures was eclipsed by her late-life popularity as television's sitcom maid Hazel. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U For the British television series of a similar name see Hazell (TV series.
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Biography
Booth was born Marjory Ford in New York City the daughter of Albert James Ford and Virginia Martha Wright. The City of New York Her sister was Jean Valentine Ford (born 1914). [1]
Career
She began her career on the stage as a teenager, acting in stock company productions, and was briefly known as Thelma Booth Ford. Career is a term defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life" Her Broadway debut was in the play Hell's Bells opposite Humphrey Bogart on January 26, 1925. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters Hell's Bells is a comedy play in three acts written by Barry Conners. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Booth first attracted major notice as the female lead in the comedy hit Three Men on a Horse which ran almost two years in 1935 to 1937. During the 1930s and 1940s, she achieved popularity in dramas, comedies and, later, musicals. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. She acted with Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story (1939) and with Ralph Bellamy in Tomorrow the World (1943) and enjoyed one of the most active careers on Broadway for over three decades. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Ralph Rexford Bellamy ( June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was an American Actor with a career spanning sixty-two
Booth also starred on the popular radio series Duffy's Tavern, playing the lighthearted, wisecracking, man-crazy daughter (the character was said to carry a marriage license reading, "Miss Duffy. Radio programming is the content that is broadcast by Radio stations The original inventors of radio such as Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Duffy's Tavern, an American radio Situation comedy ( CBS, 1941-1942 NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944 NBC, 1944-1952 . . and to Whom It May Concern") of the unseen tavern owner on CBS radio from 1941 to 1942 and on NBC-Blue Radio from 1942 to 1943. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Her then-real life husband, Ed Gardner, created and wrote the show as well as playing its lead character, Archie, the malapropping manager of the tavern; she left the show not long after the couple divorced, but they were said to have remained friends for the rest of Gardner's life. Ed Gardner ( June 29, 1901 &ndash August 17, 1963) was an American comic Actor, Writer and director Booth later auditioned for but did not win the title role of Our Miss Brooks, the role that made Eve Arden a star in 1948. Our Miss Brooks, an American Situation comedy, starred Eve Arden as a sardonic High school English Teacher. Eve Arden ( April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy -winning American
Booth received her first Tony, for Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic), for her performance as Grace Woods in Goodbye, My Fancy (1948). The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Her second Tony was for Best Actress in a Play, which she received for her widely acclaimed performance of the tortured wife, Lola Delaney, in the poignant drama Come Back, Little Sheba (1950). This article is about the play by William Inge For its film and television adaptations see Come Back Little Sheba. Her leading man, Sidney Blackmer, received the Tony for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as her husband, Doc. Sidney Blackmer ( July 13, 1895 – October 6, 1973) was an American Actor.
Her enormous success in Come Back, Little Sheba was immediately followed by A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951), in which she played feisty but lovable Aunt Cissy, which proved to be another major hit. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Betty Smith, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and music by Arthur
She then went to Hollywood and recreated her stage role in the motion picture version of Come Back, Little Sheba (1952), with Burt Lancaster playing Doc. Come Back Little Sheba is a 1952 Drama film made by Paramount Pictures which tells the story of a loveless marriage that is rocked Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster ( 2 November &ndash 20 October) was an American film Actor and star noted for his athletic physique Screen legend Bette Davis, her career recently revitalized, was offered to star in the film version, but felt the part of Lola wasn't right for her. Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. After that movie, her first of only four films in her career, was completed, she returned to New York and played Leona Samish in The Time of the Cuckoo (1952) on Broadway.
In 1953, Booth received the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Come Back, Little Sheba, becoming the first actress ever to win both a Tony and an Oscar for the same role. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Come Back Little Sheba is a 1952 Drama film made by Paramount Pictures which tells the story of a loveless marriage that is rocked The film also earned Booth "Best Actress" awards from The Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe Awards, The New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and National Board of Review. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City -based publications The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor She also received her third Tony, which was her second in the Best Actress in a Play category, for her performance in the Broadway production of Arthur Laurents' play The Time of the Cuckoo. Arthur Laurents (born July 14, 1918) is an American Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter, Librettist and
So prolific was Ms. Booth as an award winner at that time, that during her May 3, 1953 appearance on What's My Line?, John Charles Daly said, "I might say, if I may, without causing you too much embarrassment, that it's a great honor for us to have the young lady who got the Oscar Award and the Antoinette Perry Award and just won the award in Cannes, in fact I think one of our New York columnists, Mrs. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. What's My Line? is a weekly panel Game show which was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly,(generally known by John Charles Daly or simply John Daly, February 20, 1914 &ndash February 24 "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Cannes (kan in Occitan Canas) is a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Lyon, said the only thing that you hadn't won so far was the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old thoroughbred horses held annually in Louisville Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May " Booth jokingly replied, "Well, I almost won it yesterday, but I drew the wrong ticket in the lottery. " [2]
Booth was 54 when she made her first movie, although she had successfully deleted a decade off her age, with her publicity stating 1907 as the year of her birth. The correct year of birth was known by only her closest associates until her actual age was announced at the time of her death. Her second starring film, a romantic drama About Mrs. Leslie (1954) opposite Robert Ryan, was released in 1954 to good reviews. In 1953, Booth had made a cameo appearance as herself in the all-star comedy/drama movie Main Street to Broadway.
She spent the next few years commuting between New York and Southern California. Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U On Broadway, she scored personal successes in the musical By the Beautiful Sea (1954) and the comedy Desk Set (1955). Although Booth had become well known to moviegoers during this period, the movie versions of both Cuckoo, which was re-titled for the movie Summertime (1955), and Desk Set (1957) went to Katharine Hepburn. Summertime is a 1955 Film directed by David Lean and starring Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi.
She returned to motion pictures in 1958 starring in two more films for Paramount Pictures, playing Dolly Gallagher Levi in Thornton Wilder's romance/comedy The Matchmaker (1958) and playing Alma Duval in the drama Hot Spell (1958). Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Thornton Niven Wilder ( April 17, 1897 &ndash December 7, 1975) was an American Playwright and Novelist. The Matchmaker is a 1958 American Comedy film directed by Joseph Anthony. She was named runner-up to Susan Hayward in I Want to Live! as the year's Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle for her two 1958 films. Susan Hayward ( June 30, 1917 &ndash March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award -winning American Actress. I Want to Live! ( 1958) is a drama Film noir directed by Robert Wise which tells the "true" story of a woman Barbara New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City -based publications
In 1957, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work on the stage in Chicago. The Sarah Siddons Society is an American Non-profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago Theatre patrons with the goal Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. She returned to the Broadway stage in 1959, starring as the long-suffering title character in the Marc Blitzstein musical Juno, an adaptation of Sean O'Casey's 1924 classic play, Juno and the Paycock. Marc Blitzstein ( March 2, 1905 &ndash January 22, 1964) was an American Composer. Juno is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein and book by Joseph Stein, based closely on the 1924 play Seán O'Casey ( Irish Seán Ó Cathasaigh (30 March 1880 &ndash 18 September 1964 was a major Irish dramatist and Memoirist A committed irish Juno and the Paycock is a play by Sean O'Casey, the second of his well-known "Dublin Trilogy" and one of the most highly regarded and oft-performed
Frank Capra unsuccessfully attempted to bring Booth back to the screen with Pocketful of Miracles in 1961, but after screening Capra's original version, Lady for a Day (1933), Booth informed him there was no way she could match May Robson's moving, Oscar-nominated performance in the original and so Capra signed Bette Davis instead -- and, indeed, Davis was unfavorably compared to Robson by most reviewers when the film was released. Frank Russell Capra ( May 18, 1897 &ndash September 3, 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American Film Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 film that was the last to be directed by Frank Capra. Lady for a Day is a 1933 film which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942 was an Actress and playwright Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. )
In 1961, Booth began starring in the television situation comedy Hazel, based on Ted Key's popular comic strip from the Saturday Evening Post about domineering yet endearing housemaid, Hazel Burke. For the British television series of a similar name see Hazell (TV series. Ted Key, born Theodore Keyser ( August 25, 1912 &ndash May 3, 2008) was an American Cartoonist and writer A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, Maid is also a shortened form of " Maiden " an archaic word for an unmarried woman or a Virgin. The show reunited her with Harry Ackerman, who produced the show, and she won two Emmys, in 1962 and 1963, and new stardom with a younger audience. Booth received another Emmy nomination for her third season as "Hazel" in 1964 and in 1966 was also Emmy nominated for her performance as Amanda in a television adaptation of The Glass Menagerie. The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams that was originally written as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted
She told the Associated Press in 1963, at the height of the show's popularity, "I liked playing Hazel the first time I read one of the scripts, and I could see all the possibilities of the character–the comedy would take care of itself. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television My job was to give her heart. Hazel never bores me. Besides, she's my insurance policy. " She proved prescient with the last comment; the show was seen in syndicated reruns for many years after it ceased first-run production in 1966.
Booth was a distinguished and versatile performer, equally at home acting in theatre, radio, and on the big and small screen. She had a long and prestigious list of stage credits and made numerous appearances in TV movies and programs. Her last Broadway appearances were in a revival of Noel Coward's play Hay Fever and the musical Look to the Lilies, both in 1970. Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright Look to the Lilies is a musical with a book by Leonard Spigelgass, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, and music by Jule Styne.
After appearing as Grace Simpson in the TV series A Touch of Grace (1973), which was directed by Carl Reiner, she did voice work for the animated special The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), playing Mrs. Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American Actor, Film director, producer, Writer and Comedian The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 Rankin/Bass Stop motion animated Television Santa, then retired.
Personal life
Booth's second marriage, to William Baker in 1943, lasted until his death in 1951; the actress never remarried and had no children from either marriage. She died after a brief illness at age 94 at her home in North Chatham, Massachusetts. Chatham is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. She is interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, New Jersey. Mount Hebron Cemetery is a cemetery in Montclair, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Montclair (mɒnʔ kɫeɚ or maŋ kleɚ is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
Shirley Booth has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood Los Angeles California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest
Work
Stage
| Broadway [3] | ||||
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| Dates of production | Title | Role | Genre | Notes |
| 26 January 1925 - May 1925 | Hell's Bells | Nan Winchester | Comedy | |
| 2 November 1925 - June 1926 | Laff That Off | Peggy Bryant | Comedy | |
| 7 October 1926 - October 1926 | Buy, Buy Baby | Betty Hamilton | Comedy | |
| Oct 6, 1927 - Oct 1927 | High Gear | Mary Marshall | Comedy | |
| Sep 24, 1928 - Dec 1928 | The War Song | Emily Rosen | Drama | |
| Apr 21, 1931 - Apr 1931 | School for Virtue | Marg | Comedy | |
| Oct 2, 1931 - Oct 1931 | The Camels are Coming | Bobby Marchante | Comedy | |
| Nov 30, 1931 - Jan 1932 | Coastwise | Annie Duval | Original drama | |
| May 8, 1933 - Jun 1933 | The Mask and the Face | Elisa Zanotti | Comedy revival | |
| Feb 7, 1934 - Feb 1934 | After Such Pleasures | Comedy | ||
| Jan 30, 1935 - Jan 9, 1937 | Three Men on a Horse | Mabel | Comedy | |
| Apr 9, 1937 - Jul 1937 | Excursion | Mrs. Loschavio | Comedy | |
| Nov 15, 1937 - Nov 1937 | Too Many Heroes | Carrie Nolan | Drama | |
| Mar 28, 1939 - Mar 30, 1940 | The Philadelphia Story | Elizabeth Imbrie | Comedy | |
| Dec 26, 1940 - Jan 16, 1943 | My Sister Eileen | Ruth Sherwood | Comedy | |
| Apr 14, 1943 - Jun 17, 1944 | Tomorrow the World | Leona Richards | Drama | |
| May 31, 1945 - Jul 14, 1945 | Hollywood Pinafore | Louhedda Hopsons | Comedy | |
| Dec 11, 1946 - Dec 14, 1946 | Land's End | Susan Pengilly | Drama | |
| Jan 16, 1948 - Jan 17, 1948 | The Men We Marry | Drama | ||
| Nov 17, 1948 - Dec 24, 1949 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Grace Woods | Drama | Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Play[4] |
| Nov 7, 1949 - Nov 19, 1949 | Love Me Long | Abby Quinn | Comedy | |
| Feb 15, 1950 - Jul 29, 1950 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Lola | Drama | Tony Award[4] |
| Apr 19, 1951 - Dec 8, 1951 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Cissy | Musical | |
| Oct 15, 1952 - May 30, 1953 | The Time of the Cuckoo | Leona Samish | Drama | Tony Award[4] |
| Apr 8, 1954 - Nov 27, 1954 | By the Beautiful Sea | Lottie Gibson | Musical | |
| Oct 24, 1955 - Jul 5, 1956 | Desk Set | Bunny Watson | Comedy | |
| Dec 26, 1957 - Feb 8, 1958 | Miss Isobel | Mrs. My Sister Eileen originated as a series of short stories by Ruth McKenney that eventually evolved into a Book, a play, a musical, Hollywood Pinafore or The Lad Who Loved a Salary is a musical comedy in two acts by George S The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented This article is about the play by William Inge For its film and television adaptations see Come Back Little Sheba. This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Betty Smith, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and music by Arthur This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Ackroyd | Drama | |
| Mar 9, 1959 - Mar 21, 1959 | Juno | Juno Boyle | Musical | |
| Apr 13, 1960 - May 7, 1960 | A Second String | Fanny | Drama | |
| Mar 29, 1970 - Apr 18, 1970 | Look to the Lilies | Musical | ||
| Nov 9, 1970 - Nov 28, 1970 | Hay Fever | Judith Bliss | Comedy revival | |
Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1952 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Lola | Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama |
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| 1953 | Main Street To Broadway | Herself | ||
| 1954 | About Mrs. Juno is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein and book by Joseph Stein, based closely on the 1924 play Look to the Lilies is a musical with a book by Leonard Spigelgass, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, and music by Jule Styne. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 Leslie | Mrs. Vivien Leslie | ||
| 1958 | Hot Spell | Alma Duval | ||
| The Matchmaker | Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi | |||
Television
| Television | ||||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1954 | Welcome Home | Jenny | on The United States Steel Hour | |
| 1957 | The Hostess With the Mostess | Perle Mesta | on Playhouse 90 | |
| 1961 | The Haven | on The United States Steel Hour | ||
| 1961-1965 | Hazel | Hazel Burke | Emmy Award 1962 & 1963, nominated 1965 | |
| 1966 | The Glass Menagerie | Amanda Wingfield | on CBS Playhouse Nominated Emmy Award |
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| 1967 | Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | Heloise Michaud | CBS Playhouse | |
| 1968 | The Smugglers | Mrs. The Matchmaker is a play by Thornton Wilder. The play has a long and colorful history The United States Steel Hour (aka Theater Guild on the Air) was an American radio Anthology series which embarked on the ambitious Playhouse 90, a 90-minute dramatic television anthology series was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1961 for a total of 133 episodes The United States Steel Hour (aka Theater Guild on the Air) was an American radio Anthology series which embarked on the ambitious For the British television series of a similar name see Hazell (TV series. This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams that was originally written as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted Hudson | ||
| 1973 | A Touch of Grace | Grace Simpson | Television series | |
| 1974 | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Mrs. The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 Rankin/Bass Stop motion animated Television Claus | voice actress | |
Bibliography
- Tucker, David C. (2008). Shirley Booth: A Biography and Career Record. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 9780786436002.
- Manago, Jim; Manago, Donna (2008). Love is the Reason for It All: The Shirley Booth Story. Albany, GA: BearManorMedia. ISBN 978-1593931469.
References
- ^ A copy of her birth certificate reflecting the true birth name is located in Booth's clippings file at the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, NYC
- ^ "What's My Line", May 3, 1953.
- ^ Internet Broadway Database: Shirley Booth Credits on Broadway
- ^ a b c Past Tony Award Winners.
External links
- Shirley Booth at Find A Grave
- Shirley Booth at the Internet Broadway Database
- Shirley Booth at the Internet Movie Database
- Shirley Booth at the Voice Chasers Database
- Obituary, NY Times, October 21, 1992
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jane Wyman for The Blue Veil |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1953 for Come Back, Little Sheba |
Succeeded by Audrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday |
| Preceded by Lee Grant for Detective Story |
Award for Best Actress - Cannes Film Festival 1953 for Come Back, Little Sheba |
Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire |
NYFCC Award for Best Actress 1952 for Come Back, Little Sheba |
Succeeded by Audrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Booth, Shirley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ford, Thelma Marjory |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City, New York, US |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1992 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | North Chatham, Massachusetts, US |
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