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Shirley Booth

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Previous star: Roger Ebert

Biography

Shirley Booth (August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an American actress.

Fact file

  • Born: Marjory Ford August 30, 1898 Brooklyn, New York, United States
  • Died: October 16, 1992 (aged 94) North Chatham, Massachusetts, United States
  • Occupation: Actress
  • Years active: 1925–1974
  • Spouse: Ed Gardner (m. 1929–1942) «start: (1929)–end+1: (1943)»“Marriage: Ed Gardner to Shirley Booth” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Booth) William H. Baker (m. 1943–1951) «start: (1943)–end+1: (1952)»“Marriage: William H. Baker to Shirley Booth” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Booth)

Read more about Shirley Booth at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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Hazel, the Musical, Hopes to Clean Up at the Broadway Box Office
Playbill Combined , 2010-11-10 19:18:00
Ted Key's cartoon character Hazel — best known for her appearance in a 1961-66 TV sitcom of the same name, played by Shirley Booth — might be singing on Broadway one day.

Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 30
Playbill Combined , 2010-08-30 04:00:00
1898 Birthday of actress Shirley Booth (1898-1992), who will appear in more than 30 Broadway plays in between film and TV stints. Her major stage roles include A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Philadelphia Story, Three Men on a Horse, The Time of the Cuckoo, Goodbye My Fancy and Come ...

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 28
Playbill Combined , 2010-03-28 04:00:00
1939 Philip Barry tells The Philadelphia Story at the Shubert Theatre in New York. Katharine Hepburn, Van Heflin, Shirley Booth, and Joseph Cotten star. Robert Edmond Jones designs the sets and lighting, Robert Sinclair stages. It will run a year.

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