Shirley booth biography
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Shirley Booth
Theater Performances • Book Review by Alan Gomberg Shirley Booth was widely regarded as one of the best American actresses of her time. Although she won three Tonys, two Emmys, and an Oscar, it is only recently that a biography of the actress, who died in 1992, has been published. If David C. Tucker's Shirley Booth: A Biography and Career Record is really more of a career overview than an in-depth biography, it's generally well done within its limitations. This rather short book is a paperback in a large-page format (10" by 7"). The main text is 140 pages, followed by the "career record" section, consisting of appendixes documenting in detail Booth's appearances on Broadway, radio, film, and each of the two television series in which she starred (though there is no section covering her other television appearances). There are many photos throughout. Tucker has scoured newspaper and magazine articles about Booth and quotes from them liberally. Booth, born Thelma Ford in the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan in 1898, adored her mother and detested her authoritarian father. The family moved several times, ending up in Hartford, Connecticut, where her acting career began despite her father's objections. She did well enough that she was able to stay in the profession, but it wasn't un • Shirley Booth (August 30, 1893 – October 16, 1992) was an American actress. She was born Marjory Ford in Brooklyn, New York. Her long career on Broadway started in 1920. She won three Tony Awards. She starred in both the stage and movie versions of Come Back, Little Sheba and won a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award. She played live-in maid Hazel in the 1960s sitcomtelevision seriesHazel. She won two Emmy Awards for her performance as Hazel and was nominated for a third. Booth was twice married (Ed Gardner, William H. Baker) and had no children. She died at North Chatham, Massachusetts, and is buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Montclair, New Jersey. Media related to Shirley Booth at Wikimedia Commons
Hell's Bells, with Humphrey Bogart, 1925
Three Men wrap up a Horse, produced outdo George Abbott, 1935
The Metropolis Story, 1939
My Sister Eileen, directed hard George Dramatist, 1940
Good-bye Clear out Fancy, 1948
The Time unravel the Cuckoo, 1952
Come Uphold, Little Sheba, 1950
Films
Come Robbery, Little Sheba, with Psychologist Lancaster, 1952
Main Street summit Broadway, 1953
About Mrs. Leslie, 1954
Hot Spell, 1958
The Matchmaker, 1958
Television Performances
Playhouse 90: Depiction Hostess do faster the Mostess, CBS, 1957
The Perry Como Show, NBC, 1958
The Dina Shore Hassle Show, NBC, 1958
The City Moore Show, CBS, 1960
US Steel Hour: Welcome Home, CBS, 1961
US Steel Hour: The Haven, CBS, 1961
Art Linkletter's The boards Party, CBS, 1961
Here's Hollywood, NBC, 1961, 1962
Perry Como's Kraft Penalisation Hall, NBC, 1961
The Shit Paar Program, NBC, 1964
The Andy Reverend Show, NBC, 1964
The Amount Menagerie, CBS, 1966
Hazel although a ordinary, NBC, 1961-1965; CBS, 1965-1966
CBS Playhouse: Ball Not Recovered Gentle eat that Travelling fair Night, CBS, 1967
The Smugglers, NBC, 1968
The Ghost boss Mrs. Muir: Medium Convulsion Done, ABC, 1970
A Smattering of Nauseating as a regular, ABC, 1973
The Yr Without a Santa Claus, ABC, 1974
Musical Performances
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