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Shirley Booth

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Biography

Born

8/30/1898, New York, NY

Died

10/16/1992

Birth Name

Thelma Marjorie Ford

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
  Mrs. Claus
- A Touch of Grace
  Grace Simpson
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Engagement
    4/21/73
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Accident
    4/14/73
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Commercial
    4/7/73
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Lodge
    3/24/73
  - S 1: Ep 8 Saturday Night At The Movies
    3/17/73
  - + 7 More Credits
- Hazel
  Hazel Burke
  - S 5: Ep 29 A Question of Ethics
    4/11/66
  - S 5: Ep 28 A Little Bit of Genius
    4/4/66
  - S 5: Ep 27 The Perfect Boss
    3/28/66
  - S 5: Ep 26 Bee in Her Bonnet
    3/21/66
  - S 5: Ep 25 Hazel's Free Enterprise
    3/14/66
  - + 149 More Credits
Guest Star (22)

Role
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 207 July 14, 1971
    7/14/71
  - S 5: Ep 42 November 12, 1970
    11/12/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 191 Week of May 25, 1970
    5/25/70
- The David Frost Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 172 April 28, 1970
    4/28/70
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Guest
  - S 23: Ep 28 April 12, 1970: Florence Henderson, Joan Rivers, Shirley Booth, Sergio Franchi
    4/12/70
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  Madame Tibaldi
  - S 2: Ep 8 Medium Well-Done
    11/6/69
- CBS Playhouse
  Heloise Michaud
  - S 1: Ep 2 Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
    10/17/67
- The Andy Williams Show (1962)
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 6 November 16, 1964
    11/16/64
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 115 March 15, 1963
    3/15/63
  - S 9: Ep 18 September 29, 1971
    9/29/71
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest #2
  - S 14: Ep 28 EPISODE #654
    3/10/63
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 13: Ep 39 EPISODE #615
    5/27/62
  - S 4: Ep 35 EPISODE #153
    5/3/53
- The Perry Como Show
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 5 November 1, 1961
    11/1/61
  - S 10: Ep 31 April 19, 1958
    4/19/58
- The United States Steel Hour
  Eunice
  - S 8: Ep 24 The Haven
    6/28/61
- The United States Steel Hour
  Jenny Libbert
  - S 8: Ep 17 Welcome Home
    3/22/61
- The Garry Moore Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 19 February 16, 1960
    2/16/60
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 9 November 30, 1958
    11/30/58
- The Perry Como Show
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 5 October 11, 1958
    10/11/58
- Playhouse 90
  Perle Mesta
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Hostess with the Mostest
    3/21/57
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 8 Edith Piaf / Shirley Booth / Al Hibbler / Arthur Worlsey
    11/13/55
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 26: Ep 1 The 26th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/54
- The Academy Awards
  Herself
  - S 25: Ep 1 The 25th Annual Academy Awards
    3/19/53
- Celebrity Time
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 45 12/2/1951
    12/2/51
  - S 2: Ep 1 1/1/1950
    1/1/50
  - S 1: Ep 32 8/28/1949
    8/28/49
- This Is Show Business
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 34 4/29/1951
    4/29/51

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Trivia
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- Shirley turned down the role of Ada Quonsett in Airport (1970) due to chronic bursitis she had that was acting up at the time, and the part went to Helen Hayes.
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- Shirley made her stage debut at the age of 12, when she joined the Hartford Stock Company, doing 3 plays a week.
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- Shirley's role as Lola Delaney in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) was turned down by Bette Davis, who said she felt strongly that only Shirley could do the role justice.
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- Shirley Booth: I'd rather have affection than admiration. Affection is warmer and it lasts longer. I love a good critic. I don't care if he pans me, if he does it elegantly.
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- Shirley Booth: Burt Lancaster advised me against doing Hazel. 'Don't do television,' he warned. 'It'll ruin you!' Burt is a doll and a heck of an actor, but I'm glad I didn't follow his advice. Everybody under forty knows me better from Hazel, not from my movies.
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- Shirley Booth: Acting is a way to overcome your own inhibitions and shyness. The writer creates a strong, confident personality, and that's what you become - unfortunately, only for the moment.
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