"Boston Legal" is an American legal-comedy-drama created by David E. Kelley.
 The series, starring James Spader, with Candice Bergen, and William Shatner, was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC.
 "Boston Legal" aired from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008.
 The series is a spin-off of the Kelley series "The Practice", and features "Practice" actors including Spader, Rhona Mitra, Lake Bell, and Shatner.
 It is set at the legal firm of "Crane, Poole & Schmidt".
Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model.
 She won five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her ten seasons as the title character on the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown" (1988–98).
 She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama "Boston Legal" (2005–08).
 She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Starting Over" (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Gandhi" (1982).
"The Practice" is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centring on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm.
 The series was broadcast for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, initially as a mid-season replacement.
 "The Practice" won many Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series in 1998 and 1999.
 As part of the fictional universe in which many shows produced by David E. Kelley are set "The Practice" had crossover story arcs with "Gideon's Crossing", "Boston Public", and "Ally McBeal" in addition to its own more jovial spin-off series "Boston Legal", which was broadcast from 2004 to 2008.
Chin Tsi-Ang (February 22, 1909 – October 15, 2007), also romanized as Qian Siying, was one of the earliest martial arts actors of Chinese cinema, and the first female star.
 She debuted in "South China Dream" (南华梦, Nanhua Meng) in 1925 at the age of 16, and played a leading role in "Southern Heroine" (江南女侠, Jiangnan Nüxia) in 1930.
Manfish is a 1956 adventure film, released by United Artists in 1956 and originally filmed in DeLuxe Color.
 Filmed in Jamaica, it was released in Great Britain as "Calypso".
 It was based on the stories "The Gold-Bug" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.
 Actor John Bromfield starred as Captain Brannigan and Lon Chaney Jr. played the role of Swede.
 The leading female star was Tessa Prendergast, who played Alita.
 Tessa later became a fashion designer and designed the white bikini of Ursula Andress for "Dr. No".
 The film also featured the motion picture debut of Barbara Nichols.
A Night Full of Rain (Italian: La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia ; literal English translation: "The end of the world in our usual bed on a night full of rain") is an Italian American film directed by Lina Wertmüller and stars Candice Bergen and Giancarlo Giannini.
The first season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on March 27, 2005, and concluded on May 22, 2005.
 The first season introduces the main character, Meredith Grey, as she enrolls in Seattle Grace Hospital's internship program and faces unexpected challenges and surprises.
 Season one had nine series regulars, four of whom have been part of the main cast ever since.
 The season initially served as a mid-season replacement for the legal drama "Boston Legal", airing in the Sunday night time slot at 10:00, after "Desperate Housewives".
 Although no clip shows have been produced for this season, the events that occur are recapped in "Straight to Heart", a clip-show which aired one week before the winter holiday hiatus of the second season ended.
 The season was officially released on DVD as two-disc Region 1 box set under the title of "Grey's Anatomy: Season One" on February 14, 2006, by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Anne Byrne Hoffman (born September 28, 1943) is an American actress.
 She had a small role as the wife of Woody Allen's philandering best friend in "Manhattan" (1979), and also appeared in "Why Would I Lie?
" (1980) and "A Night Full of Rain" (1978).
 She was the first wife of actor Dustin Hoffman, having one child, Jenna Byrne (born October 15, 1970), by him.
 Hoffman adopted Byrne's daughter from a previous marriage, Karina Hoffman-Birkhead (born 1966).
 Byrne and Hoffman divorced in 1980 and both remarried that same year, Byrne to Ivan Kronenfeld, who also had a small role in a major Woody Allen film: Barbara Hershey's husband in "Hannah and Her Sisters".
Ron Ostrow is an American actor who mostly appears on television.
 His first major credit was in the Aaron Sorkin movie "A Few Good Men" in 1992, where he played an MP.
 He was in the original stage version playing the role of The Sentry.
 He has since made appearances in many other Sorkin projects, including "Sports Night", "The West Wing", "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and the upcoming "The Newsroom".
 He has also featured in guest and recurring roles on a number of other television series, including "Law & Order", "Party of Five", "Fired Up", "Ally McBeal", "Boston Legal" and "Scandal", as well as the films "Charlie Wilson's War" and "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone".
Meredith Hope Eaton (sometimes credited as Meredith Eaton-Gilden; born August 26, 1974) is an American actress.
 She is 4 ft tall and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress".
 She is known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on the CBS television series "Family Law" (in which she was the first female dwarf to fill a regular role in an American prime time series), and for her recurring role as Bethany Horowitz on the ABC series "Boston Legal".

Question: The female star of A Night Full of Rain played what role on Boston Legal?
Answer: Shirley Schmidt