# Shirley Booth

| Shirley Booth |
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| Dɔɣim yuli | Thelma Marjorie Ford |
| Brooklyn (mul) , Silimin gɔli August 30, 1898 |
| O ya Tiŋgbaŋ | America |
| Kpibu shee | Chatham (mul) , Silimin gɔli October 16, 1992 |
| Mount Hebron Cemetery (en)  |
| Ŋ-ŋɔ kum | natural causes (en)  (Dɔriti) |
| Paɣa/yidana | Ed Gardner (en)   (1929 - 1942) |
| Education |
| Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu | Silmiinsili |
| Tuma |
| Tuma | voice actor (en) , stage actor (en) , sinii kpɛrikpɛrita, television actor (en) , radio personality (en)  ni kpɛrikpɛrita |
| Pin' shɛŋa o ni dee |
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* Academy Award for Best Actress  (Silimin gɔli March 19, 1953) : Come Back, Little Sheba (en)  Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play  (1950) Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play  (1953) Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play  (1949) star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Donaldson Awards Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year  (1954) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
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| Pii zali |
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* Academy Award for Best Actress (en)  (Silimin gɔli February 9, 1953) : Come Back, Little Sheba (en)
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| IMDb | nm0095804 |

**Shirley Booth** (bɛ dɔɣi o la **Marjory Ford**; August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) ka o daa nyɛ America paɣa ŋun kpɛriti kpɛrigu.

## Filmography

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1952 | *Come Back, Little Sheba* | Lola Delaney | Academy Award for Best Actress Cannes Film Festival Award for Special Mention Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama National Board of Review Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress |
| 1953 | *Main Street to Broadway* | Herself |  |
| 1954 | *About Mrs. Leslie* | Mrs. Vivien Leslie | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress |
| 1958 | *Hot Spell* | Alma Duval | Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress |
| 1958 | *The Matchmaker* | Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi | Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1954–1961 | *The United States Steel Hour* |  | 2 Episodes |
| 1957 | *Playhouse 90* | Perle Mesta | Episode: "The Hostess with the Mostess" |
| 1961–1966 | *Hazel* | Hazel Burke | 154 Episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) (1962–1963) Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Television Star – Female (1964) Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) (1964) |
| 1966 | *CBS Playhouse* | Amanda Wingfield | Episode: "The Glass Menagerie" Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama |
| 1967 | *CBS Playhouse* | Heloise Michaud | Episode: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" |
| 1968 | *The Smugglers* | Mrs. Hudson | TV movie |
| 1969 | *The Ghost & Mrs. Muir* | Spiritualist Madame Tibaldi | Episode: "Medium Well Done" |
| 1973 | *A Touch of Grace* | Grace Simpson | 13 Episodes |
| 1974 | *The Year Without a Santa Claus* | Mrs. Claus (voice) | TV movie |

### Theatre

| Date | Production | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 26 – May 1925 | *Hell's Bells* | Nan Winchester |  |
| November 2, 1925 – June 1926 | *Laff That Off* | Peggy Bryant |  |
| October 7 – October 1926 | *Buy, Buy Baby* | Betty Hamilton |  |
| October 6 – October 1927 | *High Gear* | Mary Marshall |  |
| September 24 – December 1928 | *The War Song* | Emily Rosen |  |
| April 21 – April 1931 | *School for Virtue* | Marg |  |
| October 2 – October 1931 | *The Camels are Coming* | Bobby Marchante |  |
| November 30, 1931 – January 1932 | *Coastwise* | Annie Duval |  |
| May 8 – June 1933 | *The Mask and the Face* | Elisa Zanotti | Revival |
| February 7 – February 1934 | *After Such Pleasures* |  |  |
| January 30, 1935 – January 9, 1937 | *Three Men on a Horse* | Mabel |  |
| April 9 – July 1937 | *Excursion* | Mrs. Loschavio |  |
| November 15 – November 1937 | *Too Many Heroes* | Carrie Nolan |  |
| March 28, 1939 – March 30, 1940 | *The Philadelphia Story* | Elizabeth Imbrie |  |
| December 26, 1940 – January 16, 1943 | *My Sister Eileen* | Ruth Sherwood |  |
| April 14, 1943 – June 17, 1944 | *Tomorrow the World* | Leona Richards |  |
| May 31 – July 14, 1945 | *Hollywood Pinafore* | Louhedda Hopsons |  |
| December 11–14, 1946 | *Land's End* | Susan Pengilly |  |
| January 16–17, 1948 | *The Men We Marry* | Maggie Welch |  |
| November 17 – December 24, 1949 | *Goodbye, My Fancy* | Grace Woods | Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play |
| November 7–19, 1949 | *Love Me Long* | Abby Quinn |  |
| February 15 – July 29, 1950 | *Come Back, Little Sheba* | Lola | Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play |
| April 19 – December 8, 1951 | *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* | Cissy |  |
| October 15, 1952 – May 30, 1953 | *The Time of the Cuckoo* | Leona Samish | Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play |
| April 8 – November 27, 1954 | *By the Beautiful Sea* | Lottie Gibson |  |
| October 24, 1955 – July 5, 1956 | *Desk Set* | Bunny Watson |  |
| December 26, 1957 – February 8, 1958 | *Miss Isobel* | Mrs. Ackroyd |  |
| March 9–21, 1959 | *Juno* | Juno Boyle |  |
| April 13 – May 7, 1960 | *A Second String* | Fanny |  |
| March 29 – April 18, 1970 | *Look to the Lilies* | Mother Maria |  |
| November 9–28, 1970 | *Hay Fever* | Judith Bliss | Revival |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Results | Ref. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1952 | Academy Awards | Best Actress | *Come Back, Little Sheba* | Won |  |
| 1953 | British Academy Film Awards | Best Foreign Actress | Nominated |  |
| 1954 | *About Mrs. Leslie* | Nominated |  |
| 1953 | Cannes Film Festival | Special Mention Award | *Come Back, Little Sheba* | Won |  |
| 1952 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Won |  |
| 1963 | Best Television Star – Female | *Hazel* | Nominated |
| 1954 | Hasty Pudding Theatricals | Woman of the Year | — | Won |  |
| 1954 | Jussi Awards | Best Foreign Actress | *Come Back, Little Sheba* | Won |  |
| 1952 | National Board of Review Awards | Best Actress | Won |  |
| 1952 | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Won |  |
| 1958 | *Hot Spell* and *The Matchmaker* | Nominated |
| 1962 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) | *Hazel* | Won |  |
| 1963 | Won |
| 1964 | Nominated |
| 1967 | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama | *CBS Playhouse* (Episode: "The Glass Menagerie") | Nominated |
| 1949 | Tony Awards | Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play | *Goodbye, My Fancy* | Won |  |
| 1950 | Best Actress in a Play | *Come Back, Little Sheba* | Won |  |
| 1953 | Distinguished Dramatic Actress | *The Time of the Cuckoo* | Won |  |

## Lihi pahi

* List of actors with Academy Award nominations
* Triple Crown of Acting

* Tucker, David C. (2008). *Shirley Booth: A Biography and Career Record*. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3600-2.
* Manago, Jim; Manago, Donna (2008). *Love is the Reason for It All: The Shirley Booth Story*. Albany, GA: BearManorMedia. ISBN 978-1-59393-146-9.
* Manago, Jim (2010). *For Bill His Pinup Girl: The Shirley Booth & Bill Baker Story*. U.S.: Jim & Donna Manago Books. ISBN 978-0-615-42181-0.

## Kundivihira

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* Shirley Booth at IMDb
* Tɛmplet:Playbill person
* Shirley Booth infosite Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
* Historic film footage of Booth at the American Theatre Wing Merchant Seaman's Club, New York, during World War II, criticalpast.com; accessed May 18, 2014.

Tɛmplet:Triple Crown of Acting winners