Shirley Booth

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

Filmography
Film
 Year Title Role Notes1952Come Back, Little ShebaLola DelaneyAcademy 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 Actress1953Main Street to BroadwayHerself1954About Mrs. LeslieMrs. Vivien LeslieNominated – BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress1958Hot SpellAlma DuvalNominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress1958The MatchmakerDolly 'Gallagher' LeviNominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

Television
 Year Title Role Notes1954–1961The United States Steel Hour2 Episodes1957Playhouse 90 Perle MestaEpisode: "The Hostess with the Mostess"1961–1966HazelHazel Burke154 Episodes  Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)   Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Television Star – Female   Nominated –  Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) 1966CBS PlayhouseAmanda WingfieldEpisode: "The Glass Menagerie"  Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama1967CBS PlayhouseHeloise MichaudEpisode: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"1968The SmugglersMrs. HudsonTV movie1969The Ghost & Mrs. MuirSpiritualist Madame TibaldiEpisode: "Medium Well Done"1973A Touch of GraceGrace Simpson13 Episodes1974The Year Without a Santa ClausMrs. Claus (voice)TV movie

Theatre
 Date Production Role NotesJanuary 26 – May 1925Hell's BellsNan WinchesterNovember 2, 1925 – June 1926Laff That OffPeggy BryantOctober 7 – October 1926Buy, Buy BabyBetty HamiltonOctober 6 – October 1927High GearMary MarshallSeptember 24 – December 1928The War SongEmily RosenApril 21 – April 1931School for VirtueMargOctober 2 – October 1931The Camels are ComingBobby MarchanteNovember 30, 1931 – January 1932CoastwiseAnnie DuvalMay 8 – June 1933The Mask and the FaceElisa ZanottiRevivalFebruary 7 – February 1934After Such PleasuresJanuary 30, 1935 – January 9, 1937Three Men on a HorseMabelApril 9 – July 1937ExcursionMrs. LoschavioNovember 15 – November 1937Too Many HeroesCarrie NolanMarch 28, 1939 – March 30, 1940The Philadelphia StoryElizabeth ImbrieDecember 26, 1940 – January 16, 1943My Sister EileenRuth SherwoodApril 14, 1943 – June 17, 1944Tomorrow the WorldLeona RichardsMay 31 – July 14, 1945Hollywood PinaforeLouhedda HopsonsDecember 11–14, 1946Land's EndSusan PengillyJanuary 16–17, 1948The Men We MarryMaggie WelchNovember 17 – December 24, 1949Goodbye, My FancyGrace WoodsTony Award for Best Featured Actress in a PlayNovember 7–19, 1949Love Me LongAbby QuinnFebruary 15 – July 29, 1950Come Back, Little ShebaLolaTony Award for Best Actress in a PlayApril 19 – December 8, 1951A Tree Grows in BrooklynCissyOctober 15, 1952 – May 30, 1953The Time of the CuckooLeona SamishTony Award for Best Actress in a PlayApril 8 – November 27, 1954By the Beautiful SeaLottie GibsonOctober 24, 1955 – July 5, 1956Desk SetBunny WatsonDecember 26, 1957 – February 8, 1958Miss IsobelMrs. AckroydMarch 9–21, 1959JunoJuno BoyleApril 13 – May 7, 1960A Second StringFannyMarch 29 – April 18, 1970Look to the LiliesMother MariaNovember 9–28, 1970Hay FeverJudith BlissRevival

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

Lihi pahi
 List of actors with Academy Award nominations
 Triple Crown of Acting

Bibliography




Kundivihira

External links




 Shirley Booth infosite 
 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.

Category:1898 births
Category:1992 deaths
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Brooklyn
Category:American film actresses
Category:American musical theatre actresses
Category:American radio actresses
Category:American radio personalities
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Best Actress Academy Award winners
Category:Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (film) winners
Category:Donaldson Award winners
Category:Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award winners
Category:Tony Award winners
Category:Burials at Mount Hebron Cemetery (Montclair, New Jersey)
Category:Paramount Pictures contract players
Category:People from Flatbush, Brooklyn
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:20th-century American women singers