Shirley Booth

Acting

Shirley Booth

Born 1898-08-30 · Brooklyn, New York, United States

Shirley Booth (born Marjory Ford; August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an American actress. One of only 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, Booth was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Tony Awards. Primarily a theater actress, Booth began her career on Broadway in 1925.

Acting credits

Come Back, Little Sheba poster
7.3

A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.

Come Back, Little Sheba

1953

The Year Without a Santa Claus poster
7.1

Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the season's cheer has disappeared. Aided by a magical snowfall, they reawaken the spirit of Christmas in children's hearts and put Santa back in action.

The Year Without a Santa Claus

1974

Hot Spell poster
5.9

Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, tries to hide how much she suffers from her husband's amorous excursions while trying to help her children solve their problems and doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart. Meanwhile, daughter Virginia is dumped by her boyfriend because she cannot help him with his career. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event.

Hot Spell

1958

The Matchmaker poster
7.0

Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.

The Matchmaker

1958

Main Street to Broadway poster
7.3

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.

Main Street to Broadway

1953

About Mrs. Leslie poster
7.4

A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.

About Mrs. Leslie

1954

The Smugglers poster
5.8

A woman and her stepdaughter attempt to sneak a few souvenirs past customs and inadvertently become the couriers for an international smuggling ring.

The Smugglers

1968

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night poster
10.0

Peter Schermann is angry at the world after his children move him into a nursing home. Still physically and mentally strong, he searches for a meaning to his life in a new and uncompromising world.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

1967

The Hostess with the Mostes' poster
NR

The story of Perle Mesta, who became, first, a renowned society hostess, and then an ambassadress.

The Hostess with the Mostes'

1957

The Glass Menagerie poster
6.7

An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.

The Glass Menagerie

1966