About Mrs. Leslie 1954  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar, Alex Nicol, Sammy White, Philip Ober, Harry Morgan, Ian Wolfe, Ellen Corby, Maidie Norman
Mrs. Vivien Leslie (Shirley Booth) remembers her own past love affair as she watches two residents of her boarding house–a financier and a nightclub singer–fall in love.
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Come Back, Little Sheba 1952  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore, Richard Jaeckel, Philip Ober, Lisa Golm, Walter Kelley, Edwin Max, William Haade, Virginia Mullen
Slovenly housewife Lola (Shirley Booth) copes with alcoholic husband Doc's (Burt Lancaster) crisis involving their boarder (Terry Moore). Shirley Booth won a Best Actress Oscar for her fine performance, and Terry Moore was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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Hot Spell 1958  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Shirley Booth, Anthony Quinn, Shirley MacLaine, Earl Holliman, Eileen Heckart, Warren Stevens, Clint Kimbrough, Jody Lawrance, Harlan Warde, Irene Tedrow
Alma Duval (Shirley Booth) longs to return to her marriage with her estranged husband (Anthony Quinn) who has become enamored with a younger woman.
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The Matchmaker 1958 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Joseph Anthony
Cast: Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Ford, Robert Morse, Wallace Ford, Perry Wilson, Russell Collins, Rex Evans, Gavin Gordon, Torben Meyer, Bess Flowers
This forerunner of the musical "Hello, Dolly" stars Shirley Booth as matchmaker Dolly Levi who falls in love with Horace Vandergelder (Paul Ford). Anthony Perkins and Shirley MacLaine play the young couple, Cornelius Hackl and Irene Malloy, who Dolly has matched.
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The Year Without a Santa Claus 1974 TV, 50 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Shirley Booth, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving, Bob McFadden, Rhoda Mann, Bradley Bolke, Ron Marshall, Colin Duffy, Christine Winter
Mrs. Santa Claus (Shirley Booth) tells the story about the year when Santa (Mickey Rooney) had a bad cold and decided that he could not deliver presents to the children. Mrs. Claus sends two of Santa's elves–Jingle Bells (Bob McFadden) and Jangle Bells (Bradley Bolke)–and reindeer Vixen on a journey to find proof that the Christmas spirit still exists. Along the way, they have run-ins with villains Snow Miser (Dick Shawn) and Heat Miser (George S. Irving). Santa gets word of their problems and comes to the rescue through the Thistlewhite family (Ron Marshall and Colin Duffy) who truly believe in the Christmas spirit.
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| Oscar: Best Actress for Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) |
1. About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
2. Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
3. Hot Spell (1958)
4. The Matchmaker (1958)
5. The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
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