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Shirley Booth

Shirley Booth


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  • Come Back, Little Sheba
  • Come Back, Little Sheba review by from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Anatomy of a Marriage 29 July 2005
    ...t a middle-aged couple facing a marriage crisis. Doc (Burt Lancaster) and Lola (Shirley Booth)were forced into a shot-gun wedding in their teens and lost their child. Doc fa...   Read customer review

Shirley Booth - filmography


  • The Matchmaker on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Shirley Booth,  Anthony Perkins,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Joseph Anthony
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Endearing romantic comedy farce based on the Broadway play by Thornton Wilder, which was later more famously adapted into the 1964 musical 'Hello Dolly'. Shirley Booth stars as Dolly Levi, a 19th-century matchmaker who harbours a secret desire to get married herself. Shirley MacLaine, Paul Ford, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 19 members
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  • Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
    Starring: Burt Lancaster,  Shirley Booth,  Terry Moore
    Director: Daniel Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Shirley Booth won the 1953 Best Actress Oscar for her role as Lola, an ageing woman dealing with loss: the loss of "herself" and her dreams twenty years before, and the recent loss of her dog, Sheba - in effect her replacement for a child. Burt Lancaster plays Doc, Lola's husband; an ex-alcoholic ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 93 members
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Shirley Booth facts

5 most recent films

The Matchmaker - 2.5 stars
Come Back, Little Sheba - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Come Back, Little Sheba - 3.5 stars
The Matchmaker - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Matchmaker - 2.5 stars
Come Back, Little Sheba - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Terry Moore - 1 times - show films
Burt Lancaster - 1 times - show films
Paul Ford - 1 times - show films
Robert Morse - 1 times - show films
Anthony Perkins - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Daniel Mann - 2 times - show films
Joseph Anthony - 1 times - show films