Gender
Female
Performer
Also Known As
Marjory Ford [Birthname]
Shirley Booth
Thelma Booth Ford
Relations
Wife of
William Baker (1943-1951) (his death)
Wife of
Edward F. Gardner (1929-1942) (divorced)
  • CREDITS
    Hay Fever (Nov 09, 1970 - Nov 28, 1970)
    Play, Revival
    • Starring: Shirley Booth
      • Judith Bliss - Original
    Look to the Lilies (Mar 29, 1970 - Apr 19, 1970)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Shirley Booth
      • Mother Maria - Original
    A Second String (Apr 13, 1960 - May 07, 1960)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Fanny - Original
    Juno (Mar 09, 1959 - Mar 21, 1959)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Shirley Booth
      • Juno Boyle - Original
    Miss Isobel (Dec 26, 1957 - Feb 08, 1958)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Mrs. Ackroyd - Original
    The Desk Set (Oct 24, 1955 - Jul 07, 1956)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Shirley Booth
      • Bunny Watson - Original
    By the Beautiful Sea (Apr 08, 1954 - Nov 27, 1954)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Shirley Booth
      • Lottie Gibson - Original
    The Time of the Cuckoo (Oct 15, 1952 - May 30, 1953)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Shirley Booth
      • Leona Samish - Original
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Apr 19, 1951 - Dec 08, 1951)
    Musical, Original
    • Starring: Shirley Booth
      • Cissy - Original
    Come Back, Little Sheba (Feb 15, 1950 - Jul 29, 1950)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Shirley Booth
      • Lola - Original
    Love Me Long (Nov 07, 1949 - Nov 19, 1949)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Abby Quinn - Original
    Goodbye, My Fancy (Nov 17, 1948 - Dec 24, 1949)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Grace Woods - Original
    The Men We Marry (Jan 16, 1948 - Jan 17, 1948)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Maggie Welch - Original
    Land's End (Dec 11, 1946 - Dec 14, 1946)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Susan Pengilly - Original
    Hollywood Pinafore (May 31, 1945 - Jul 14, 1945)
    Musical, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Louhedda Hopsons - Original
    Tomorrow the World (Apr 14, 1943 - Jun 17, 1944)
    Play, Original
    • Starring: Shirley Booth
      • Leona Richards - Original
    My Sister Eileen (Dec 26, 1940 - Jan 16, 1943)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Ruth Sherwood - Original
    The Philadelphia Story (Mar 28, 1939 - Mar 30, 1940)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Elizabeth Imbrie - Original
    Too Many Heroes (Nov 15, 1937 - Nov 1937)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Carrie Nolan - Original
    Excursion (Apr 09, 1937 - Jul 1937)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Mrs. Loschavio - Original
    Three Men on a Horse (Jan 30, 1935 - Jan 09, 1937)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Mabel - Original
    After Such Pleasures (Feb 07, 1934 - Feb 1934)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Original
    The Mask and the Face (May 08, 1933 - Jun 1933)
    Play, Revival
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Elisa Zanotti - Original
    Coastwise (Nov 30, 1931 - Jan 1932)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Annie Duval - Original
    The Camels Are Coming (Oct 02, 1931 - Oct 1931)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Bobby Marchante - Original
    School for Virtue (Apr 21, 1931 - Apr 1931)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Marg - Original
    Claire Adams (Nov 19, 1929 - Nov 1929)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Thelma Booth
      • Leah - Original
    The War Song (Sep 24, 1928 - Dec 1928)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Emily Rosen - Original
    High Gear (Oct 06, 1927 - Oct 1927)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Mary Marshall - Original
    Buy, Buy, Baby (Oct 07, 1926 - Oct 1926)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Betty Hamilton - Original
    Laff That Off (Nov 02, 1925 - Jun 1926)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Peggy Bryant - Original
    Hell's Bells (Jan 26, 1925 - May 1925)
    Play, Original
    • Performer: Shirley Booth
      • Nan Winchester - Original
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

    Best Actress in a Play

    1953 | Winner  | The Time of the Cuckoo
    Starring: Shirley Booth

    Best Actress in a Play

    1950 | Winner  | Come Back, Little Sheba
    Starring: Shirley Booth

    Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic)

    1949 | Winner  | Goodbye, My Fancy
    Performer: Shirley Booth
Hay Fever (Nov 09, 1970 - Nov 28, 1970)
Play, Revival
  • Starring: Shirley Booth
    • Judith Bliss - Original
Look to the Lilies (Mar 29, 1970 - Apr 19, 1970)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Shirley Booth
    • Mother Maria - Original
A Second String (Apr 13, 1960 - May 07, 1960)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Fanny - Original
Juno (Mar 09, 1959 - Mar 21, 1959)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Shirley Booth
    • Juno Boyle - Original
Miss Isobel (Dec 26, 1957 - Feb 08, 1958)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Mrs. Ackroyd - Original
The Desk Set (Oct 24, 1955 - Jul 07, 1956)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Shirley Booth
    • Bunny Watson - Original
By the Beautiful Sea (Apr 08, 1954 - Nov 27, 1954)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Shirley Booth
    • Lottie Gibson - Original
The Time of the Cuckoo (Oct 15, 1952 - May 30, 1953)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Shirley Booth
    • Leona Samish - Original
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Apr 19, 1951 - Dec 08, 1951)
Musical, Original
  • Starring: Shirley Booth
    • Cissy - Original
Come Back, Little Sheba (Feb 15, 1950 - Jul 29, 1950)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Shirley Booth
    • Lola - Original
Love Me Long (Nov 07, 1949 - Nov 19, 1949)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Abby Quinn - Original
Goodbye, My Fancy (Nov 17, 1948 - Dec 24, 1949)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Grace Woods - Original
The Men We Marry (Jan 16, 1948 - Jan 17, 1948)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Maggie Welch - Original
Land's End (Dec 11, 1946 - Dec 14, 1946)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Susan Pengilly - Original
Hollywood Pinafore (May 31, 1945 - Jul 14, 1945)
Musical, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Louhedda Hopsons - Original
Tomorrow the World (Apr 14, 1943 - Jun 17, 1944)
Play, Original
  • Starring: Shirley Booth
    • Leona Richards - Original
My Sister Eileen (Dec 26, 1940 - Jan 16, 1943)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Ruth Sherwood - Original
The Philadelphia Story (Mar 28, 1939 - Mar 30, 1940)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Elizabeth Imbrie - Original
Too Many Heroes (Nov 15, 1937 - Nov 1937)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Carrie Nolan - Original
Excursion (Apr 09, 1937 - Jul 1937)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Mrs. Loschavio - Original
Three Men on a Horse (Jan 30, 1935 - Jan 09, 1937)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Mabel - Original
After Such Pleasures (Feb 07, 1934 - Feb 1934)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Original
The Mask and the Face (May 08, 1933 - Jun 1933)
Play, Revival
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Elisa Zanotti - Original
Coastwise (Nov 30, 1931 - Jan 1932)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Annie Duval - Original
The Camels Are Coming (Oct 02, 1931 - Oct 1931)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Bobby Marchante - Original
School for Virtue (Apr 21, 1931 - Apr 1931)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Marg - Original
Claire Adams (Nov 19, 1929 - Nov 1929)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Thelma Booth
    • Leah - Original
The War Song (Sep 24, 1928 - Dec 1928)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Emily Rosen - Original
High Gear (Oct 06, 1927 - Oct 1927)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Mary Marshall - Original
Buy, Buy, Baby (Oct 07, 1926 - Oct 1926)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Betty Hamilton - Original
Laff That Off (Nov 02, 1925 - Jun 1926)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Peggy Bryant - Original
Hell's Bells (Jan 26, 1925 - May 1925)
Play, Original
  • Performer: Shirley Booth
    • Nan Winchester - Original

Tony Award®

Best Actress in a Play

1953 | Winner  | The Time of the Cuckoo
Starring: Shirley Booth

Best Actress in a Play

1950 | Winner  | Come Back, Little Sheba
Starring: Shirley Booth

Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic)

1949 | Winner  | Goodbye, My Fancy
Performer: Shirley Booth

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