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Shirley Booth (August 30, 1898 - October 16, 1992) was an American actress. She was not prolific, but won several high profile awards for stage, for film and for television work.
Born Marjory Ford in New York City, she was equally at home on radio, television, stage and in the movies. She began acting on Broadway in the mid-1920s - her first Broadway role was opposite Humphrey Bogart. Before that, she had won fans as a star of the radio program Duffy's Tavern.
She married twice, but her second husband died in 1951.
She had won the second of her three Tony Awards in 1950 for Come Back, Little Sheba. When she took the role to Hollywood, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Booth moved to television to star in the sitcom Hazel, as a wisecracking maid. For this role, she received Emmy awards in 1962 and 1963.
Booth only made five movies; besides Come Back, Little Sheba, they were Main Street to Broadway, About Mrs. Leslie, Hot Spell and The Matchmaker (the original, non-musical version of Hello, Dolly.)
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Blvd.
