Shirley Booth Biography

Fast Facts

• First actress to win an Oscar, National Board of Review Award and NY Film Critics Circle Award for the same role in "Come Back, Little Sheba"
• Started her career performing in various plays in Pittsburgh before making her Broadway debut in 1925 alongside Humphrey Bogart
• Quote: "Acting is a way to overcome your own inhibitions and shyness the writer writes a confident personality and that what you become unfortunately only for the moment․"
• After years of conquering live stage work, she would move on to television, where she became well-known for her role on NBC's "Hazel" in the 1960s
• Won a Tony Award for her role in the stage production of Come Back, Little Sheba, a role that would later earn her an Oscar and Golden Globe for the film version released two years later
• Upon revealing to her father that she wanted to pursue acting as a profession, he forbade her from using the birth name, as she would bring disgrace to the Ford family