At the 1952 Academy Awards held at RKO Pantages Theatre, USA on 19 March 1953, stage actress Shirley Booth (USA, b. Thelma B. Ford 1897-1992) won Best Actress for Come Back, Little Sheba (USA 1952) based on a play she previously had performed on Broadway.

Not very popular in flims – she returned to the stage, with a small stint on TV in the early 1960’s in the comedy series Hazel.

When she died, it was discovered she was ten years older than most books had listed.