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Shirley is a 2024 American biographical drama film written and directed by John Ridley. It depicts the 1972 presidential run of Shirley Chisholm , who was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress .
While substitute teaching, Shirley flunks an elite athlete which keeps him benched. Shirley finds out the student's older brother is the vice principal at the school which creates conflict. Guest stars: Tyne Daly and Bonnie Bartlett
The girls were cast as "sure-thing" [3] [10] dates of Richie and Fonzie (Henry Winkler). Their appearance proved so popular that Garry Marshall commissioned a spin-off series for the characters of Shirley and Laverne. Williams continued her role on the very successful Laverne & Shirley series from 1976 until 1982. At one point during its run ...
Shirley Chisholm (Regina King) confers with top aide Arthur Hardwick Jr. (Terrence Howard) in a scene from "Shirley." The movie, centered on Chisholm's historic run for the Democratic nomination ...
Shirley is a 2020 American biographical drama film directed by Josephine Decker and written by Sarah Gubbins, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Susan Scarf Merrell, which formed a "largely fictional story" around novelist Shirley Jackson during the time period she was writing her 1951 novel Hangsaman. [4]
Green Book is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly.Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, the film is inspired by the true story of a 1962 tour of the Deep South by African-American pianist Don Shirley and Italian-American bouncer and later actor Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga, who served as Shirley's driver and bodyguard.
Following Poll's exit, British media proprietor Lew Grade and his company, ITC Entertainment, took over the production; MacLaine had recently made Desperate Characters (1971) and the short-lived series Shirley's World under Grade's supervision. [16] As a result, Poll had his name removed from the credits as producer. [1]
Carly Wicks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Kellie Shirley, and by Michaela Stephen in a home movie the Wicks family watched on 23 April 2007. She made her first appearance on 17 February 2006.