Top Celebrity Names Starting With Shirley

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   Shirley MacLaine

   Age 78 Female
   

   Academy Award-winning American Film and Theatre Actress

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   Shirley MacLean Beaty, known professionally as Shirley MacLaine, is an American film and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author, well known for her beliefs in New Age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs as well as her Hollywood career.… read more

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   Shirley Jones

   Age 78 Female
   

   Actress, Singer

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   Shirley Mae Jones is an American singer and actress of stage, film and television. In her six decades of television, she starred as wholesome characters in a number of well-known musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960).… read more

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   Shirley Bassey

   Age 75 Female
   

   Singer

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   Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE, is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the mid-1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century". In the US, in particular, she is best known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979), and is a UNESCO Artist for Peace.… read more

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   Shirley Manson

   Age 45 Female
   

   Musician, Lyricist, Songwriter, Actress, and Model

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   Shirley Ann Manson is a Scottish recording artist and actress, best known internationally as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Garbage. For much of her international career Manson commuted between her home city of Edinburgh to the United States to record with Garbage but now lives and works in Los Angeles. Manson gained media attention for her forthright style, rebellious attitude, and distinctive voice, which also won her fans throughout the world.… read more

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   Shirley Temple

   Age 84 Female
   

   Diplomat

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   Shirley Jane Temple, later Shirley Temple Black, is an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, autobiographer, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. She began her film career in 1932 at the age of four (thought by the public to be three), and in 1934, skyrocketed to superstardom in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents.… read more

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   Shirley Knight

   Age 75 Female
   

   Actress

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   Shirley Enola Knight is an American stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, in 1960 for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and in 1962 for Sweet Bird of Youth, 8 times for Emmy Awards (winning two), and has also won a Golden Globe and Volpi Cup for Best Actress for role in the film Dutchman (1967).… read more

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   Shirley Porter

   Age 81 Female
   

   Politician, Laborer, Founder

   
   

   Dame Shirley Porter, Lady Porter, DBE, is a former Conservative leader of Westminster City Council in London. She is the daughter and heir of Sir Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco supermarkets. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991 by John Major after delivering "a spectacular victory" in Westminster for the Conservatives in the 1990 elections.… read more

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   Shirley Williams

   Age 81 Female
   

   Politician

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   Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby PC is a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the "Gang of Four" rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981. In 2001–2004, she served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, and served as Adviser on Nuclear Proliferation to Prime Minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010.… read more

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   Shirley Henderson

   Age 46 Female
   

   Actress

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   Shirley Henderson is a Scottish actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).

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    Shirley Kwan

    Age 45 Female
    

    Singer, Musician, Dancer

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    Shirley Kwan, Kwan Suk’E, or Kwan Suk Yee is an influential Cantopop singer from Hong Kong. She first shot to fame in 1989 as a pop sensation with the hit, "Happy Are Those In Love" and was popular throughout the early to mid-90s. She is noted for her distinct, breathy vocal style, and known equally for singing ballads and for more alternative pop fare.… read more

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    Shirley Chisholm

    2001 - 2005 Female
    

    Politician, Educator, Congressman

    
    

    Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to Congress.… read more

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    Shirley M. Tilghman

    Age 65 Female
    

    Biologist and Biochemist

    
    

    Shirley Marie Tilghman, FRS is a scholar in molecular biology and an academic administrator, the President of Princeton University. She is the first woman to hold the position and only the second female president in the Ivy League. A leader in the field of molecular biology, Tilghman was a member of the Princeton faculty for 15 years before being named president.… read more

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    Shirley Franklin

    Age 67 Female
    

    Mayor, Politician, Major

    
    

    Shirley Clarke Franklin is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 2002 to 2010. She currently serves as a member on the board of directors for Delta Air Lines. The 58th mayor of Atlanta, she was the first female to hold the post and became the first black woman to be elected mayor of any major Southern city. Franklin was Atlanta's fourth black mayor.… read more

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    Shirley Horn

    1934 - 2005 Female
    

    Pianist, Singer, Musician

    
    

    Shirley Valerie Horn was an American jazz singer and pianist. Horn collaborated with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others.… read more

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    Shirley Collins

    Age 76 Female
    

    Singer, Musician

    
    

    For the former MPP, see Shirley Collins Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBE (born 5 July 1935) is a British folksinger who was a significant contributor to the English Folk Revival of the 1960s and 1970s. She often performed and recorded with her sister Dolly, whose accompaniment on piano and portative organ created unique settings for her sister's plain, austere singing style.… read more

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    Shirley Walker

    1945 - 2006 Female
    

    Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor

    
    

    Shirley Walker was an American television and film composer and conductor. She was one of the few female film score composers working in Hollywood. Walker was the first female composer to earn a solo score credit on a major Hollywood motion picture and according to the Los Angeles Times, will be remembered as a pioneer for women in the film industry. She wrote her film scores entirely by hand. She always orchestrated and conducted her own scores by herself.… read more

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    Shirley Collie Nelson

    1931 - 2010 Female
    

    Singer/songwriter

    
    

    Shirley Collie Nelson, born Shirley Angelina Simpson, was an American country music and rockabilly singer, yodeler, guitarist and songwriter. From 1963 to 1971, she was the second wife of country star Willie Nelson.… read more

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    Shirley Verrett

    1931 - 2010 Female
    

    Opera Singer, Educator and Writer

    
    

    Shirley Verrett was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who successfully transitioned into soprano roles i.e. soprano sfogato. Verrett enjoyed great fame from the late 1960s through the 1990s, particularly well-known for singing the works of Verdi and Donizetti. She was affectionately known by Italians as 'La Nera Callas'.… read more

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    Shirley Jackson

    1916 - 1965 Female
    

    Novelist, Short Story Writer

    
    

    Shirley Jackson was an American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years. She has influenced such writers as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale and Richard Matheson. She is best known for the short story "The Lottery" (1948), which suggests a secret, sinister underside to bucolic small-town America.… read more