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Shirley MacLaine

actressBorn: 4/24/1934Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Academy Award-winning actress whose screen talents range from dancing the can-can to playing the part of an aging eccentric. Her films include…

Shirley Muldowney

Born: June 19, 1940Drag Racer “Cha Cha”; women's racing pioneer; 3-time Winston drag racing Top Fuel champion (1977,80,82); recorded 18 career NHRA National Event Victories.

Shirley Jones

actress, signerBorn: 3/31/1934Birthplace: Smithton, Pennsylvania Perky blonde actress who got her start playing in Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals. She appeared in the film versions of Oklahoma…

Shirley Clarke

(Shirley Brimberg)filmmakerBorn: 10/2/1925Birthplace: New York City Originally a dancer and choreographer, she turned to making experimental short films and documentaries in the 1950s. Later she…

Sherrod BROWN, Congress, OH (1952)

Senate Years of Service: 2007-Party: DemocratBROWN, Sherrod, a Senator and a Representative from Ohio; born in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, November 9, 1952; B.A., Yale University, New…

Sherrod WILLIAMS, Congress, KY (1804)

WILLIAMS, Sherrod, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Pulaski County, Ky., in 1804; moved with his parents to Wayne County; received a limited education; learned the trade of brickmaker…

Hazzard, Shirley

(Encyclopedia) Hazzard, Shirley, 1931–2016, Australian-American novelist and short-story writer, b. Sydney. Educated in Australia, she lived in Hong Kong, Italy, and New Zealand before settling in…

Jackson, Shirley

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Shirley, 1916–65, American writer, b. San Francisco. She is best known for her stories and novels of horror and the occult, rendered more terrifying because they are set…

McBay, Shirley

(Encyclopedia) McBay, Shirley , 1935-2021, American mathematician and educator, b. Bainbridge, Ga.,as Shirley Ann Mathis, Paine College (B.S., 1954),…

Maclaine, Shirley

(Encyclopedia) Maclaine, Shirley, 1934- , American actress and author, b. Richmond, Va., as Shirley MacLean Beaty. Maclaine’s father held various…