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| Shirley Booth (1898-1992)
An award-winning actress of stage and screen, Booth began painting in oil when living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Newtown, Pennsylvania) from 1946 to 1951. She lived there with her second husband William Hogg Baker, Jr. who had taken up painting and inspired her to do so as well. It is unknown how many paintings she did or where they are. One painting known to exist belongs to her surviving family - it's a still life of a snow scene inspired by her property in Pennsylvania.
Booth survived her husband and died October 16, 1992 at North Chatham, Massachusetts.
Source:
Jim Manago who has written the first biography of Shirley Booth called Love is the Reason for it All: The Shirley Booth Story.
Forthcoming by the end of 2010: For Bill, His Pinup Girl: The Shirley Booth and Bill Baker Story.
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