Shirley Valentine (film) Shirley Valentine (film) Shirley Valentine is an award-winning 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title, which follows middle aged Shirley Valentine in an unexpected discovery of herself, and rekindling of her childhood dreams and youthful love of life. Pauline Collins reprises the titular lead role as middle-aged housewife Shirley, which she had previously played in the stage production in London's West End and on Broadway, and Tom Conti plays Costas Dimitriades, the owner of a Greek tavern with whom she has a
The Valentine Brothers which reached no. 28 on the R&B chart. Their final album, "Picture This", was released in 1987. Billy Valentine also performed in the 1980s on the soundtracks of the films "Champions Forever" and "The Five Heartbeats", before joining the show "It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" in Los Angeles in the late 1990s. He has also worked as a demo recording artist and songwriter, and as a singer in Los Angeles clubs. Since 2004 he has sung on the soundtrack of the hit TV series "Boston Legal". The Valentine Brothers The Valentine Brothers were an American recording act in the