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
Laverne & Shirley in the Army Laverne & Shirley in the Army Laverne & Shirley in the Army is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Paramount Television and a spin-off of the live-action sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" with the title characters voiced by Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams. The show aired for one season of 13 episodes on ABC from October 10, 1981, to September 18, 1982 (the words "In the Army" did not appear in the show's title card). The series was loosely based on the 1979 two-part episode "You're in the Army, Now," in which Laverne and