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
Karen Valentine "Karen", in 1975. She played Gidget in the 1969 film "Gidget Grows Up", the title role in the critically acclaimed true story "Muggable Mary, Street Cop" (1982) and appeared in many other movies for television including "The Daughters of Joshua Cabe" (1972), "Coffee, Tea or Me?" (1973), "The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped" (1974), "e'Lollipop" (1976), "Murder at the World Series" (1977), "Go West, Young Girl" (1978) and "Skeezer" (1982). Valentine was a semi-regular on "The Hollywood Squares" from 1971 to 1977 on both NBC-TV and in syndication, often trading quips with Paul Lynde. She guest-starred on many series, including "Starsky