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
Shirley Mills Shirley Mills Shirley Olivia Mills (April 8, 1926 – March 31, 2010) was an American actress. She played the roles of the youngest daughter in "The Grapes of Wrath" and the title character in "Child Bride". In the latter, she is shown nude in a nude swimming scene, filmed when she was about 12 years old, which became the basis for "Child Bride" being classified for many years as an exploitation film. Born in Tacoma, Washington, Mills started her career as a child dancer, and later appeared in films such as "Child Bride" (1938) at the age of 12, "The