Thelma & Louise Thelma & Louise Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American road film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri. It stars Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a road trip with unforeseen consequences. The supporting cast include Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, and Brad Pitt in his first major film role. The film became a critical and commercial success, receiving six Academy Award nominations and winning for Best Original Screenplay. Scott was nominated for Best Director, and both Sarandon and Davis were nominated for Best Actress. At its release, the film
Thelma Walmsley Cliff, Ontario. Thelma Walmsley Thelma Jo Walmsley (1918–1997) was a Canadian baseball player, who played for the Racine Belles in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1946 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season. Prior to her stint with the Racine Belles, Walmsley played for the Montreal Royals of the Montreal Major Ladies' Softball League. In 1998, Walmsley and all of the other Canadian women who played in the AAGPBL were inducted as a group into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Her Racine Belles jacket is held in the collection of the Copper Cliff Museum in Walmsley's hometown