Shirley Valentine

Date: 1989
Type: Romantic comedy
Rating:

4/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Producer:

Comment/Synopsis

Pauline Collins is a bored middle aged housewife who goes on holiday to Greece with a female friend, where she meets and falls in love with a waiter (Tom Conti). Romantic comedy of a woman discovering herself, based on the play by Willy Russell.

Actors

Pauline Collins
Tom Conti

Alison Steadman
Julia McKenzie

Joanna Lumley

Sylvia Syms

Bernard Hill
Anna Keaveney
Tracie Bennett
Gillian Kearney

Oscars

Nomination Best Actress - Pauline Collins
Nomination - original song

Production
Paramount Pictures