Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
Shirley Valentine
“No one thought she had the courage, the nerve, or the lingerie.”
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Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
Director
Lewis Gilbert
Status
Released
Production
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Pauline Collins
Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Tom Conti
Costas Demitriadis
Julia McKenzie
Gillian
Alison Steadman
Jane
Joanna Lumley
Marjorie Majors
Sylvia Syms
Headmistress
Bernard Hill
Joe Bradshaw
George Costigan
Dougie
Anna Keaveney
Jeanette
Tracie Bennett
Millandra
Ken Sharrock
Sydney
Karen Craig
Thelma
Gareth Jefferson
Brian
Gillian Kearney
Young Shirley
Catherine Duncan
Young Marjorie
Cardew Robinson
Londoner
Honora Burke
Londoner's Wife
Marc Zuber
Renos
Deborah Yhip
Sharon-Louise
John Hartley
German Tourist
Marlene Morley
German Tourist
Annee Blott
Chambermaid
Matthew Long
Male Teacher
Ruth Russell
Veronica
Sarah Nolan
Maureen
Diane Whitley
Liz
Joanne Zorian
Carol
Geraldine Griffiths
Sally
Elaine Boisseau
Woman in Taverna
Giorgos Xidakis
Spiro
Sheila Aza
Cooking Teacher
Ray Armstrong
Executive Type
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