Shirley MacLaine
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #2
Birth Date: April 24, 1934
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia
Height: 5' 7"
Academy Awards: 6 nominations, 1 win (actress, Terms of Endearment)
Signature Role: Fran Kubelik (The Apartment)
versus
Shirley Jones
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #7
Birth Date: March 31, 1934
Birthplace: Charleroi, Pennsylvania
Height: 5' 5½"
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 1 win (supporting actress, Elmer Gantry)
Signature Role: Marian Paroo (The Music Man)
with the winner to take on the winner of
Barbra Streisand
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #3
Birth Date: April 24, 1942
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Height: 5' 5"
Academy Awards: 5 nominations, 2 wins (actress, Funny Girl; best song, A Star is Born)
Signature Role: Katie Morosky (The Way We Were)
versus
Liza Minnelli
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Song and Dance" #6
Birth Date: March 12, 1946
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Height: 5' 4"
Academy Awards: 2 nominations, 1 win (actress, Cabaret)
Signature Role: Sally Bowles (Cabaret)
Notes: The battle of the Shirleys; the battle of the Broadway divas.
Wait. I have to choose between MacLaine and Jones, but I am forced to choose either Babs or Liza?
ReplyDeleteGo to ^%$^%!
Go to ^%$^%!
ReplyDeleteActually I'm in Seattle -- got here last night.
Katie-Bar-The-Door had the same reaction by the way -- Babs versus Liza is the worst match-up in the whole tournament. But there's a perverse logic behind it ...