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Shirley MacLaine

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Shirley MacLaine.

Shirley Maclaine began her career as a singer and dancer in the chorus of a Broadway musical. Success came quickly when, as an understudy, she had to take over a leading role in The Pajama Game, and she went on to make many successful films including The Apartment, Sweet Charity and The Turning Point. She regularly tours the world with her own song and dance show. In conversation with Roy Plomley, she talks about her life and chooses eight records she would take to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: If My Friends Could See Me Now by Shirley MacLaine
Book: Dictionary and Hexalingual thesaurus
Luxury: Blank paper

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 11 Nov 1983 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Nat King Cole

    Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

  • Peter, Paul and Mary

    Blowin' In The Wind

  • Narrator

    Variations (Song and Dance)

    • Song & Dance.

  • Nat King Cole

    Nature Boy

    • Best Of.

  • Tony Bennett

    Lost In The Stars

    • In Person!.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake - Act 1

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Shirley MacLaine

      If My Friends Could See Me Now

      • In Concert.

  • Book Choice

    • Dictionary and Hexalingual thesaurus

  • Luxury Choice

    • Blank paper

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Shirley MacLaine

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Nov 1983 18:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 11 Nov 1983 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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