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Shirley CLAIRE |
SHIRLEY CLAIRE JERSEG |
Was born in San Antonio TX in 1928 |
To contact Shirley |
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IN MARCH 2015, AT AGE 87, SHIRLEY CLAIRE IS TAKING SINGING LESSONS |
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Her latest show (age 88) CLICK
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"Death is easier than divorce; death is final." Shirley CLAIRE |
SEE AND HEAR SHIRLEY SING
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'SHIRLEY SAYS' was made by TVLand
- SHIRLEY CLAIRE WAS AGE 85 -
Shirley Says 'CLICK MY PHOTO' below
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IN 1935, SHIRLEY CLAIRE BEGAN SINGING IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIEANCE - SHE WAS 10 YEARS OLD.
TWO YEARS LATER, SHIRLEY CLAIRE HAD A RADIO SHOW ON C B S AND WAS DISCOVERED BY M G M AND PUT UNDER CONTRACT.
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AFTER M G M SHIRLEY CLAIRE BECAME AN EARL CARROLL GIRL.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE IS ONE OF THE LAST OF THE EARL CARROLL GIRLS
See More of SHIRLEY CLAIRE on her companion website
EarlCarrollGIRLS.com
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LATER, SHIRLEY CLAIRE WAS ONE OF THE ORGINAL COVER GIRLS WITH THE JIMMY DURANTE SHOW.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE WAS ALSO A BIG BAND VOCALIST WITH THE JACK FINA ORCHESTRA.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE HAD A LIVE TV SHOW -
THE SHOW WAS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS AT 7 PM, ON K G O - TV (ABC) IN SAN FRANCISCO, SPONSORED BY CROSLEY APPLIANCES.
See Photo Album. Click the link below.
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IN 1962, SHIRLEY CLAIRE TOURED THE ORIENT (A NUMBER OF TIMES) AND ENTERTAINED THE TROOPS WITH THE JACK ROSS SHOW.
SEE FUCHU ARMY BASE |
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IN 2012 FOREVER YOUNG, WAS A NEW REALITY SHOW PRODUCED BY TV LAND.
IT WAS ABOUT SENIORS LIVING WITH JUNIORS.
TO KICK OFF THE NEW SHOW TVLAND WANTED TALENTED PEOPLE |
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE, WAS CHOSEN FOR THE FOREVER YOUNG SHOW'S SIX EPISODE PILOT.
ONE YEAR LATER, AT THE AGE OF 31,047 DAYS, IN
SHIRLEY CLAIRE WAS CHOSEN BY TVLAND TO RO-PROMOTE THE FOREVER YOUNG SHOW ON LIVE NATIONAL TV TALK SHOWS.
ALSO. SHIRLEY CLAIRE MADE PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS, IN HER OWN HUMOR, FOR THE SHOW.
THESE VIDEOS WERE FOR DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTERNET TO PROMOTE FORVER YOUNG.
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57 YEARS AFTER |
Ann Landers |
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IN APRIL 2013 SHIRLEY CLAIRE WAS VOTED NUMBER 2 OUT OF THE TOP 10
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FOREVER YOUNG - Shirley Claire talks about living with 30 - year olds -
"IT WAS ONE LONG WOUNDERFUL PARTY." |
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SHIRLEY SAYS VIDEOS were placed over the internet as an adjunct to promoting the new FOREVER YOUNG Reality Show - with Dennis Miller for TVland.
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE WAS THERE
(She was in the first follies)
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IN THE PALM SPRINGS FOLLIES |
AT AGE 67 - THE STAR OF FESTIVAL |
IN 1991, 1992 AND 1993 AT AGE 64, 65 & 66 SHIRLEY CLAIRE STARRED IN THE FIRST SECOND AND THIRD SEASONS OF THE PALM SPRINGS FOLLIES
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SHIRLEY ATTENDED THE LAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FOLLIES IN 2014 |
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SHOWGIRL'S ARE A PREREQUISITE ON THE RENO - TAHOE - LAS VEGAS ENTERTAINMENT CIRCUT AS THE OPENING AND CLOSING ACT FOR THE HEADLINER.
SHOWGIRL'S WERE THE BACKBONE OF THE RENOWNED PALM SPRINGS FOLLIES.
SHOWGIRL'S HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR THING FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
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In the '50s and '60s, if you were booked into any one of these locations, you were usually booked into all three.
By the time you got to Vegas (The last stop.) you would have honed your performance.
By popular demand, many of the performers repeated the process or were asked to extend their gigs.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE, as a single or with a group was often booked ahead, had many extensions and return engagements.
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE IS ONE OF THE LAST FROM THE OLD SCHOOL.
When Shirley CLAIRE did not have a singing gig, HER FIRST LOVE, she entertained as a showgirl / actress and as a single in her one woman show.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE had thorough show business training.
These pages describe the training that gave her the ability to perform, the discipline, and to perfect a one woman show that was frequently in demand.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE was able to perform all rolls well.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE had an active and successful entertainment career and was able to achieve her goals. |
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE - HEADLINER OF FESTIVALE - IS READY FOR ANOTHER SONG |
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE WAS IN THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PALM SPRINGS FOLLIES |
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE IN THE GRAND FINALE OF FESTIVAL AND THE COVER PHOTO ON JUNE 1995 ISSUE OF PALM SPRINGS LIFE MAGAZINE'S DESERT GUIDE |
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE's career started at age10 and she had her own radio show at age 12 - a TV show at age 23.
The Palm Springs Follies at the age of 60 + and to TVland at the age 83 & 85. |
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SEE FUCHU ARMY BASE AND VISITING THE TROOPS INSIDE PHOTO ALBUM |
PALM SPRINGS IS LESS THEN A NINETY MINUTE DRIVE FROM LOS ANGELES
DRIVE I 10 EAST TO STATE ROUTE 111 -
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Route 10 was built in 1957. Route 10 is 2,466 miles in distance.
It starts at the Pacific Ocean - Santa Monica CA and ends at the Atlantic Ocean - Jacksonville, FL.
Route 10 is the southern Interstate route across the country.
Route 10 around the Palm Springs area is named in honor of Sonny Bono.
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Beginning in the 1920's and with the advent of air conditioning, the village of Palm Springs blossomed into a cultural, year round, full service city.
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE STARRED IN & WAS THE SPOKESWOMAN FOR A NEW REALITY SERIES, PRODUCED FOR TVland CALLED:
TVLAND PROMOTED FOREVER YOUNG, THROUGH VIDIEOS, ON NATIONAL TV AND THE INTERNET.
"Shirley Says" videos were a biprodict of the FOREVER YOUNG SHOW.
THE VIDEOS WERE A HIT. |
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE DID THE SIX EPISODE PILOT OF THE FOREVER YOUNG
REALITY SHOW
NARRATED BY DENNIS MILLER |
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HOW DID SHIRLEY CLAIRE GET THE FOREVER YOUNG GIG?
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ALSO SEE PHOTO ALBUM
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SHIRLEY CLAIREE |
WAS IN ANOTHERMOVIE |
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Starring: |
Michael Douglas |
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Directed by Steven Sonderbergh
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IT'S OUT OF THE CAN AND PREMIERED SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 ON HBO |
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I am looking for girls |
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FROM SHIRLEY CLAIRE'S PHOTO ALBUM |
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SHIRLEY CLAIRE APPEARED AS AMY DAKEN |
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The record is still sold in England |
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SYNOPSIS OF SHIRLEY CLAIRE'S CAREER |
| SHIRLEY CLAIRE'S career started at the age of 10.
At age 12 Shirley CLAIRE had her own CBS RADIO SHOW an her career continues today - 74+ years later.......
Now at the age 85 in 2013 Shirley is the star in a National TV show. |
SHIRLEY CLAIRE was signed at MGM through the interest of Louis B. Mayer's executive
secretary, Ida Koverman, who discovered SHIRLEY CLAIRE singing on the radio.
IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF THE BIG HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE was put under contract and was educated |
SHIRLEY CLAIRE had to learn voice - the voice is considered a musical instrument; also dance, walking, opera, music, music theory, music history, acting and elocution as well as other subjects pertaining to her chosen career.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE also had to complete a full public school curriculum.
It was a 7AM to 7PM day, Monday through Friday, with homework at night and the weekends were always busy.
HOW SHIRLEY CLAIRE LEFT MGM.
Randolph Scott got Shirley CLAIRE fired.
RANDOLPH SCOTT DID NOT GET SHIRLEY CLAIRE FIRED |
(Scott was with Warner and Claire was with M G M) |
Society changed. Western's came in vogue.
MGM let all the musical talent go.
It also turned out to be the end of the star system.
SHIRLEY CLAIRE'S next step in show biz was the |
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TO FIND OUT |
WHAT WAS NEXT |
FOR SHIRLEY CLAIRE |
AND HOW SHE DID IT |
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Warner's for Music Man |
As Madam Dubonnet |
Bob Hope Interview |
CBS Radio |
Clubs |
Current Casting Photos |
Famous Folks |
Famous Places |
Jimmy Durante's Show |
Las Vegas |
MGM Education |
On the Ocean |
Visiting the troops |
On the Road |
On TV |
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Palm Springs Follies |
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Playhouse Actress |
Reno - Tahoe - Vegas |
The Big Bands |
Visiting The Troops |
Visiting The Troops Again |
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Plus much more |
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PHOTO ALBUM
SEE FUCHU ARMY BASE
VISITING THE TROOPS Inside Photo Album |
LEFT CLICK ON PHOTO ALBUM |
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For more SHIRLEY CLAIRE |
after you read |
PHOTO ALBUM BELOW |
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EarlCarrollGIRLS.com |
and the Earl Carroll Theatre |
SHIRLEY CLAIREE |
AT AGE 67 and 68 |
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A 2 Year Run with Shirlrey CLAIRE |
Produced by Greg Purdey |
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| IN 1941, SHIRLEY CLAIREE'S CAREER BEGAN AT AGE 12, WITH HER OWN RADIO SHOW |
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AFTER YOU SEE PHOTO ALBUM |
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THE STORY OF SHIRLEY'S INTERESTING ROAD TO SUCCESS |
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