Shirley Thomas

Shirley Thomas Ph.D. (1920 - July 21, 2005, Los Angeles, California), was a radio/television actress/writer/producer, author, and professor in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. Born in Glendale, California, the daughter of an electrical engineer and a homemaker, Dr. Shirley Thomas earned her B.A. in 1960 and her Ph.D. in Communications in 1967 from the University of Sussex. She was also awarded a diploma by the Russian Federation of Cosmonautics in 1995. She died from cancer on July 21, 2005. Active in Hollywood for a number of decades, Thomas conducted red carpet interviews at motion picture premiers and special event broadcasts from 1952 to 1956. She was also involved in the coverage...