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- Kate Berlant - Shirley Cohen This hypochondriac, with a humidifier in hand, joins the Rockford Peaches and plays left field. She endears herself to her roommate Carson, and Carson helps Shirley face her insecurities so she can feel more like a part of the team and manage her anxiety in the game and in life.
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Shirley Cohen is a recurring character in the Amazon Prime Video television series, A League of Their Own. She is portrayed by Kate Berlant.
Shirley is seen trying out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in Batter Up, where she is seen stretching alongside Jess and complaining about her spitting, introducing her as the anxious and marginally uptight character she continues to be throughout the series. Despite her apprehensive attitude, she's an extremely intelligent player, often seen calculating statistical wins for Carson throughout the season.
Though often the comedic character of the team, she struggles with a paralysing fear of the world around her, from Jo's queerness to contracting botulism, and the inability to accept things as they are. However, towards the end of the series she reaches a breaking point when Carson walks in on her eating from dented cans in their shared room in Perfect Game, something she had been previously fearful of. She also then kisses Carson and sighs in relief that queerness is not contagious like she'd previously been told.
•Shirley's position is left field. Her number is 14.
•In Batter Up, she tells Carson that she has a scar caused by a humidifier.
•She enjoys playing the flute and baking bread (referenced in the promotional video of the Peaches in Switch Hitter).
•Despite the comedic scenes that arise from Shirley's fear of queerness being a contagious disease, that view was held by many people during the time period.
•During the Charm School scenes in Find The Gap, Vivienne points out that Shirley's visage is too "Semitic", implying that she's Jewish. Shirley later makes reference to her rabbi, thus confirming that she is Jewish.
•She has a routine of touching both shoes before she bats. This is referenced in the bathroom scene in Batter Up, and Shirley can be seen doing her pre-batting routine in episodes 2 and 3.
Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame. As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey.
A League of Their Own - Full Cast & Crew. 69 Metascore. 1992. 2 hr 8 mins. Drama, Family, Comedy. PG. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A look at the first women's professional baseball league...
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- Geena Davis - Dottie Hinson. A League Of Their Own cast Geena Davis (The Fly) as Dottie, who works on a dairy farm with her sister Kit. Once she's scouted for the AAGPBL she reluctantly joins up for her sister's sake, where she becomes the star catcher and assistant manager of the Rockford Peaches; Lynn Cartwright portrays the older Dottie.
- Tom Hanks - Jimmy Dugan. Tom Hanks reunited with Penny Marshall following Big for A League Of Their Own. He plays the washed-up, alcoholic manager of the Peaches.
- Lori Petty - Kit. Tank Girl star Lori Petty plays Dottie's sister Kit, who wants to leave her dull small-town life behind. Kit wasn't scouted and is only allowed to tag along if she can convince her big sister to join in.
- Rosie O'Donnell - Doris Murphy. Rosie O'Donnell (The Flintstones) provides A League Of Their Own's comic relief as Doris, the abrasive former bouncer covering third base; she's also best friends with Mae.
A League of Their Own is a 1992 American sports comedy drama film directed by Penny Marshall that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).
Sep 15, 2022 · But then there’s Shirley Cohen. Courtesy of Prime Video. One of our first times seeing Shirley, played by Jewish actress Kate Berlant, is when she unpacks a humidifier from her suitcase — that’s right, a humidifier in 1943. She sets it up and says something about its health benefits that quickly gets dismissed by her roommate Carson, a ...
