If My Friends Could See Me Now — Shirley MacLaine

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“If My Friends Could See Me Now” first featured in the 1966 Broadway musical “Sweet Charity”.

Before you rush to correct me, I realise Shirley MacLaine didn’t appear in the Broadway version of the musical — Gwen Verdon played the role of Charity on Broadway — but by the time the movie version was made in 1969, the studio considered Shirley MacLaine a more bankable star, so she…