Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight was born on Jul 05, 1936 in USA. Shirley Knight's big-screen debut came with Picnic directed by Joshua Logan in 1955. Shirley Knight is known for To Lie in Green Pastures directed by Gene Landry, Shirley Knight stars as Peggy and Tom Sherohman as Ross. Shirley Knight has got 6 awards and 18 nominations so far. The most recent award Shirley Knight achieved is High Falls Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Shirley Knight plays is The Missing Girl which will be released on Sep 26, 2015.
Shirley Knight was an American actress who appeared in more than 180 feature films, television movies, television series, and Broadway productions in her career playing leading and character roles.She was a member of the Actors Studio. Knight was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962).In 1976, Knight won a Tony Award for her performance in Kennedy's Children, a play by Robert Patrick. In later years, she played supporting roles in many films, including Endless Love (1981), As Good as It Gets (1997), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), and Grandma's Boy (2006). For her performances on television, Knight was nominated eight times for a Primetime Emmy Award (winning three), and she received a Golden Globe Award.
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