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She spent her young life in Mitchell, Kansas, and later lived in Lyons, Kansas, where she graduated from high school. She began studying to be an opera singer at age 11. [citation needed] At the age of 14, she wrote a short story that was published in a national magazine.
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.
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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.
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Apr 22, 2020 · LOS ANGELES — Shirley Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in movies, TV and the stage, has...
Apr 22, 2020 · April 22, 2020. Shirley Knight, who in a long film, television and stage career earned two Oscar nominations while still in her 20s, won a Tony Award in 1975 and later garnered three Emmy...
Apr 22, 2020 · Shirley Knight, the daring actress and darling of Tennessee Williams who received Oscar nominations for her work in 'The Dark at the Top of the Stairs' and 'Sweet Bird of Youth,' has died. She...
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Apr 22, 2020 · Shirley Knight, who was twice Oscar nominated for best supporting actress, for “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” (1960) and “ Sweet Bird of Youth ” (1962), and won a Tony and three Emmys,...
