Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight (born in Goessel, Kansas, July 5, 1936, died April 22, 2020) acted on the Broadway stage and in movies like The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) directed by Delbert Mann from the 1957 play by William Inge, Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) directed by Richard Brooks with Paul Newman, The Group (1966) by Sidney Lumet, Dutchman (1967), Petulia (1968) by Richard Lester with Julie Christie, The Rain People (1969) by Francis Ford Coppola, As Good As It Gets (1997) by James Brooks with Jack Nicholson, Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) directed by Callie Khour from the 1996 novel by Rebecca Wells, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) by Rebecca Miller. On television, she acted in Playing for Time (1980), Law & Order (1991), Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995), The Wedding (1998).

Golden Globe Awards

1996 Winner

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Indictment: The McMartin Trial
- Shirley Knight
1963 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Sweet Bird of Youth
- Shirley Knight
1961 Nominee

New Star Of The Year - Actress
- Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The
- Shirley Knight
1961 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The
- Shirley Knight