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Shirley Knight
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Actor Born: July 5, 1937 in Goessel, KS Biography:An accomplished actress of stage, screen, and television, "Shirley Knight" has specialized in playing contemporary women with psychological problems. Knight was discovered while studying drama with "Jeff Corey" when she and her classmates "Jack Nicholson", "Robert Blake", "Dean Stockwell", and "Sally Kellerman" were appearing in a production of Look Back in Anger. Her performance netted her an agent who in turn helped her get her first film role in "Five Gates to Hell" (1959). Knight's first real break came with a supporting role in "Delbert Mann"'s "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1960). Her portrayal of a young woman whose anguished lover commits suicide garnered Knight her first Oscar nomination. The second was for playing "Paul Newman"'s first love in "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962). In the early '60s, Knight began appearing occasionally on television, making a memorable debut in the sci-fi... Full Biography
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