Shirley Knight Hopkins (July , â€" April , ) was an American actress
who appeared in more than feature films, television films, television
series, and Broadway and Off-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 () and Sweet
Bird of Youth (). In the s, she had leading roles in a number of
Hollywood films such as The Couch (), House of Women (), The Group (),
The Counterfeit Killer (), and The Rain People (). She received the
Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her role in the British film Dutchman
().In , 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 (), As Good as
It Gets (), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (), and Grandma's
Boy (). For her performances on television, Knight was nominated eight
times for a Primetime Emmy Award (winning three), and she received a
Golden Globe Award.Knight was born in Goessel, Kansas, the daughter of
Virginia (née Webster; -) and Noel Johnson Knight (-), an oil company
executive. She had a brother and a sister. 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 .
who appeared in more than feature films, television films, television
series, and Broadway and Off-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 () and Sweet
Bird of Youth (). In the s, she had leading roles in a number of
Hollywood films such as The Couch (), House of Women (), The Group (),
The Counterfeit Killer (), and The Rain People (). She received the
Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her role in the British film Dutchman
().In , 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 (), As Good as
It Gets (), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (), and Grandma's
Boy (). For her performances on television, Knight was nominated eight
times for a Primetime Emmy Award (winning three), and she received a
Golden Globe Award.Knight was born in Goessel, Kansas, the daughter of
Virginia (née Webster; -) and Noel Johnson Knight (-), an oil company
executive. She had a brother and a sister. 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 .
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