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Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made
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Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
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Academy Award
Actress in a Supporting Role
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6 awards
- How many awards did Shirley Knight win? 6 awards How many award nominations did Shirley Knight receive? 24 nominations
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1961 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. CableACE Awards. 1995 Nominee CableACE. Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries. Indictment: The McMartin Trial. Primetime Emmy Awards. 2006 Nominee Primetime Emmy. Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Desperate Housewives.
- July 5, 1936
- April 22, 2020
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In 1976, Knight won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 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).
YearTitleRoleNotes2012Ann WilsonEpisode: "Turf War"2010LorettaEpisode: "Meet the Parents"2009Millie CarlsonEpisode: "Dead Model Walking"2005Phyllis Van de Kamp3 episodes Nominated— Primetime Emmy ...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 · Shirley Knight was an American actress. With over 180 acting credits to her name, Knight was nominated eight times for Emmy Awards, winning three. In 1996, she received the Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for Indictment: The McMartin Trial.
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.
- July 5, 1936
- April 22, 2020
Apr 22, 2020 · She won a Tony award in 1976 as best featured actress in a play for “Kennedy’s Children.” Knight played, in the words of The New York Times review, “a very tart tart with an ambition of gold.”...
Apr 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 Awards, died on...