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Shirley Knight

1936 - 2020

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Shirley Knight Hopkins (July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020) was an American actress who appeared in more than 50 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 (1960) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962). In the 1960s, she had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films such as The Couch (1962), House of Women (1962), The Group (1966), The Counterfeit Killer (1968), and The Rain People (1969). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Knight is the 1,715th most popular actor (up from 2,220th in 2019), the 3,140th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,563rd in 2019) and the 835th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shirley Knight ranks 1,715 out of 13,578. Before her are Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Charles Grodin, Andrew Lincoln, Wendy Hiller, Abdelmajid Lakhal, and Rubens de Falco. After her are Lindsay Wagner, Bernard Lee, Lucélia Santos, Jeffrey Tambor, Massimo Troisi, and Aurore Clément.

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Among people born in 1936, Shirley Knight ranks 165. Before her are Jacques Charrier, Tuncel Kurtiz, Jan Gehl, Siw Malmkvist, Eugenio Barba, and Philippe Sollers. After her are Adem Demaçi, Frederic Forrest, Amr Moussa, Hans van den Broek, Dacia Maraini, and Jacques Mesrine. Among people deceased in 2020, Shirley Knight ranks 164. Before her are Mad Mike Hoare, Albert Memmi, Benjamin Mkapa, Manolis Glezos, Amadeo Carrizo, and Walid Muallem. After her are Borys Paton, Pierre Nkurunziza, Louis Nirenberg, Shin Kyuk-ho, Astrid Kirchherr, and Nikolay Shmatko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Knight ranks 3,140 out of 20,380. Before her are Elihu Root (1845), Tito Puente (1923), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Joseph W. Tobin (1952), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), and Coretta Scott King (1927). After her are Kamehameha III (1814), Lindsay Wagner (1949), Zack Snyder (1966), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Marie Tharp (1920), and John Layfield (1966).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Shirley Knight ranks 835. Before her are Matthew Fox (1966), Mimsy Farmer (1945), J. T. Walsh (1943), Lindsay Lohan (1986), Olympia Dukakis (1931), and Charles Grodin (1935). After her are Lindsay Wagner (1949), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Chris Sarandon (1942), Harry Reems (1947), Tom Sizemore (1961), and Nancy Marchand (1928).

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