Actress Shirley Knight , winner of a Tony, a Golden Globe, three Emmys and nominated for an Oscar twice, died this Wednesday of natural causes in San Marcos, Texas, at 83 years old.

Her daughter, also actress Kaitlin Hopkins , paid tribute to Knight in a Facebook post. "Early this morning on April 22, you passed away and your sweet soul left us to go to a better place. I was by your side and you left in peace. For me, you were 'just mom', for some you were 'Miss Knight' ',' Miss Shirley ',' Mama Shirley '(for my students),' Shirl the Girl '(for your friends) and' Shirley Knight 'to your fans, "wrote the daughter of the deceased.

Born in Goessel, Kansas , United States, on July 5, 1936, Shirley Knight began to carve out a career for herself with different series appearances in the 1950s until she jumped onto the silver screen in Delbert Mann's film adaptation of the winning play. from William Inge's Pulitzer Prize, 'On the Dark Stairs' (1960), work for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress .

He returned to apply for the award in the same category two years later for his performance as Heavenly Finley alongside Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in Richard Brooks' adaptation "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962).

Thereafter, Knight would have a prolific career in film, theater and television winning a Tony Award , in 1976 for his work on Robert Patrick's 'The Sons of Kennedy' and three Emmys : the first in 1988 for his appearance. in the series 'Treintaytantos' and the other two in 1995 for his work in 'New York Policemen' and the telefilm 'The McMartin case'. A role, the latter with which she was also awarded a Golden Globe .

On the big screen he also participated in titles like 'It rains on my heart' (1969), 'The color of the night' (1994), 'Diabolic' (1996), 'Best ... impossible' (1997), 'Look de angel '(2001) or' The private life of Pippa Lee '(2009). Her last job was a role in 'Periphery' (2018) a drama starring Rebecca De Mornay.

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