Shirley Enola Knight, also known by her married name of Shirley Knight Hopkins, was born on July 5, 1936, to a wealthy family in Goessel, Kansas. She is an American actress who made her film debut in 1959. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... State nickname: The Sunflower State Other U.S. States Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) Official languages None Area 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² (15th)  - Land 81,815 mi²; 211,900 km²  - Water 462 mi²; 1,196 km² (0. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The following year she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and again, in 1962, for her role as Paul Newman's sweetheart in Sweet Bird of Youth. She also appeared in The Group (1964) and Petulia (1967). She also starred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People ([1969]). Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of film or theatre professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Paul Newman Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an American actor and film director. ... Sweet Bird of Youth is a play by Tennessee Williams which tells the story of a drifter who returns to his home town with a faded movie star, hoping she can help him to break into the movies. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American film director, screenwriter, vintner, magazine publisher, and hotelier. ...

In the 1960s she abandoned Hollywood in favor of the Broadway stage, but she has since returned to TV in a number of programs, including as Faith Ford's mother in Ford's failed sitcom Maggie Winters, and on series such as Murder, She Wrote, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Desperate Housewives as "Bree"'s soon to be introduced mother-in-law. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Faith Ford (born Alexis Ford) is an American television and film actress, born September 14th, 1964 in Alexandria, Louisiana, USA. She currently co-stars with Kelly Ripa in Hope and Faith. ... Murder, She Wrote Promo Art Murder, She Wrote is an American mystery television series, starring Angela Lansbury as the lead character, Jessica Fletcher. ... Law & Order is the longest-running primetime drama currently on American television. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... Desperate Housewives is an American television series, created by Marc Cherry, that began airing on ABC in 2004. ...

She has 2 daughters by two different marriages.