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Oscar-nominated actress Shirley Knight dies aged 83

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Shirley Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in movies, TV and the stage, has died aged 83.

Knight passed away on Wednesday at her daughter’s home in San Marcos, Texas, according to her daughter Kaitlin Hopkins. Knight’s career carried her from Kansas to Hollywood and then to the New York theatre and London and back to Hollywood.

She was nominated for two Tonys, winning one. In recent years, she had a recurring role as Phyllis Van de Kamp (the mother-in-law of Marcia Cross’ character) in the long-running ABC show Desperate Housewives, gaining one of her many Emmy nominations.

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