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Shirley Knight
Date of birth
July 5, 1936
Place of birth
Goessel, Kansas
Date of death
April 22, 2020
Place of death
San Marcos, Texas
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Shirley Knight was an actress who played three different characters on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She was nominated for the 1992 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Melanie Cullen in the Law & Order episode "The Wages of Love". She also starred in the film Grandma's Boy (with Doris Roberts).

Knight's daughter is Kaitlin Hopkins, an actress who guest-starred in several episodes of the Law & Order franchise.

Knight died on April 22, 2020, of natural causes.

Appearances[]

Melanie Cullen
Dr. Wharton
Rose Granville
Melanie Cullen Dr. Wharton Rose Granville
L&O: "The Wages of Love" SVU: "Repression" SVU: "Tragedy"
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