With every new role, Shirley Knight tries to be both a portraitist and a sleuth as she "figures out the puzzle" of the character.
The production won Shirley Knight a 1976 Tony Award for best featured actress.
Shirley Knight, who is only 60, seems to have established a whole new career playing oldish women.
Twice a week, he delivers groceries to an older, disabled woman (Shirley Knight) who is a kind of surrogate mother.
But it is Shirley Knight as her sweet, slightly addled mother who is the show's brightest asset.
Shirley Knight recited a piece about an elderly woman who said she had not "been down there" since 1953.
Shirley Knight, (born 1936), American stage, screen, and television actress.
His wife, the actress Shirley Knight, said the cause was a head injury that resulted from a fall.
Archie has left his wife (Shirley Knight) and two young children because family life has closed in on him.
The only double winner for acting was Shirley Knight.