Shirley Knight most recently appeared at the George Street Playhouse, starring in Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are, written and directed by Arthur Laurents. Miss Knight has done extensive work in theatre, film, and television. She has won numerous awards including the Tony with two nominations, three Emmy awards with ten nominations, two Golden Globes with three nominations, The Venice Film festival Best Actress Award, and two Academy Award nominations among others.
Doris Roberts entered the television world as a regular on "The Lily Tomlin Comedy Hour," and translated her success there into a lifelong career on the small screen. Doris became one of the medium's most successful stars as a series regular on "Angie," "The Boys," "Ladies On Sweet Street," "Remington Steele," "Maggie," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show Comedy Hour" and nine seasons on "Everybody Loves Raymond." She also guest starred on such popular programs as "Rhoda," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Step By Step," "Empty Nest," "Perfect Strangers," "Full House" and "Murder She Wrote." Her films include: A Fish in the Bathtub with Jerry Stiller, My Giant with Billy Crystal, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase, A Lovely Way To Die with Kirk Douglas, The Heartbreak Kid with Charles Grodin, The Taking Of Pelham 123 with Walter Matthau, and Number One With A Bullet with Robert Carradine and Peter Graves. Roberts boasts four Emmys for "Everybody Loves Raymond" and a fifth for her dramatic portrayal as a victim of homelessness on "St. Elsewhere." Her memoir, Are You Hungry, Dear?, became an immediate best seller. Recently, Roberts has appeared in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (in an written especially for her) and in Grandma's Boy and They Came From Upstairs, opposite Ashley Tisdale.
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