Shirl Conway

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Biography

American actress

  • Primary profession
  • Actress
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 03 June 1916
  • Place of birth
  • New York City
  • Death date
  • 2007-05-07
  • Death age
  • 91
  • Place of death
  • Shelton· Washington
  • Education
  • University of Michigan

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Descendant of actress Henrietta Crosman.

Began her career as a model with the John Robert Powers Agency and as a nightclub singer.

Best known for her role as head nurse Liz Thorpse on the TV drama "The Nurses" , for which she received an Emmy nomination.

Won a Theatre World Award for her work in the 1955 Broadway musical "Plain and Fancy". She and one-time husband appeared together in the Broadway show "Banjo Eyes" which starred Eddie Cantor.

Moved to Washington state in the early 1970s and performed locally on stage.

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