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Shirley Jo Finney (July 14, 1949 – October 10, 2023) was an American actress and theater director. [1] [2] [3] Finney was born in Merced, California, in 1949, and grew up primarily in Sacramento, California. [4]
Nov 13, 2023 · Shirley Jo Finney, an actor who became a prolific and award-winning director of plays that dug deeply into the Black experience, died on Oct. 10 in Bellingham, Wash. She was 74. The cause of...
Oct 14, 2023 · Shirley Jo Finney, an actress and award-winning director who explored themes of race, died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.
- Stacy Perman
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Shirley Jo Finney was born on 14 July 1949 in Merced, California, USA. She was an actress and director, known for Lou Grant (1977), Hey Good Lookin' (1982) and Nuts (1987).
- January 1, 1
- Merced, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Bellingham, Washington, USA
Oct 14, 2023 · Finney passed away on October 10 after a long illness, according to the Fountain Theatre. She directed and acted in various stage and screen projects, including Wilma, a biopic about Olympic champion Wilma Rudolph.
- Armando Tinoco
Nov 14, 2023 · Shirley Jo Finney , whose career saw her go from an actor to an award-winning director who spent nearly 40 years delving into the Black experience onstage, has died of cancer at 74.
Nov 14, 2023 · Shirley Jo Finney was an actress who starred in the TV movie “Wilma” and worked widely in regional theatre as a director. She died of multiple myeloma at 74 in October 2023 and received tributes from her colleagues and friends.
