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Shirley Hemphill
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American actress and comedienne (1947–1999)
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- Works
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Top works
- Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring XIII
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Film & TV
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Shirley Ann Hemphill (July 1, 1947 – December 10, 1999) was an American stand-up comedian and actress best known for brassy waitress Shirley Wilson on the sitcom What's Happening!! (1976–79), a role she reprised in the sequel series What's Happening Now!! (1985–88). A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Hemphill moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. After…
Known for
- Oddity Archive — Shirley Wilson (archive footage)2012
- The Wayans Bros. — Coco1995
- CB4 — 976-Sexy1993
- Martin — Sister Claus1992
- Dancing in the Wings — Shirley1985
- What's Happening Now!! — Shirley Wilson1985
- One in a Million — Shirley Simmons1980
- The Richard Pryor Special? — Pushy Fan from Tour Group1977
- The Richard Pryor Show1977
- The Love Boat — Charlene Grover1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Shirley
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Asheville
- Place of death
- West Covina
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- date of death
- 1999-12-10
- date of birth
- 1947-07-01
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- end of work period
- 1999-00-00
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