《絕望主婦》演員、83歲美國演員雪莉·奈特去世

Shirley Knight: Authentic actor

雪莉·奈特：真正的演員

By Marcia Cross

作者：瑪西娅·克羅斯

Thinking about what I wanted to write about Shirley Knight, who died on April 22 at 83, I went back and looked at some of our work together on Desperate Housewives. Instead of being sad about her not being with us anymore, I found myself laughing hysterically.

雪莉·奈特于4月22日去世，享年83歲，想着我該寫些什麼，我回去看了我們在《絕望主婦》中的合作。我沒有為她離開我們而難過，而是大聲地笑了起來。

Shirley, who got her first Oscar nomination in 1961 and had won three Emmy Awards by the time we worked together, played my dead husband’s mother—and boy, did we get into it. Our characters were beautifully written, and we had a blast playing off each other. On camera, we sparred—and I once even slapped her across the face— but off camera, we got along famously. She was warm and funny and talked endlessly about her daughters, whom she loved dearly. She was a woman of no pretense, just a love of the work and of her life.

雪莉在1961年第一次獲得奧斯卡提名，在我們合作的時候已經赢得了三次艾美獎。在劇中，她扮演我已故丈夫的母親。而我們真的入戲了。我們的扮演的人物寫得很好，我們演的很開心。在鏡頭前，我們吵架了，我有一次甚至打了她的臉。但是在生活中，我們相處得很好。她熱情而風趣，滔滔不絕地談論她深愛的女兒們。她是一個樸實無華的女人，熱愛工作和生活。

I always refer to her example when I think of myself as an actress aging in my profession: Do as Shirley did. Do the work, and all will be well.

當我意識到自己已經是一名年事已高的女演員時，我總是提到她：像雪莉那樣做。做好分内的工作，然後一切都會好起來的。