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Shirley Jo Finney

1949–2023

United States

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Shirley Jo Finney (July 14, 1949 – October 10, 2023) was an American actress and theater director. Finney was born in Merced, California, in 1949, and grew up primarily in Sacramento, California. She graduated from Sacramento State College with a degree in theater in 1971, where she met and befriended Wilma Rudolph.

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