Shirley Hemphill

Comedian

Birthday July 1, 1947

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Asheville, NC

DEATH DATE Dec 10, 1999 (52)

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About

American comedian and actress who played Shirley Wilson on the television show What's Happening!! from 1976 to 1979 and What's Happening Now!! from 1985 to 1988. She also starred in the short-lived sitcom One in a Million.

Before Fame

She worked in a factory manufacturing nylons in Asheville.

Trivia

She has performed her own stand-up comedy routine on various television shows including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and A&E's An Evening at the Improv.

Family Life

She was born to Richard and Mozella Hemphill and had a brother named William.

Associated With

She occasionally appeared on the television series The Wayan Brothers, starring Marlon Wayans.