Shirley Jo Finney, a theater director and actress who portrayed Olympic gold medal sprinter Wilma Rudolph in the 1977 television movie “Wilma,” died Tuesday. She was 74. Finney died after an ...

Crippled by polio at an early age, deterred by racial segregation, hampered by a variety of physical and emotional ailments, Wilma Rudolph's indomitable spirit and determination elevated her to ...

Shirley Jo Finney, a theater director and actor known for the 1975 TV biopic “Wilma,” died on Oct. 10 following an eight-month battle with cancer. She was 74. The Fountain Theatre announced the news ...

Shirley Jo Finney, a theater director and the star of Wilma (1977), has died. She was 74. The Fountain Theatre announced Finney’s October 10 death on social media writing in an Instagram post, “With ...