Shirley Knight
July 5, 1936 (88 years old) in Goessel, Kansas, USA
Shirley Enola Knight (July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, in 1960 for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and in 1962 for Sweet Bird of Youth.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2018 · Periphery as Leanne Cross
- 2015 · The Missing Girl as Mrs. Colvins
- 2015 · Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 as Mom
- 2014 · Mercy as Gramma
- 2013 · Redwood Highway as Marie
- 2013 · Elevator as Jane Redding
- 2011 · Our Idiot Brother as Ilene Rochlin
- 2010 · Listen to Your Heart as Grandma Sam
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as Loretta
- 2009 · Drop Dead Diva as Millie Carlson
- 2009 · The Private Lives of Pippa Lee as Dot Nadeau
- 2009 · Paul Blart: Mall Cop as Mom
- 2008 · Not Fade Away as Diane
- 2008 · The Other Side of the Tracks as Helen
- 2006 · Open Window as Ann
- 2006 · Love and Debate as Lea
- 2006 · Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time as Self
- 2006 · The Unit as
- 2006 · Grandma's Boy as Bea
- 2004 · House as Georgia Adams
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Phyllis Van De Kamp
- 2004 · Sudbury as Aunt Jet
- 2003 · A House on a Hill as Mercedes Mayfield
- 2003 · Mrs. Ashboro's Cat as Mrs. Ashboro
- 2003 · Cold Case as Dottie
- 2003 · Fly Cherry as Miss Christina
- 2002 · Shadow Realm as Mrs. Finch
- 2002 · Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood as Necie Kelleher
- 2002 · P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! as Aunt Claire
- 2002 · The Salton Sea as Nancy Plummer
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Frances Littleton
- 2001 · Night Visions as Mrs. Finch
- 2001 · Angel Eyes as Elanora Davis
- 2001 · My Louisiana Sky as Jewel Ramsey
- 2000 · 75 Degrees in July as Jo Beth Anderson
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Wharton
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Rose Granville
- 1998 · A Marriage of Convenience as Harriet Winslow
- 1998 · Maggie Winters as Estelle Winters
- 1998 · A Father for Brittany as Donna Minkowitz
- 1998 · Significant Others as
- 1998 · The Wedding as Gram (Miss Caroline)
- 1997 · As Good as It Gets as Beverly Connelly
- 1997 · Convictions as Margaret
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as
- 1997 · Little Boy Blue as Doris Knight
- 1996 · Somebody Is Waiting as Irma
- 1996 · Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Joan Hart
- 1996 · Mary & Tim as Esther
- 1996 · The Uninvited as Delia
- 1996 · If These Walls Could Talk as Mary Donnelly
- 1996 · Diabolique as Edie Danziger
- 1996 · A Promise to Carolyn as Jolene Maggart
- 1996 · Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden as Sally Ann
- 1995 · Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Peggy Buckey
- 1995 · Stuart Saves His Family as Mom
- 1995 · VR.5 as Dr. Hearst
- 1995 · Children of the Dust as Aunt Bertha
- 1995 · Cybill as
- 1995 · Dad, the Angel & Me as Betty
- 1994 · Death in Venice, CA as Mona Dickens
- 1994 · ER as Mrs. Burke
- 1994 · Color of Night as Edith Niedelmeyer
- 1994 · A Part of the Family as Martha
- 1994 · The Yarn Princess as Esther
- 1994 · Baby Brokers as Sylvia
- 1994 · Benders as Donna
- 1994 · The Secret Life of Houses as Aunt Fergie
- 1993 · A Mother's Revenge as Bess Warden
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Agnes Cantwell
- 1993 · Angel Falls as Edie Wren Cox
- 1993 · When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn as Edna Larson
- 1991 · To Save a Child as Rinda Larson
- 1991 · Shadow of a Doubt as Helen Potter
- 1991 · Bump in the Night as Katie Leonard
- 1990 · Law & Order as Melanie Cullen
- 1987 · thirtysomething as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Belinda Collins
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Kay
- 1984 · The Sweet Scent of Death as Ann Fairfax Denver
- 1984 · With Intent to Kill as Edna Reinecker
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Grace Fenton
- 1984 · Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense as Ann Denver
- 1982 · The Sender as Jerolyn
- 1982 · Kennedy's Children as Carla
- 1981 · Endless Love as Ann
- 1981 · Nurse as Sylvia Dennis
- 1980 · Playing for Time as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
- 1979 · Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Hannah Meredith
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Elizabeth Bourdon
- 1979 · Champions: A Love Story as Barbara Harlich
- 1978 · The Defection of Simas Kudirka as Genna Kudirka
- 1976 · 21 Hours at Munich as Anneliese Graes
- 1976 · Return to Earth as Joan Aldrin
- 1975 · Medical Story as Phyllis Lenahan
- 1975 · Friendly Persuasion as Eliza Birdwell
- 1974 · Juggernaut as Barbara Banister
- 1974 · The Manhunter as
- 1974 · The Country Girl as Georgie Elgin
- 1973 · The Lie as Anna
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Kay Lewiston
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · Ghost Story as Beth
- 1971 · Secrets as Beatrice
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1969 · The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Marci Boyle
- 1969 · The Rain People as Natalie Ravenna
- 1968 · Filmmaker as Self (uncredited)
- 1968 · Petulia as Polo
- 1968 · The Counterfeit Killer as Angie Peterson
- 1968 · Shadow Over Elveron as Joanne Tregaskis
- 1967 · The Outsider as Peggy Leydon
- 1967 · The Invaders as Margaret Cook
- 1966 · Dutchman as Lula
- 1966 · The Group as Polly
- 1964 · Flight from Ashiya as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Jane Washburn
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Mona Ross
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Janice Pruitt
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Noelle Anderson
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Rhoda Waggner
- 1962 · The Virginian as Susan Morrow
- 1962 · The Virginian as Clara Malone
- 1962 · House of Women as Erica Hayden
- 1962 · Sweet Bird of Youth as Heavenly Finley
- 1962 · The Couch as Terry Ames
- 1961 · Target: The Corruptors! as
- 1961 · The Defenders as Bethany Windell
- 1960 · The Roaring 20's as
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as
- 1960 · The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Reenie Flood
- 1960 · Ice Palace as Grace Kennedy
- 1959 · Hawaiian Eye as
- 1959 · Bourbon Street Beat as
- 1959 · Five Gates to Hell as Sister Maria
- 1959 · Johnny Staccato as
- 1959 · Rawhide as Jennie Cooper
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Mari Ellen Taylor
- 1958 · Lawman as Tendis Weston
- 1958 · Naked City as Kathy Meigs
- 1958 · The Texan as
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1958 · Buckskin as Mrs. Newcomb
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Heide Ritter
- 1957 · Maverick as
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Georgie Elgin
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Potter
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self