
Shirley Knight
Known for Acting · 160 credits
- Born
- 1936-07-05
- Died
- 2020-04-22
- Place of birth
- Goessel, Kansas, USA
- Also known as
- Shirley Enola Knight
Biography
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
TV Shows (66)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Wharton / Rose Granville

Law & Order
1990
as Melanie Cullen

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

House
2004
as Georgia Adams

Desperate Housewives
2004
as Phyllis Van De Kamp

ER
1994
as Mrs. Burke

Crossing Jordan
2001
as Frances Littleton

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Grace Fenton

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee

The Fugitive
1963
as Jane Washburn / Mona Ross / Janice Pruitt

Cold Case
2003
as Dottie

NYPD Blue
1993
as Agnes Cantwell

Maverick
1957
as Nancy Powers

L.A. Law
1986
as Belinda Collins

The Equalizer
1985
as Kay

Matinee Theater
1955

The Virginian
1962
as Susan Morrow / Clara Malone

Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Loretta

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Lawman
1958
as Tendis Weston

Matlock
1986
as Phyllis Todd

Naked City
1958
as Kathy Meigs

The Unit
2006
as Mrs. Gaffney

Rawhide
1959
as Jennie Cooper

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Elizabeth Bourdon

Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Millie Carlson

Barnaby Jones
1973
as Kay Lewiston

Medical Center
1969

The Invaders
1967
as Margaret Cook

The Defenders
1961
as Bethany Windell

Hawaiian Eye
1959

thirtysomething
1987

The Outer Limits
1963
as Noelle Anderson

77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Mari Ellen Taylor

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Cybill
1995
as Loretta Bennett

The Oscars
1953
as Self

The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self

Surfside 6
1960

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Ally McBeal
1997
as Helen Apple

The Texan
1958

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Barbara

Bronco
1958
as Molly Durrock

Arrest and Trial
1963
as Rhoda Waggner

Ghost Story
1972
as Beth

Target: The Corruptors!
1961

The Roaring 20's
1960

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Marci Boyle

The Restless Gun
1957
as Heide Ritter

Bourbon Street Beat
1959

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Ann Denver

Medical Story
1975

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Margot Brenner

Johnny Staccato
1959

The Manhunter
1974

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Georgie Elgin / Mrs. Potter

Nurse
1981
as Sylvia Dennis

VR.5
1995
as Dr. Hearst
Movies (94)

Color of Night
1994
as Edith Niedelmeyer

Endless Love
1981
as Ann

Angel Eyes
2001
as Elanora Davis

Grandma's Boy
2006
as Bea

As Good as It Gets
1997
as Beverly Connelly

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
as Mom

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
as Mom

Diabolique
1996
as Edie Danziger

Juggernaut
1974
as Barbara Banister

Mercy
2014
as Mercy

Our Idiot Brother
2011
as Ilene Rochlin

If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Mary Donnelly

The Salton Sea
2002
as Nancy Plummer

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Hannah Meredith

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
as Necie

Sexual Life
2005
as Joanne

Elevator
2013
as Jane Redding

The Group
1966
as Polly

Petulia
1968
as Polo

Stuart Saves His Family
1995
as Mom

Little Boy Blue
1997
as Doris Knight

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Dot Nadeau

Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Heavenly Finley

Convictions
1997
as Margaret

The Outsider
1967
as Peggy Leydon

Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Peggy Buckey

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self

The Rain People
1969
as Natalie Ravenna

Flight from Ashiya
1964
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

Ice Palace
1960
as Grace Kennedy

Playing for Time
1980
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Open Window
2006
as Ann

Periphery
2018
as Leanne Cross

A Marriage of Convenience
1998
as Harriet Winslow

The Missing Girl
2015
as Mrs. Colvins

The Uninvited
1996
as Delia

Shadow Realm
2002
as Mrs. Finch

The Yarn Princess
1994
as Esther

Redwood Highway
2013
as Marie

Filmmaker
1968
as Self (uncredited)

Dad, the Angel & Me
1995
as Betty

A Part of the Family
1994
as Martha

The Counterfeit Killer
1968
as Angie Peterson

A House on a Hill
2003
as Mercedes Mayfield

Medical Story
1975
as Phyllis Lenahan

Shadow of a Doubt
1991
as Helen Potter

Sudbury
2004
as Aunt Jet

21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Anneliese Graes

The Wedding
1998
as Gram (Miss Caroline)

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
as Joan Hart

The Lie
1973
as Anna

The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
as Genna Kudirka

Somebody Is Waiting
1996
as Irma

Return to Earth
1976
as Joan Aldrin

My Louisiana Sky
2001
as Jewel Ramsey

With Intent to Kill
1984
as Edna Reinecker

Mary & Tim
1996
as Esther

Shadow Over Elveron
1968
as Joanne Tregaskis

Love and Debate
2006
as Lea

Dutchman
1966
as Lula

A Mother's Revenge
1993
as Bess Warden
Benders
1994
as Donna

The Sender
1982
as Jerolyn

Five Gates to Hell
1959
as Sister Maria

To Save a Child
1991
as Rinda Larson

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
as Mrs. Ashboro

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
as Edna Larson

A Promise to Carolyn
1996
as Jolene Maggart

Bump in the Night
1991
as Katie Leonard

The Sweet Scent of Death
1984
as Ann Fairfax Denver

House of Women
1962
as Erica Hayden

The Other Side of the Tracks
2008
as Helen

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Reenie Flood

A Father for Brittany
1998
as Donna Minkowitz

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996
as Sally Ann

Please Stand by for Murder
1975

Fly Cherry
2003
as Miss Christina

Baby Brokers
1994
as Sylvia

Friendly Persuasion
1975
as Eliza Birdwell

Listen to Your Heart
2010
as Grandma Sam

Secrets
1971
as Beatrice
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
as Self

The Couch
1962
as Terry Ames

75 Degrees in July
2000
as Jo Beth Anderson
The Secret Life of Houses
1994
as Aunt Fergie

Champions: A Love Story
1979
as Barbara Harlich

Kennedy's Children
1982
as Carla

The Country Girl
1974
as Georgie Elgin

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
as Aunt Claire
Not Fade Away
2008
as Diane
That Quiet Earth
1972
as The Woman
The Shape of the River
1960
as Susy Clemens

Hoggs' Heaven
1994
as Mom

Death in Venice, CA
1994
as Mona Dickens
About Shirley Knight
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. With 160 credits spanning from 1944 to 2021, Shirley Knight has appeared in 94 films and 66 TV shows.
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Most Popular Shirley Knight Movies
- Color of Night (1994) — as Edith Niedelmeyer
- Endless Love (1981) — as Ann
- Angel Eyes (2001) — as Elanora Davis
- Grandma's Boy (2006) — as Bea
- As Good as It Gets (1997) — as Beverly Connelly
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