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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