Shirley Knight

female

Born on July 05, 1936 (88 years old)

Passed Away on April 22, 2020

From Goessel, Kansas, USA

Known for Acting

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.

Cast Credits

2021
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
  as
  Self
  2021
2018
- Periphery
  as
  Leanne Cross
  2018
2015
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
  as
  Mom
  2015
- The Missing Girl
  as
  Mrs. Colvins
  2015
2014
- Mercy
  as
  Gramma
  2014
2013
- Elevator
  as
  Jane Redding
  2013
- Redwood Highway
  as
  Marie
  2013
2011
- Our Idiot Brother
  as
  Ilene Rochlin
  2011
2010
- Listen to Your Heart
  as
  Grandma Sam
  2010
- Hot in Cleveland
  as
  Loretta
  2010
2009
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
  as
  Dot Nadeau
  2009
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop
  as
  Mom
  2009
- Drop Dead Diva
  as
  Millie Carlson
  2009
2008
- The Other Side of the Tracks
  as
  Helen
  2008
- no image
  Not Fade Away
  as
  Diane
  2008
2006
- no image
  Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
  as
  Self
  2006
- Open Window
  as
  Ann
  2006
- Grandma's Boy
  as
  Bea
  2006
- Love and Debate
  as
  Lea
  2006
- The Unit
  2006
2004
- no image
  Sudbury
  as
  Aunt Jet
  2004
- Desperate Housewives
  as
  Phyllis Van De Kamp
  2004
- House
  as
  Georgia Adams
  2004
2003
- Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
  as
  Mrs. Ashboro
  2003
- A House on a Hill
  as
  Mercedes Mayfield
  2003
- Fly Cherry
  as
  Miss Christina
  2003
- Cold Case
  as
  Dottie
  2003
2002
- Shadow Realm
  as
  Mrs. Finch
  2002
- The Salton Sea
  as
  Nancy Plummer
  2002
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
  as
  Necie Kelleher
  2002
- P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
  as
  Aunt Claire
  2002
2001
- Angel Eyes
  as
  Elanora Davis
  2001
- My Louisiana Sky
  as
  Jewel Ramsey
  2001
- Crossing Jordan
  as
  Frances Littleton
  2001
2000
- 75 Degrees in July
  as
  Jo Beth Anderson
  2000
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  as
  Dr. Wharton
  1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  as
  Rose Granville
  1999
1998
- A Father for Brittany
  as
  Donna Minkowitz
  1998
- The Wedding
  as
  Gram (Miss Caroline)
  1998
- A Marriage of Convenience
  as
  Harriet Winslow
  1998
- Significant Others
  1998
- no image
  Maggie Winters
  as
  Estelle Winters
  1998
1997
- As Good as It Gets
  as
  Beverly Connelly
  1997
- Little Boy Blue
  as
  Doris Knight
  1997
- Convictions
  as
  Margaret
  1997
- Ally McBeal
  as
  Helen Apple
  1997
1996
- Diabolique
  as
  Edie Danziger
  1996
- If These Walls Could Talk
  as
  Mary Donnelly
  1996
- The Uninvited
  as
  Delia
  1996
- no image
  Somebody Is Waiting
  as
  Irma
  1996
- A Promise to Carolyn
  as
  Jolene Maggart
  1996
- Mary & Tim
  as
  Esther
  1996
- Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
  as
  Joan Hart
  1996
- Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
  as
  Sally Ann
  1996
1995
- Stuart Saves His Family
  as
  Mom
  1995
- Indictment: The McMartin Trial
  as
  Peggy Buckey
  1995
- Dad, the Angel & Me
  as
  Betty
  1995
- VR.5
  as
  Dr. Hearst
  1995
- Cybill
  1995
- Children of the Dust
  as
  Aunt Bertha
  1995
1994
- no image
  The Secret Life of Houses
  as
  Aunt Fergie
  1994
- no image
  Benders
  as
  Donna
  1994
- Color of Night
  as
  Edith Niedelmeyer
  1994
- A Part of the Family
  as
  Martha
  1994
- Baby Brokers
  as
  Sylvia
  1994
- Death in Venice, CA
  as
  Mona Dickens
  1994
- The Yarn Princess
  as
  Esther
  1994
- ER
  as
  Mrs. Burke
  1994
1993
- A Mother's Revenge
  as
  Bess Warden
  1993
- When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
  as
  Edna Larson
  1993
- no image
  Angel Falls
  as
  Edie Wren Cox
  1993
- NYPD Blue
  as
  Agnes Cantwell
  1993
1991
- Shadow of a Doubt
  as
  Helen Potter
  1991
- Bump in the Night
  as
  Katie Leonard
  1991
- To Save a Child
  as
  Rinda Larson
  1991
1990
- Law & Order
  as
  Melanie Cullen
  1990
1987
- thirtysomething
  1987
1986
- L.A. Law
  as
  Belinda Collins
  1986
- Matlock
  1986
1985
- The Equalizer
  as
  Kay
  1985
1984
- With Intent to Kill
  as
  Edna Reinecker
  1984
- The Sweet Scent of Death
  as
  Ann Fairfax Denver
  1984
- Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
  as
  Ann Denver
  1984
- Murder, She Wrote
  as
  Grace Fenton
  1984
1982
- The Sender
  as
  Jerolyn
  1982
- Kennedy's Children
  as
  Carla
  1982
1981
- Endless Love
  as
  Ann
  1981
- Nurse
  as
  Sylvia Dennis
  1981
1980
- Playing for Time
  as
  Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
  1980
1979
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
  as
  Hannah Meredith
  1979
- Champions: A Love Story
  as
  Barbara Harlich
  1979
- Tales of the Unexpected
  as
  Elizabeth Bourdon
  1979
1978
- The Defection of Simas Kudirka
  as
  Genna Kudirka
  1978
1976
- 21 Hours at Munich
  as
  Anneliese Graes
  1976
- Return to Earth
  as
  Joan Aldrin
  1976
1975
- Medical Story
  as
  Phyllis Lenahan
  1975
- Friendly Persuasion
  as
  Eliza Birdwell
  1975
- Please Stand by for Murder
  1975
- no image
  Medical Story
  1975
1974
- Juggernaut
  as
  Barbara Banister
  1974
- The Country Girl
  as
  Georgie Elgin
  1974
- The Manhunter
  1974
1973
- The Lie
  as
  Anna
  1973
- Barnaby Jones
  as
  Kay Lewiston
  1973
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco
  1972
- Ghost Story
  as
  Beth
  1972
1971
- Secrets
  as
  Beatrice
  1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
  1971
1969
- The Rain People
  as
  Natalie Ravenna
  1969
- Medical Center
  1969
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
  as
  Marci Boyle
  1969
1968
- Petulia
  as
  Polo
  1968
- The Counterfeit Killer
  as
  Angie Peterson
  1968
- Shadow Over Elveron
  as
  Joanne Tregaskis
  1968
- Filmmaker
  as
  Self (uncredited)
  1968
1967
- The Outsider
  as
  Peggy Leydon
  1967
- The Invaders
  as
  Margaret Cook
  1967
1966
- Dutchman
  as
  Lula
  1966
- The Group
  as
  Polly
  1966
1964
- Flight from Ashiya
  as
  Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
  1964
1963
- The Fugitive
  as
  Jane Washburn
  1963
- The Fugitive
  as
  Mona Ross
  1963
- no image
  Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
  1963
- The Outer Limits
  as
  Noelle Anderson
  1963
- The Fugitive
  as
  Janice Pruitt
  1963
- Arrest and Trial
  as
  Rhoda Waggner
  1963
1962
- Sweet Bird of Youth
  as
  Heavenly Finley
  1962
- The Couch
  as
  Terry Ames
  1962
- House of Women
  as
  Erica Hayden
  1962
- The Virginian
  as
  Susan Morrow
  1962
- The Virginian
  as
  Clara Malone
  1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  as
  Self
  1962
1961
- Target: The Corruptors!
  1961
- The Defenders
  as
  Bethany Windell
  1961
1960
- Ice Palace
  as
  Grace Kennedy
  1960
- The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
  as
  Reenie Flood
  1960
- Surfside 6
  1960
- The Roaring 20's
  1960
1959
- Five Gates to Hell
  as
  Sister Maria
  1959
- Bourbon Street Beat
  1959
- Hawaiian Eye
  1959
- Johnny Staccato
  1959
- Rawhide
  as
  Jennie Cooper
  1959
1958
- Naked City
  as
  Kathy Meigs
  1958
- Bronco
  1958
- The Texan
  1958
- no image
  Buckskin
  as
  Mrs. Newcomb
  1958
- 77 Sunset Strip
  as
  Mari Ellen Taylor
  1958
- Lawman
  as
  Tendis Weston
  1958
1957
- The Restless Gun
  as
  Heide Ritter
  1957
- Maverick
  as
  Nancy Powers
  1957
1956
- Tony Awards
  as
  Self - Presenter
  1956
- Tony Awards
  as
  Self - Winner
  1956
- Tony Awards
  as
  Self - Nominee
  1956
1955
- Matinee Theater
  1955
1953
- The Oscars
  as
  Self
  1953
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
  as
  Georgie Elgin
  1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
  as
  Mrs. Potter
  1951
1950
- The Bob Hope Show
  as
  Self
  1950
1944
- Golden Globe Awards
  as
  Self - Winner
  1944

Shirley Knight

Biography

Cast Credits

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Periphery

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

The Missing Girl

Mercy

Elevator

Redwood Highway

Our Idiot Brother

Listen to Your Heart

Hot in Cleveland

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Drop Dead Diva

The Other Side of the Tracks

Not Fade Away

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Open Window

Grandma's Boy

Love and Debate

The Unit

Sudbury

Desperate Housewives

House

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

A House on a Hill

Fly Cherry

Cold Case

Shadow Realm

The Salton Sea

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

Angel Eyes

My Louisiana Sky

Crossing Jordan

75 Degrees in July

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

A Father for Brittany

The Wedding

A Marriage of Convenience

Significant Others

Maggie Winters

As Good as It Gets

Little Boy Blue

Convictions

Ally McBeal

Diabolique

If These Walls Could Talk

The Uninvited

Somebody Is Waiting

A Promise to Carolyn

Mary & Tim

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Stuart Saves His Family

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Dad, the Angel & Me

VR.5

Cybill

Children of the Dust

The Secret Life of Houses

Benders

Color of Night

A Part of the Family

Baby Brokers

Death in Venice, CA

The Yarn Princess

ER

A Mother's Revenge

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

Angel Falls

NYPD Blue

Shadow of a Doubt

Bump in the Night

To Save a Child

Law & Order

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