7.9Acting
Shirley Knight
- Born
- 1936-07-05
- Died
- 2020-04-22
- Birthplace
- Goessel, Kansas, USA
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
Filmography
161 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Movie
Self
Periphery
2018 · Movie
Leanne Cross
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015 · Movie
Mom
The Missing Girl
2015 · Movie
Mrs. Colvins
Mercy
2014 · Movie
Mercy
Elevator
2013 · Movie
Jane Redding
Redwood Highway
2013 · Movie
Marie
Our Idiot Brother
2011 · Movie
Ilene Rochlin
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · TV Show
Loretta
Listen to Your Heart
2010 · Movie
Grandma Sam
Drop Dead Diva
2009 · TV Show
Millie Carlson
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009 · Movie
Mom
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 · Movie
Dot Nadeau
Not Fade Away
2008 · Movie
Diane
The Other Side of the Tracks
2008 · Movie
Helen
Grandma's Boy
2006 · Movie
Bea
Love and Debate
2006 · Movie
Lea
Open Window
2006 · Movie
Ann
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006 · Movie
Self
The Unit
2006 · TV Show
Mrs. Gaffney
Sexual Life
2005 · Movie
Joanne
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV Show
Phyllis Van De Kamp
House
2004 · TV Show
Georgia Adams
Sudbury
2004 · Movie
Aunt Jet
A House on a Hill
2003 · Movie
Mercedes Mayfield
Cold Case
2003 · TV Show
Dottie
Fly Cherry
2003 · Movie
Miss Christina
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003 · Movie
Mrs. Ashboro
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002 · Movie
Necie
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002 · Movie
Aunt Claire
Shadow Realm
2002 · Movie
Mrs. Finch
The Salton Sea
2002 · Movie
Nancy Plummer
Angel Eyes
2001 · Movie
Elanora Davis
Crossing Jordan
2001 · TV Show
Frances Littleton
My Louisiana Sky
2001 · Movie
Jewel Ramsey
75 Degrees in July
2000 · Movie
Jo Beth Anderson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
Dr. Wharton · Rose Granville
A Father for Brittany
1998 · Movie
Donna Minkowitz
A Marriage of Convenience
1998 · Movie
Harriet Winslow
Little Boy Blue
1998 · Movie
Doris Knight
Maggie Winters
1998 · TV Show
Estelle Winters
Significant Others
1998 · TV Show
Cast
The Wedding
1998 · Movie
Gram (Miss Caroline)
Ally McBeal
1997 · TV Show
Helen Apple
As Good as It Gets
1997 · Movie
Beverly Connelly
Convictions
1997 · Movie
Margaret
A Promise to Carolyn
1996 · Movie
Jolene Maggart
Diabolique
1996 · Movie
Edie Danziger
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996 · Movie
Joan Hart
If These Walls Could Talk
1996 · Movie
Mary Donnelly
Mary & Tim
1996 · Movie
Esther
Somebody Is Waiting
1996 · Movie
Irma
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996 · Movie
Sally Ann
The Uninvited
1996 · Movie
Delia
Children of the Dust
1995 · TV Show
Aunt Bertha
Cybill
1995 · TV Show
Loretta Bennett
Dad, the Angel & Me
1995 · Movie
Betty
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995 · Movie
Peggy Buckey
Stuart Saves His Family
1995 · Movie
Mom
VR.5
1995 · TV Show
Dr. Hearst
A Part of the Family
1994 · Movie
Martha
Baby Brokers
1994 · Movie
Sylvia
Benders
1994 · Movie
Donna
Color of Night
1994 · Movie
Edith Niedelmeyer
Death in Venice, CA
1994 · Movie
Mona Dickens
ER
1994 · TV Show
Mrs. Burke
Hoggs' Heaven
1994 · Movie
Mom
The Secret Life of Houses
1994 · Movie
Aunt Fergie
The Yarn Princess
1994 · Movie
Esther
A Mother's Revenge
1993 · Movie
Bess Warden
Angel Falls
1993 · TV Show
Edie Wren Cox
NYPD Blue
1993 · TV Show
Agnes Cantwell
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993 · Movie
Edna Larson
Bump in the Night
1991 · Movie
Katie Leonard
Shadow of a Doubt
1991 · Movie
Helen Potter
To Save a Child
1991 · Movie
Rinda Larson
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
Melanie Cullen
thirtysomething
1987 · TV Show
Cast
L.A. Law
1986 · TV Show
Belinda Collins
Matlock
1986 · TV Show
Phyllis Todd
The Equalizer
1985 · TV Show
Kay
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984 · TV Show
Ann Denver
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
Grace Fenton
The Sweet Scent of Death
1984 · Movie
Ann Fairfax Denver
With Intent to Kill
1984 · Movie
Edna Reinecker
Kennedy's Children
1982 · Movie
Carla
The Sender
1982 · Movie
Jerolyn
Endless Love
1981 · Movie
Ann
Nurse
1981 · TV Show
Sylvia Dennis
Playing for Time
1980 · Movie
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979 · Movie
Hannah Meredith
Champions: A Love Story
1979 · Movie
Barbara Harlich
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV Show
Elizabeth Bourdon
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978 · Movie
Genna Kudirka
21 Hours at Munich
1976 · Movie
Anneliese Graes
Return to Earth
1976 · Movie
Joan Aldrin
Friendly Persuasion
1975 · Movie
Eliza Birdwell
Medical Story
1975 · Movie
Phyllis Lenahan
Medical Story
1975 · TV Show
Phyllis Lenahan
Please Stand by for Murder
1975 · Movie
Cast
Juggernaut
1974 · Movie
Barbara Banister
The Country Girl
1974 · Movie
Georgie Elgin
The Manhunter
1974 · TV Show
Cast
Barnaby Jones
1973 · TV Show
Kay Lewiston
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · TV Show
Margot Brenner
The Lie
1973 · Movie
Anna
Ghost Story
1972 · TV Show
Beth
That Quiet Earth
1972 · Movie
The Woman
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · TV Show
Cast
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · TV Show
Cast
Secrets
1971 · Movie
Beatrice
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV Show
Barbara
Medical Center
1969 · TV Show
Cast
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969 · TV Show
Marci Boyle
The Rain People
1969 · Movie
Natalie Ravenna
Filmmaker
1968 · Movie
Self (uncredited)
Petulia
1968 · Movie
Polo
Shadow Over Elveron
1968 · Movie
Joanne Tregaskis
The Counterfeit Killer
1968 · Movie
Angie Peterson
The Jazz Age
1968 · TV Show
Emily Castleton
The Invaders
1967 · TV Show
Margaret Cook
The Outsider
1967 · Movie
Peggy Leydon
Dutchman
1966 · Movie
Lula
The Group
1966 · Movie
Polly
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV Show
The Woman - Joyce
Flight from Ashiya
1964 · Movie
Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Arrest and Trial
1963 · TV Show
Rhoda Waggner
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · TV Show
Cast
The Fugitive
1963 · TV Show
Jane Washburn · Mona Ross · Janice Pruitt
The Outer Limits
1963 · TV Show
Noelle Anderson
House of Women
1962 · Movie
Erica Hayden
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 · Movie
Heavenly Finley
The Couch
1962 · Movie
Terry Ames
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Self
The Virginian
1962 · TV Show
Susan Morrow · Clara Malone
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · TV Show
Cast
The Defenders
1961 · TV Show
Bethany Windell
Ice Palace
1960 · Movie
Grace Kennedy
Surfside 6
1960 · TV Show
Cast
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960 · Movie
Reenie Flood
The Roaring 20's
1960 · TV Show
Cast
The Shape of the River
1960 · Movie
Susy Clemens
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · TV Show
Cast
Five Gates to Hell
1959 · Movie
Sister Maria
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · TV Show
Cast
Johnny Staccato
1959 · TV Show
Cast
Rawhide
1959 · TV Show
Jennie Cooper
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV Show
Mari Ellen Taylor
Bronco
1958 · TV Show
Cast · Molly Durrock
Buckskin
1958 · TV Show
Mrs. Newcomb
Lawman
1958 · TV Show
Tendis Weston
Naked City
1958 · TV Show
Kathy Meigs
The Texan
1958 · TV Show
Cast
Maverick
1957 · TV Show
Nancy Powers
The Restless Gun
1957 · TV Show
Heide Ritter
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
Self - Winner · Self - Presenter · Self - Nominee
Matinee Theater
1955 · TV Show
Cast
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Georgie Elgin · Mrs. Potter
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · TV Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
Self - Nominee