Shirley Knight

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 153

Gender Female

Birthday July 5, 1936

Day of Death April 22, 2020 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Goessel, Kansas, USA

Also Known As

Shirley Enola Knight

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Shirley 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

Acting

2021

as Self

2018

as Leanne Cross

2015		The Missing Girl as Mrs. Colvins
2015		Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 as Mom

2014

as Gramma

2013		Redwood Highway as Marie
2013		Elevator as Jane Redding

2011

as Ilene Rochlin

2010		Listen to Your Heart as Grandma Sam
2010		Hot in Cleveland (1 episode) as Loretta

2009		Drop Dead Diva (1 episode) 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 (1 episode)
2006		Grandma's Boy as Bea

2004		House (1 episode) as Georgia Adams
2004		Desperate Housewives (5 episodes) 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 (1 episode) 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 (1 episode) as Frances Littleton
2001		Angel Eyes as Elanora Davis
2001		My Louisiana Sky as Jewel Ramsey

2000

as Jo Beth Anderson

1999

(1 episode) as Rose Granville (1 episode) as Dr. Wharton

1998		A Marriage of Convenience as Harriet Winslow
1998		Maggie Winters (18 episodes) as Estelle Winters
1998		A Father for Brittany as Donna Minkowitz
1998		Significant Others (2 episodes)
1998		The Wedding as Gram (Miss Caroline)

1997		As Good as It Gets as Beverly Connelly
1997		Convictions as Margaret
1997		Ally McBeal (1 episode) as Helen Apple
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 (1 episode) as Dr. Hearst
1995		Children of the Dust (2 episodes) as Aunt Bertha
1995		Cybill (1 episode)
1995		Dad, the Angel & Me as Betty

1994		Death in Venice, CA as Mona Dickens
1994		ER (1 episode) 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 (1 episode) as Agnes Cantwell
1993		Angel Falls (6 episodes) 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

(1 episode) as Melanie Cullen

1987

(2 episodes)

1986		L.A. Law (1 episode) as Belinda Collins
1986		Matlock (1 episode)

1985

(1 episode) as Kay

1984		The Sweet Scent of Death as Ann Fairfax Denver
1984		With Intent to Kill as Edna Reinecker
1984		Murder, She Wrote (2 episodes) as Grace Fenton
1984		Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1 episode) as Ann Denver

1982		The Sender as Jerolyn
1982		Kennedy's Children as Carla

1981		Endless Love as Ann
1981		Nurse (1 episode) as Sylvia Dennis

1980

as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

1979		Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Hannah Meredith
1979		Tales of the Unexpected (1 episode) as Elizabeth Bourdon
1979		Champions: A Love Story as Barbara Harlich

1978

as Genna Kudirka

1976		21 Hours at Munich as Anneliese Graes
1976		Return to Earth as Joan Aldrin

1975		Medical Story (1 episode)
1975		Medical Story as Phyllis Lenahan
1975		Friendly Persuasion as Eliza Birdwell
1975		Please Stand by for Murder

1974		Juggernaut as Barbara Banister
1974		The Manhunter (1 episode)
1974		The Country Girl as Georgie Elgin

1973		The Lie as Anna
1973		Barnaby Jones (1 episode) as Kay Lewiston

1972		The Streets of San Francisco (1 episode)
1972		Ghost Story (1 episode) as Beth

1971		Secrets as Beatrice
1971		Alias Smith and Jones (1 episode)

1969		Medical Center (1 episode)
1969		The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1 episode) 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 (1 episode) as Margaret Cook

1966		Dutchman as Lula
1966		The Group as Polly

1964

as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1 episode)
1963		The Fugitive (1 episode) as Janice Pruitt (1 episode) as Mona Ross (1 episode) as Jane Washburn
1963		The Outer Limits (1 episode) as Noelle Anderson
1963		Arrest and Trial (1 episode) as Rhoda Waggner

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 episode) as Self
1962		The Virginian (1 episode) as Clara Malone (1 episode) as Susan Morrow
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! (1 episode)
1961		The Defenders (1 episode) as Bethany Windell

1960		The Roaring 20's (1 episode)
1960		Surfside 6 (3 episodes)
1960		The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Reenie Flood
1960		Ice Palace as Grace Kennedy

1959		Hawaiian Eye (3 episodes)
1959		Bourbon Street Beat (1 episode)
1959		Five Gates to Hell as Sister Maria
1959		Johnny Staccato (1 episode)
1959		Rawhide (1 episode) as Jennie Cooper

1958		77 Sunset Strip (1 episode) as Mari Ellen Taylor
1958		Lawman (1 episode) as Tendis Weston
1958		Naked City (1 episode) as Kathy Meigs
1958		The Texan (2 episodes)
1958		Bronco (2 episodes)
1958		Buckskin (34 episodes) as Mrs. Newcomb

1957		The Restless Gun (1 episode) as Heide Ritter
1957		Maverick (1 episode) as Nancy Powers

1956

(1 episode) as Self - Nominee (1 episode) as Self - Winner (1 episode) as Self - Presenter

1955

(1 episode)

1953

(1 episode) as Self

1951

(1 episode) as Mrs. Potter (1 episode) as Georgie Elgin

1950

(1 episode) as Self

1944

(1 episode) as Self - Winner

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