Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Known for
Acting
Born
July 5, 1936
Died
April 22, 2020 (aged 83)
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

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Filmography

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Presenting Geraldine Page

Presenting Geraldine Page

Movie

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2018
Periphery poster

Periphery

Movie · as Leanne Cross

2015
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 poster

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Movie · as Mom

2015
The Missing Girl poster

The Missing Girl

Movie · as Mrs. Colvins

2014
Mercy poster

Mercy

Movie · as Mercy

2013
Elevator poster

Elevator

Movie · as Jane Redding

2013
Redwood Highway poster

Redwood Highway

Movie · as Marie

2011
Our Idiot Brother poster

Our Idiot Brother

Movie · as Ilene Rochlin

2010
Listen to Your Heart poster

Listen to Your Heart

Movie · as Grandma Sam

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Loretta · 1 ep

2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee poster

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Movie · as Dot Nadeau

2009
Paul Blart: Mall Cop poster

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Movie · as Mom

2009
Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva

TV · as Millie Carlson · 1 ep

2008
The Other Side of the Tracks poster

The Other Side of the Tracks

Movie · as Helen

2008
Not Fade Away

Not Fade Away

Movie · as Diane

2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Movie · as Self

2006
Open Window poster

Open Window

Movie · as Ann

2006
Grandma's Boy poster

Grandma's Boy

Movie · as Bea

2006
Love and Debate poster

Love and Debate

Movie · as Lea

2006
The Unit poster

The Unit

TV · as Mrs. Gaffney · 1 ep

2005
Sexual Life poster

Sexual Life

Movie · as Joanne

2004
Sudbury poster

Sudbury

Movie · as Aunt Jet

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Phyllis Van De Kamp · 5 eps

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Georgia Adams · 1 ep

2003
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat poster

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

Movie · as Mrs. Ashboro

2003
A House on a Hill poster

A House on a Hill

Movie · as Mercedes Mayfield

2003
Fly Cherry poster

Fly Cherry

Movie · as Miss Christina

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Dottie · 1 ep

2002
Shadow Realm poster

Shadow Realm

Movie · as Mrs. Finch

2002
The Salton Sea poster

The Salton Sea

Movie · as Nancy Plummer

2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood poster

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Movie · as Necie

2002
P.S. Your Cat is Dead! poster

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

Movie · as Aunt Claire

2001
Angel Eyes poster

Angel Eyes

Movie · as Elanora Davis

2001
My Louisiana Sky poster

My Louisiana Sky

Movie · as Jewel Ramsey

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Frances Littleton · 1 ep

2000
75 Degrees in July poster

75 Degrees in July

Movie · as Jo Beth Anderson

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Dr. Wharton, Rose Granville · 1 ep

1998
Little Boy Blue poster

Little Boy Blue

Movie · as Doris Knight

1998
A Father for Brittany poster

A Father for Brittany

Movie · as Donna Minkowitz

1998
The Wedding poster

The Wedding

Movie · as Gram (Miss Caroline)

1998
A Marriage of Convenience poster

A Marriage of Convenience

Movie · as Harriet Winslow

1998
Significant Others poster

Significant Others

TV · 2 eps

1998
Maggie Winters

Maggie Winters

TV · as Estelle Winters · 18 eps

1997
As Good as It Gets poster

As Good as It Gets

Movie · as Beverly Connelly

1997
Convictions poster

Convictions

Movie · as Margaret

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Helen Apple · 1 ep

1996
Diabolique poster

Diabolique

Movie · as Edie Danziger

1996
If These Walls Could Talk poster

If These Walls Could Talk

Movie · as Mary Donnelly

1996
The Uninvited poster

The Uninvited

Movie · as Delia

1996
Somebody Is Waiting poster

Somebody Is Waiting

Movie · as Irma

1996
A Promise to Carolyn poster

A Promise to Carolyn

Movie · as Jolene Maggart

1996
Mary & Tim poster

Mary & Tim

Movie · as Esther

1996
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story poster

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

Movie · as Joan Hart

1996
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden poster

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Movie · as Sally Ann

1995
Stuart Saves His Family poster

Stuart Saves His Family

Movie · as Mom

1995
Indictment: The McMartin Trial poster

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Movie · as Peggy Buckey

1995
Dad, the Angel & Me poster

Dad, the Angel & Me

Movie · as Betty

1995
VR.5 poster

VR.5

TV · as Dr. Hearst · 1 ep

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Loretta Bennett · 1 ep

1995
Children of the Dust poster

Children of the Dust

TV · as Aunt Bertha · 2 eps

1994
The Secret Life of Houses

The Secret Life of Houses

Movie · as Aunt Fergie

1994
Benders

Benders

Movie · as Donna

1994
Color of Night poster

Color of Night

Movie · as Edith Niedelmeyer

1994
A Part of the Family poster

A Part of the Family

Movie · as Martha

1994
Baby Brokers poster

Baby Brokers

Movie · as Sylvia

1994
Death in Venice, CA poster

Death in Venice, CA

Movie · as Mona Dickens

1994
The Yarn Princess poster

The Yarn Princess

Movie · as Esther

1994
Hoggs' Heaven poster

Hoggs' Heaven

Movie · as Mom

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Mrs. Burke · 1 ep

1993
A Mother's Revenge poster

A Mother's Revenge

Movie · as Bess Warden

1993
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn poster

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

Movie · as Edna Larson

1993
Angel Falls

Angel Falls

TV · as Edie Wren Cox · 6 eps

1993
NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue

TV · as Agnes Cantwell · 1 ep

1991
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

Movie · as Helen Potter

1991
Bump in the Night poster

Bump in the Night

Movie · as Katie Leonard

1991
To Save a Child poster

To Save a Child

Movie · as Rinda Larson

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Melanie Cullen · 1 ep

1987
thirtysomething poster

thirtysomething

TV · 2 eps

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Belinda Collins · 1 ep

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Phyllis Todd · 1 ep

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Kay · 1 ep

1984
With Intent to Kill poster

With Intent to Kill

Movie · as Edna Reinecker

1984
The Sweet Scent of Death poster

The Sweet Scent of Death

Movie · as Ann Fairfax Denver

1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense poster

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

TV · as Ann Denver · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Grace Fenton · 2 eps

1982
The Sender poster

The Sender

Movie · as Jerolyn

1982
Kennedy's Children poster

Kennedy's Children

Movie · as Carla

1981
Endless Love poster

Endless Love

Movie · as Ann

1981
Nurse poster

Nurse

TV · as Sylvia Dennis · 1 ep

1980
Playing for Time poster

Playing for Time

Movie · as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

1979
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure poster

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Movie · as Hannah Meredith

1979
Champions: A Love Story poster

Champions: A Love Story

Movie · as Barbara Harlich

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Elizabeth Bourdon · 1 ep

1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka poster

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

Movie · as Genna Kudirka

1976
21 Hours at Munich poster

21 Hours at Munich

Movie · as Anneliese Graes

1976
Return to Earth poster

Return to Earth

Movie · as Joan Aldrin

1975
Medical Story poster

Medical Story

Movie · as Phyllis Lenahan

1975
Friendly Persuasion poster

Friendly Persuasion

Movie · as Eliza Birdwell

1975
Please Stand by for Murder poster

Please Stand by for Murder

Movie

1975
Medical Story poster

Medical Story

TV · as Phyllis Lenahan · 1 ep

1974
Juggernaut poster

Juggernaut

Movie · as Barbara Banister

1974
The Country Girl poster

The Country Girl

Movie · as Georgie Elgin

1974
The Manhunter poster

The Manhunter

TV · 1 ep

1973
The Lie poster

The Lie

Movie · as Anna

1973
Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones

TV · as Kay Lewiston · 1 ep

1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries poster

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

TV · as Margot Brenner · 1 ep

1972
That Quiet Earth

That Quiet Earth

Movie · as The Woman

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · 1 ep

1972
Ghost Story poster

Ghost Story

TV · as Beth · 1 ep

1971
Secrets poster

Secrets

Movie · as Beatrice

1971
Alias Smith and Jones poster

Alias Smith and Jones

TV · 1 ep

1969
The Rain People poster

The Rain People

Movie · as Natalie Ravenna

1969
Medical Center poster

Medical Center

TV · 1 ep

1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors poster

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

TV · as Marci Boyle · 1 ep

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Barbara · 1 ep

1968
Petulia poster

Petulia

Movie · as Polo

1968
The Counterfeit Killer poster

The Counterfeit Killer

Movie · as Angie Peterson

1968
Shadow Over Elveron poster

Shadow Over Elveron

Movie · as Joanne Tregaskis

1968
Filmmaker poster

Filmmaker

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1968
The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age

TV · as Emily Castleton · 1 ep

1967
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · as Peggy Leydon

1967
The Invaders poster

The Invaders

TV · as Margaret Cook · 1 ep

1966
Dutchman poster

Dutchman

Movie · as Lula

1966
The Group poster

The Group

Movie · as Polly

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as The Woman - Joyce · 1 ep

1964
Flight from Ashiya poster

Flight from Ashiya

Movie · as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Jane Washburn, Mona Ross, Janice Pruitt · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1963
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Noelle Anderson · 1 ep

1963
Arrest and Trial poster

Arrest and Trial

TV · as Rhoda Waggner · 1 ep

1962
Sweet Bird of Youth poster

Sweet Bird of Youth

Movie · as Heavenly Finley

1962
The Couch poster

The Couch

Movie · as Terry Ames

1962
House of Women poster

House of Women

Movie · as Erica Hayden

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Susan Morrow, Clara Malone · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
Target: The Corruptors! poster

Target: The Corruptors!

TV · 1 ep

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Bethany Windell · 1 ep

1960
Ice Palace poster

Ice Palace

Movie · as Grace Kennedy

1960
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs poster

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Movie · as Reenie Flood

1960
The Shape of the River

The Shape of the River

Movie · as Susy Clemens

1960
Surfside 6 poster

Surfside 6

TV · 3 eps

1960
The Roaring 20's poster

The Roaring 20's

TV · 1 ep

1959
Five Gates to Hell poster

Five Gates to Hell

Movie · as Sister Maria

1959
Bourbon Street Beat poster

Bourbon Street Beat

TV · 1 ep

1959
Hawaiian Eye poster

Hawaiian Eye

TV · as Jennifer Morgan · 2 eps

1959
Johnny Staccato poster

Johnny Staccato

TV · 1 ep

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Jennie Cooper · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Kathy Meigs · 1 ep

1958
Bronco poster

Bronco

TV · as Molly Durrock · 1 ep

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · 2 eps

1958
Buckskin

Buckskin

TV · as Mrs. Newcomb · 34 eps

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as Mari Ellen Taylor · 1 ep

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · as Tendis Weston · 1 ep

1957
The Restless Gun poster

The Restless Gun

TV · as Heide Ritter · 1 ep

1957
Maverick poster

Maverick

TV · as Nancy Powers · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Winner, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1955
Matinee Theater poster

Matinee Theater

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Georgie Elgin, Mrs. Potter · 1 ep

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep