
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
Presenting Geraldine Page
Movie

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self

Periphery
Movie · as Leanne Cross

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Movie · as Mom

The Missing Girl
Movie · as Mrs. Colvins

Mercy
Movie · as Mercy

Elevator
Movie · as Jane Redding

Redwood Highway
Movie · as Marie

Our Idiot Brother
Movie · as Ilene Rochlin

Listen to Your Heart
Movie · as Grandma Sam

Hot in Cleveland
TV · as Loretta · 1 ep

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Movie · as Dot Nadeau

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Movie · as Mom

Drop Dead Diva
TV · as Millie Carlson · 1 ep

The Other Side of the Tracks
Movie · as Helen
Not Fade Away
Movie · as Diane
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Movie · as Self

Open Window
Movie · as Ann

Grandma's Boy
Movie · as Bea

Love and Debate
Movie · as Lea

The Unit
TV · as Mrs. Gaffney · 1 ep

Sexual Life
Movie · as Joanne

Sudbury
Movie · as Aunt Jet

Desperate Housewives
TV · as Phyllis Van De Kamp · 5 eps

House
TV · as Georgia Adams · 1 ep

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Movie · as Mrs. Ashboro

A House on a Hill
Movie · as Mercedes Mayfield

Fly Cherry
Movie · as Miss Christina

Cold Case
TV · as Dottie · 1 ep

Shadow Realm
Movie · as Mrs. Finch

The Salton Sea
Movie · as Nancy Plummer

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Movie · as Necie

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Movie · as Aunt Claire

Angel Eyes
Movie · as Elanora Davis

My Louisiana Sky
Movie · as Jewel Ramsey

Crossing Jordan
TV · as Frances Littleton · 1 ep

75 Degrees in July
Movie · as Jo Beth Anderson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Dr. Wharton, Rose Granville · 1 ep

Little Boy Blue
Movie · as Doris Knight

A Father for Brittany
Movie · as Donna Minkowitz

The Wedding
Movie · as Gram (Miss Caroline)

A Marriage of Convenience
Movie · as Harriet Winslow

Significant Others
TV · 2 eps
Maggie Winters
TV · as Estelle Winters · 18 eps

As Good as It Gets
Movie · as Beverly Connelly

Convictions
Movie · as Margaret

Ally McBeal
TV · as Helen Apple · 1 ep

Diabolique
Movie · as Edie Danziger

If These Walls Could Talk
Movie · as Mary Donnelly

The Uninvited
Movie · as Delia

Somebody Is Waiting
Movie · as Irma

A Promise to Carolyn
Movie · as Jolene Maggart

Mary & Tim
Movie · as Esther

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Movie · as Joan Hart

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Movie · as Sally Ann

Stuart Saves His Family
Movie · as Mom

Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Movie · as Peggy Buckey

Dad, the Angel & Me
Movie · as Betty

VR.5
TV · as Dr. Hearst · 1 ep

Cybill
TV · as Loretta Bennett · 1 ep

Children of the Dust
TV · as Aunt Bertha · 2 eps
The Secret Life of Houses
Movie · as Aunt Fergie
Benders
Movie · as Donna

Color of Night
Movie · as Edith Niedelmeyer

A Part of the Family
Movie · as Martha

Baby Brokers
Movie · as Sylvia

Death in Venice, CA
Movie · as Mona Dickens

The Yarn Princess
Movie · as Esther

Hoggs' Heaven
Movie · as Mom

ER
TV · as Mrs. Burke · 1 ep

A Mother's Revenge
Movie · as Bess Warden

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Movie · as Edna Larson
Angel Falls
TV · as Edie Wren Cox · 6 eps

NYPD Blue
TV · as Agnes Cantwell · 1 ep
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie · as Helen Potter

Bump in the Night
Movie · as Katie Leonard

To Save a Child
Movie · as Rinda Larson

Law & Order
TV · as Melanie Cullen · 1 ep

thirtysomething
TV · 2 eps

L.A. Law
TV · as Belinda Collins · 1 ep

Matlock
TV · as Phyllis Todd · 1 ep

The Equalizer
TV · as Kay · 1 ep

With Intent to Kill
Movie · as Edna Reinecker

The Sweet Scent of Death
Movie · as Ann Fairfax Denver

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV · as Ann Denver · 1 ep

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Grace Fenton · 2 eps

The Sender
Movie · as Jerolyn

Kennedy's Children
Movie · as Carla

Endless Love
Movie · as Ann

Nurse
TV · as Sylvia Dennis · 1 ep

Playing for Time
Movie · as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Movie · as Hannah Meredith

Champions: A Love Story
Movie · as Barbara Harlich

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Elizabeth Bourdon · 1 ep

The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Movie · as Genna Kudirka

21 Hours at Munich
Movie · as Anneliese Graes

Return to Earth
Movie · as Joan Aldrin

Medical Story
Movie · as Phyllis Lenahan

Friendly Persuasion
Movie · as Eliza Birdwell

Please Stand by for Murder
Movie

Medical Story
TV · as Phyllis Lenahan · 1 ep

Juggernaut
Movie · as Barbara Banister

The Country Girl
Movie · as Georgie Elgin

The Manhunter
TV · 1 ep

The Lie
Movie · as Anna

Barnaby Jones
TV · as Kay Lewiston · 1 ep

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · as Margot Brenner · 1 ep
That Quiet Earth
Movie · as The Woman

The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep

Ghost Story
TV · as Beth · 1 ep

Secrets
Movie · as Beatrice

Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep

The Rain People
Movie · as Natalie Ravenna

Medical Center
TV · 1 ep

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV · as Marci Boyle · 1 ep

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Barbara · 1 ep

Petulia
Movie · as Polo

The Counterfeit Killer
Movie · as Angie Peterson

Shadow Over Elveron
Movie · as Joanne Tregaskis

Filmmaker
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Jazz Age
TV · as Emily Castleton · 1 ep

The Outsider
Movie · as Peggy Leydon

The Invaders
TV · as Margaret Cook · 1 ep

Dutchman
Movie · as Lula

The Group
Movie · as Polly

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as The Woman - Joyce · 1 ep

Flight from Ashiya
Movie · as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

The Fugitive
TV · as Jane Washburn, Mona Ross, Janice Pruitt · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 1 ep

The Outer Limits
TV · as Noelle Anderson · 1 ep

Arrest and Trial
TV · as Rhoda Waggner · 1 ep

Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie · as Heavenly Finley

The Couch
Movie · as Terry Ames

House of Women
Movie · as Erica Hayden

The Virginian
TV · as Susan Morrow, Clara Malone · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Target: The Corruptors!
TV · 1 ep

The Defenders
TV · as Bethany Windell · 1 ep

Ice Palace
Movie · as Grace Kennedy

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Movie · as Reenie Flood
The Shape of the River
Movie · as Susy Clemens

Surfside 6
TV · 3 eps

The Roaring 20's
TV · 1 ep

Five Gates to Hell
Movie · as Sister Maria

Bourbon Street Beat
TV · 1 ep

Hawaiian Eye
TV · as Jennifer Morgan · 2 eps

Johnny Staccato
TV · 1 ep

Rawhide
TV · as Jennie Cooper · 1 ep

Naked City
TV · as Kathy Meigs · 1 ep

Bronco
TV · as Molly Durrock · 1 ep

The Texan
TV · 2 eps
Buckskin
TV · as Mrs. Newcomb · 34 eps

77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Mari Ellen Taylor · 1 ep

Lawman
TV · as Tendis Weston · 1 ep

The Restless Gun
TV · as Heide Ritter · 1 ep

Maverick
TV · as Nancy Powers · 1 ep

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

Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep

The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Georgie Elgin, Mrs. Potter · 1 ep

The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep



