Shirley Knight
Shirley Enola Knight (born July 5, 1936) is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 5, 1936 In Goessel, Kansas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 93
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021-08-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
| Movie | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Herself | 2019-03-22 |
| Movie | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | Mom | 2015-04-16 |
| Movie | The Missing Girl | Mrs. Colvins | 2015-09-13 |
| Movie | Mercy | Gramma | 2014-10-07 |
| Movie | Elevator | Jane Redding | 2013-02-18 |
| Movie | Redwood Highway | Marie | 2013-04-05 |
| Movie | Our Idiot Brother | Ilene Rochlin | 2011-08-26 |
| Movie | Listen to Your Heart | Grandma Sam | 2010-08-14 |
| Movie | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Dot Nadeau | 2009-07-07 |
| Movie | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Mom | 2009-01-15 |
| Series | Drop Dead Diva | Millie Carlson | 2009-07-12 |
| Movie | The Other Side of the Tracks | Helen | 2008-03-28 |
| Movie | Not Fade Away | Diane | 2008-04-11 |
| Movie | Grandma's Boy | Bea | 2006-01-06 |
| Movie | Love and Debate | Lea | 2006-06-13 |
| Movie | Mrs. Ashboro's Cat | Mrs. Ashboro | 2003-10-26 |
| Movie | A House on a Hill | Mercedes Mayfield | 2003-11-14 |
| Movie | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Necie Kelleher | 2002-06-07 |
| Movie | The Salton Sea | Nancy Plummer | 2002-02-02 |
| Movie | P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! | Aunt Claire | 2002-02-22 |
| Movie | Angel Eyes | Elanora Davis | 2001-05-18 |
| Movie | My Louisiana Sky | Jewel Ramsey | 2001-05-12 |
| Series | Night Visions | 2001-07-12 | |
| Series | Crossing Jordan | Unknown | 2001-09-24 |
| Movie | 75 Degrees in July | Jo Beth Anderson | 2000-01-01 |
| Series | Significant Others | Unknown | 1998-03-11 |
| Movie | The Wedding | Gram (Miss Caroline) | 1998-02-22 |
| Movie | A Father for Brittany | Donna Minkowitz | 1998-03-15 |
| Series | Maggie Winters | Estelle Winters | 1998-09-30 |
| Series | Ally McBeal | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
| Movie | Little Boy Blue | Doris Knight | 1997-06-01 |
| Movie | Convictions | Margaret | 1997-11-10 |
| Movie | As Good as It Gets | Beverly Connelly | 1997-12-19 |
| Movie | Diabolique | Edie Danziger | 1996-03-22 |
| Movie | If These Walls Could Talk | Mary Donnelly | 1996-09-11 |
| Movie | Somebody Is Waiting | Irma | 1996-12-19 |
| Movie | The Uninvited | Delia | 1996-10-29 |
| Movie | Mary & Tim | Esther | 1996-11-03 |
| Series | Children of the Dust | Aunt Bertha | 1995-02-26 |
| Series | Cybill | Unknown | 1995-01-02 |
| Movie | Stuart Saves His Family | Mom | 1995-04-12 |
| Movie | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Peggy Buckey | 1995-05-20 |
| Movie | Baby Brokers | Sylvia | 1994-02-21 |
| Movie | Color of Night | Edith Niedelmeyer | 1994-08-19 |
| Series | Angel Falls | Edie Wren Cox | 1993-08-26 |
| Movie | A Mother's Revenge | Bess Warden | 1993-11-14 |
| Movie | Bump in the Night | Katie Leonard | 1991-01-06 |
| Movie | Shadow of a Doubt | Helen Potter | 1991-04-27 |
| Movie | To Save a Child | Rinda Larson | 1991-09-08 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Angel of Death | 1985-07-23 | |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | Panther Squad | 1984-01-15 | |
| Movie | Police Destination Oasis | Director | 1981-02-08 |
| Series | Nurse | Unknown | 1981-04-02 |
| Movie | White Cannibal Queen | Barbara Shelton | 1980-09-15 |
| Movie | Playing for Time | Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel | 1980-09-30 |
| Movie | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Hannah Meredith | 1979-05-18 |
| Movie | Champions: A Love Story | Barbara Harlich | 1979-01-13 |
| Movie | The Defection of Simas Kudirka | Genna Kudirka | 1978-01-23 |
| Movie | Return to Earth | Joan Aldrin | 1976-05-14 |
| Movie | 21 Hours at Munich | Anneliese Graes | 1976-12-25 |
| Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Movie | Juggernaut | Barbara Banister | 1974-09-25 |
| Series | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Unknown | 1973-09-01 |
| Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Movie | Secrets | Beatrice | 1971-09-21 |
| Movie | The Rain People | Natalie Ravenna | 1969-08-27 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | Shadow Over Elveron | Joanne Tregaskis | 1968-03-05 |
| Movie | The Counterfeit Killer | Angie Peterson | 1968-05-01 |
| Movie | Filmmaker | Self (uncredited) | 1968-12-01 |
| Movie | Petulia | Polo | 1968-06-10 |
| Movie | The Outsider | Peggy Leydon | 1967-11-21 |
| Movie | The Group | Polly | 1966-03-04 |
| Movie | Dutchman | Lula | 1966-12-28 |
| Movie | Flight from Ashiya | Caroline Gordon / Stevenson | 1964-03-25 |
| Movie | The Couch | Terry Ames | 1962-02-21 |
| Movie | House of Women | Erica Hayden | 1962-04-11 |
| Movie | Sweet Bird of Youth | Heavenly Finley | 1962-03-21 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Movie | Ice Palace | Grace Kennedy | 1960-01-02 |
| Movie | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Reenie Flood | 1960-09-28 |
| Series | Johnny Staccato | Unknown | 1959-09-10 |
| Movie | Five Gates to Hell | Sister Maria | 1959-09-23 |
| Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
| Series | Buckskin | Mrs. Newcomb | 1958-07-03 |
| Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
| Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |