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