Kelly Bishop
Acting • Born 1944-02-28
Biography
Carole "Kelly" Bishop is an American actress, who is best known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls, and for her role as Jennifer Grey's mother in the film Dirty Dancing. She is also well remembered for her Tony-winning performance as Sheila in A Chorus Line.
Filmography
46 credits
Dirty Dancing
Movie • 1987
Marjorie Houseman
Private Parts
Movie • 1997
Ray Stern
An Unmarried Woman
Movie • 1978
Elaine Liebowitz
Friends with Kids
Movie • 2012
Marcy Fryman
Me and Him
Movie • 1988
Mrs. Aramis
Six Degrees of Separation
Movie • 1993
Adele
Wonder Boys
Movie • 2000
Amanda Leer
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
A Novel Romance
Movie • 2011
Lily Sparks
Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie • 1981
Rita Borden
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
Movie • 1999
Sylvia Weinstein
Saint Janet
Movie • 2017
Janet
Queens Logic
Movie • 1991
Maria
O'Hara's Wife
Movie • 1982
Beth Douglas
Miami Rhapsody
Movie • 1995
Zelda
Art of Falling in Love
Movie • 2019
Iris
The Salzburg Story
Movie • 2018
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
The Recovery Room
Movie • 1985
Kaye
Solarbabies
Movie • 1986
Tutore Nover
Cafe Society
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Jelke
Broadway's Leading Ladies
Movie • 2025
Self
Dangerous Liaisons
Movie • 2014
Lucille Julien
Blue Moon
Movie • 2000
Peggy's Mother
First Impressions
Movie • 1992
Roxanne Holden
Searching for Stars Hollow
Movie
Self
Standby
Movie • 2025
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Marian Borland
Kate & Allie
TV • 1984
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Char
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Julia Zimmer
Army Wives
TV • 2007
Jean Calhoun
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
Emily Gilmore
Halston
TV • 2021
Eleanor Lambert
Mercy
TV • 2009
My Wildest Dreams
TV • 1995
The Thorns
TV • 1988
Ginger Thorn
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TV • 2017
Benedetta
Bunheads
TV • 2012
Fanny Flowers
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV • 2016
Emily Gilmore
The Watchful Eye
TV • 2023
Mrs. Ivey
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Registrar
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Bea Wilson
The New Odd Couple
TV • 1982
Charity Morningstar
Shrinking
TV • 2023
Susan
Cassie & Co.
TV • 1982
Irene French