Acting

Shirley Knight

Born 1936-07-05 · Goessel, Kansas, USA

Died 2020-04-22

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.

Credits

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Periphery
as Leanne Cross
2018
The Missing Girl
as Mrs. Colvins
2015
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
as Mom
2015
Mercy
as Mercy
2014
Redwood Highway
as Marie
2013
Elevator
as Jane Redding
2013
Our Idiot Brother
as Ilene Rochlin
2011
Listen to Your Heart
as Grandma Sam
2010
Hot in Cleveland
as Loretta
2010
Drop Dead Diva
as Millie Carlson
2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Dot Nadeau
2009
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Mom
2009
Not Fade Away
as Diane
2008
The Other Side of the Tracks
as Helen
2008
Open Window
as Ann
2006
Love and Debate
as Lea
2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
as Self
2006
The Unit
as Mrs. Gaffney
2006
Grandma's Boy
as Bea
2006
Sexual Life
as Joanne
2005
House
as Georgia Adams
2004
Desperate Housewives
as Phyllis Van De Kamp
2004
Sudbury
as Aunt Jet
2004
A House on a Hill
as Mercedes Mayfield
2003
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Mrs. Ashboro
2003
Cold Case
as Dottie
2003
Fly Cherry
as Miss Christina
2003
Shadow Realm
as Mrs. Finch
2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Necie
2002
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
as Aunt Claire
2002
The Salton Sea
as Nancy Plummer
2002
Crossing Jordan
as Frances Littleton
2001
Angel Eyes
as Elanora Davis
2001
My Louisiana Sky
as Jewel Ramsey
2001
75 Degrees in July
as Jo Beth Anderson
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Wharton
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rose Granville
1999
A Marriage of Convenience
as Harriet Winslow
1998
Maggie Winters
as Estelle Winters
1998
Little Boy Blue
as Doris Knight
1998
A Father for Brittany
as Donna Minkowitz
1998
Significant Others
1998
The Wedding
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
1998
As Good as It Gets
as Beverly Connelly
1997
Convictions
as Margaret
1997
Ally McBeal
as Helen Apple
1997
Somebody Is Waiting
as Irma
1996
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
as Joan Hart
1996
Mary & Tim
as Esther
1996
The Uninvited
as Delia
1996
If These Walls Could Talk
as Mary Donnelly
1996
Diabolique
as Edie Danziger
1996
A Promise to Carolyn
as Jolene Maggart
1996
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Sally Ann
1996
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Peggy Buckey
1995
Stuart Saves His Family
as Mom
1995
VR.5
as Dr. Hearst
1995
Children of the Dust
as Aunt Bertha
1995
Cybill
as Loretta Bennett
1995
Dad, the Angel & Me
as Betty
1995
Death in Venice, CA
as Mona Dickens
1994
ER
as Mrs. Burke
1994
Color of Night
as Edith Niedelmeyer
1994
A Part of the Family
as Martha
1994
The Yarn Princess
as Esther
1994
Baby Brokers
as Sylvia
1994
Benders
as Donna
1994
The Secret Life of Houses
as Aunt Fergie
1994
Hoggs' Heaven
as Mom
1994
A Mother's Revenge
as Bess Warden
1993
NYPD Blue
as Agnes Cantwell
1993
Angel Falls
as Edie Wren Cox
1993
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
as Edna Larson
1993
To Save a Child
as Rinda Larson
1991
Shadow of a Doubt
as Helen Potter
1991
Bump in the Night
as Katie Leonard
1991
Law & Order
as Melanie Cullen
1990
thirtysomething
1987
L.A. Law
as Belinda Collins
1986