Shirley Knight
Acting
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.
Born: July 5, 1936 · Goessel, Kansas, USA
Filmography (109)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
Actor: Mom
Mercy
2014
Actor: Mercy
Redwood Highway
2013
Actor: Marie
Elevator
2013
Actor: Jane Redding
Our Idiot Brother
2011
Actor: Ilene Rochlin
Listen to Your Heart
2010
Actor: Grandma Sam
TV
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Actor: Loretta
TV
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Actor: Millie Carlson
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
Actor: Dot Nadeau
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
Actor: Mom
The Other Side of the Tracks
2008
Actor: Helen
Open Window
2006
Actor: Ann
Love and Debate
2006
Actor: Lea
TV
The Unit
2006
Actor
Grandma's Boy
2006
Actor: Bea
Sexual Life
2005
Actor: Joanne
TV
House
2004
Actor: Georgia Adams
TV
Desperate Housewives
2004
Actor: Phyllis Van De Kam…
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
Actor: Mrs. Ashboro
TV
Cold Case
2003
Actor: Dottie
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
Actor: Necie Kelleher
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
Actor: Aunt Claire
The Salton Sea
2002
Actor: Nancy Plummer
TV
Crossing Jordan
2001
Actor: Frances Littleton
Angel Eyes
2001
Actor: Elanora Davis
My Louisiana Sky
2001
Actor: Jewel Ramsey
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Actor: Dr. WhartonActor: Rose Granville
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
Actor: Harriet Winslow
As Good as It Gets
1997
Actor: Beverly Connelly
TV
Ally McBeal
1997
Actor: Helen Apple
Little Boy Blue
1997
Actor: Doris Knight
The Uninvited
1996
Actor: Delia
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
Actor: Mary Donnelly
Diabolique
1996
Actor: Edie Danziger
A Promise to Carolyn
1996
Actor: Jolene Maggart
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
Actor: Peggy Buckey
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
Actor: Mom
TV
VR.5
1995
Actor: Dr. Hearst
TV
Children of the Dust
1995
Actor: Aunt Bertha
TV
Cybill
1995
Actor: Loretta Bennett
Dad, the Angel & Me
1995
Actor: Betty
Death in Venice, CA
1994
Actor: Mona Dickens
TV
ER
1994
Actor: Mrs. Burke
Color of Night
1994
Actor: Edith Niedelmeyer
The Yarn Princess
1994
Actor: Esther
A Mother's Revenge
1993
Actor: Bess Warden
TV
NYPD Blue
1993
Actor: Agnes Cantwell
Bump in the Night
1991
Actor: Katie Leonard
TV
Law & Order
1990
Actor: Melanie Cullen
TV
thirtysomething
1987
Actor
TV
L.A. Law
1986
Actor: Belinda Collins
TV
Matlock
1986
Actor: Phyllis Todd
TV
The Equalizer
1985
Actor: Kay
TV
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Actor: Grace Fenton
TV
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
Actor: Ann Denver
The Sender
1982
Actor: Jerolyn
Endless Love
1981
Actor: Ann
TV
Nurse
1981
Actor: Sylvia Dennis
Playing for Time
1980
Actor: Frau Lagerführerin…
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
Actor: Hannah Meredith
TV
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Actor: Elizabeth Bourdon
21 Hours at Munich
1976
Actor: Anneliese Graes
Juggernaut
1974
Actor: Barbara Banister
TV
The Manhunter
1974
Actor
TV
Barnaby Jones
1973
Actor: Kay Lewiston
TV
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Actor
TV
Ghost Story
1972
Actor: Beth
Secrets
1971
Actor: Beatrice
TV
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Actor
TV
Medical Center
1969
Actor
TV
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
Actor: Marci Boyle
The Rain People
1969
Actor: Natalie Ravenna
Filmmaker
1968
Actor: Self (uncredited)
Petulia
1968
Actor: Polo
TV
The Invaders
1967
Actor: Margaret Cook
Dutchman
1966
Actor: Lula
The Group
1966
Actor: Polly
Flight from Ashiya
1964
Actor: Caroline Gordon / …
TV
The Fugitive
1963
Actor: Jane WashburnActor: Mona Ross+1
TV
The Outer Limits
1963
Actor: Noelle Anderson
TV
Arrest and Trial
1963
Actor: Rhoda Waggner
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Actor
TV
The Virginian
1962
Actor: Susan MorrowActor: Clara Malone
House of Women
1962
Actor: Erica Hayden
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
Actor: Heavenly Finley
The Couch
1962
Actor: Terry Ames
TV
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Actor
TV
The Defenders
1961
Actor: Bethany Windell
TV
The Roaring 20's
1960
Actor
TV
Surfside 6
1960
Actor
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
Actor: Reenie Flood
Ice Palace
1960
Actor: Grace Kennedy
TV
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Actor
TV
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Actor
Five Gates to Hell
1959
Actor: Sister Maria
TV
Johnny Staccato
1959
Actor
TV
Rawhide
1959
Actor: Jennie Cooper
TV
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Actor: Mari Ellen Taylor
TV
Lawman
1958
Actor: Tendis Weston
TV
Naked City
1958
Actor: Kathy Meigs
TV
The Texan
1958
Actor
TV
Bronco
1958
Actor
TV
The Restless Gun
1957
Actor: Heide Ritter
TV
Maverick
1957
Actor: Nancy Powers
TV
Matinee Theater
1955
Actor
TV
The Oscars
1953
Actor
TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Actor: Georgie ElginActor: Mrs. Potter
TV
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Actor
TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Actor: Self - Nominee