Shirley Knight
Actor
Born July 5, 1936 in Goessel, Kansas, USA
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
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Periphery
Leanne Cross
The Missing Girl
Mrs. Colvins
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Mom
Mercy
Mercy
Redwood Highway
Marie
Elevator
Jane Redding
Our Idiot Brother
Ilene Rochlin
Listen to Your Heart
Grandma Sam
Hot in Cleveland
Loretta
Drop Dead Diva
Millie Carlson
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Dot Nadeau
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Mom
The Other Side of the Tracks
Helen
Open Window
Ann
Love and Debate
Lea
The Unit
Mrs. Gaffney
Grandma's Boy
Bea
Sexual Life
Joanne
House
Georgia Adams
Desperate Housewives
Phyllis Van De Kamp
Sudbury
Aunt Jet
A House on a Hill
Mercedes Mayfield
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Mrs. Ashboro
Cold Case
Dottie
Fly Cherry
Miss Christina
Shadow Realm
Mrs. Finch
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Necie
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Aunt Claire
The Salton Sea
Nancy Plummer
Crossing Jordan
Frances Littleton
Angel Eyes
Elanora Davis
My Louisiana Sky
Jewel Ramsey
75 Degrees in July
Jo Beth Anderson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Wharton
A Marriage of Convenience
Harriet Winslow
A Father for Brittany
Donna Minkowitz
Significant Others
The Wedding
Gram (Miss Caroline)
As Good as It Gets
Beverly Connelly
Convictions
Margaret
Ally McBeal
Helen Apple
Little Boy Blue
Doris Knight
Somebody Is Waiting
Irma
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Joan Hart
Mary & Tim
Esther
The Uninvited
Delia
If These Walls Could Talk
Mary Donnelly
Diabolique
Edie Danziger
A Promise to Carolyn
Jolene Maggart
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Sally Ann
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Peggy Buckey
Stuart Saves His Family
Mom
VR.5
Dr. Hearst
Children of the Dust
Aunt Bertha
Cybill
Loretta Bennett
Dad, the Angel & Me
Betty
Death in Venice, CA
Mona Dickens
ER
Mrs. Burke
Color of Night
Edith Niedelmeyer
A Part of the Family
Martha
The Yarn Princess
Esther
Baby Brokers
Sylvia
Hoggs' Heaven
Mom
A Mother's Revenge
Bess Warden
NYPD Blue
Agnes Cantwell
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Edna Larson
To Save a Child
Rinda Larson
Shadow of a Doubt
Helen Potter
Bump in the Night
Katie Leonard
Law & Order
Melanie Cullen
thirtysomething
L.A. Law
Belinda Collins
Matlock
Phyllis Todd
The Equalizer
Kay
The Sweet Scent of Death
Ann Fairfax Denver
With Intent to Kill
Edna Reinecker
Murder, She Wrote
Grace Fenton
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Ann Denver
The Sender
Jerolyn
Kennedy's Children
Carla
Endless Love
Ann
Nurse
Sylvia Dennis
Playing for Time
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Hannah Meredith
Tales of the Unexpected
Elizabeth Bourdon
Champions: A Love Story
Barbara Harlich
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Genna Kudirka
21 Hours at Munich
Anneliese Graes
Return to Earth
Joan Aldrin
Medical Story
Phyllis Lenahan
Medical Story
Friendly Persuasion
Eliza Birdwell
Please Stand by for Murder
Juggernaut
Barbara Banister
The Manhunter
The Country Girl
Georgie Elgin
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Margot Brenner
The Lie
Anna
Barnaby Jones
Kay Lewiston
The Streets of San Francisco
Ghost Story
Beth
Secrets
Beatrice
Alias Smith and Jones
Medical Center
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Marci Boyle
The Rain People
Natalie Ravenna
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Barbara
Filmmaker
Self (uncredited)
Petulia
Polo
The Counterfeit Killer
Angie Peterson
Shadow Over Elveron
Joanne Tregaskis
The Outsider
Peggy Leydon
The Invaders
Margaret Cook
Dutchman
Lula
The Group
Polly
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Woman - Joyce
Flight from Ashiya
Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
The Fugitive
Jane Washburn
The Outer Limits
Noelle Anderson
Arrest and Trial
Rhoda Waggner
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Virginian
Susan Morrow
House of Women
Erica Hayden
Sweet Bird of Youth
Heavenly Finley
The Couch
Terry Ames
Target: The Corruptors!
The Defenders
Bethany Windell
The Roaring 20's
Surfside 6
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Reenie Flood
Ice Palace
Grace Kennedy
Hawaiian Eye
Bourbon Street Beat
Five Gates to Hell
Sister Maria
Johnny Staccato
Rawhide
Jennie Cooper
77 Sunset Strip
Mari Ellen Taylor
Lawman
Tendis Weston
Naked City
Kathy Meigs
The Texan
Bronco
The Restless Gun
Heide Ritter
Maverick
Nancy Powers
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
Matinee Theater
The Oscars
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Georgie Elgin
The Bob Hope Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee