Shirley Knight
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Periphery
2018
as Leanne Cross
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
as Mom
The Missing Girl
2015
as Mrs. Colvins
Mercy
2014
as Mercy
Elevator
2013
as Jane Redding
Redwood Highway
2013
as Marie
Our Idiot Brother
2011
as Ilene Rochlin
Listen to Your Heart
2010
as Grandma Sam
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Loretta
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Dot Nadeau
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
as Mom
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Millie Carlson
The Other Side of the Tracks
2008
as Helen
Not Fade Away
2008
as Diane
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
as Self
Open Window
2006
as Ann
Grandma's Boy
2006
as Bea
Love and Debate
2006
as Lea
The Unit
2006
as Mrs. Gaffney
Sexual Life
2005
as Joanne
Sudbury
2004
as Aunt Jet
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Phyllis Van De Kamp
House
2004
as Georgia Adams
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
as Mrs. Ashboro
A House on a Hill
2003
as Mercedes Mayfield
Fly Cherry
2003
as Miss Christina
Cold Case
2003
as Dottie
Shadow Realm
2002
as Mrs. Finch
The Salton Sea
2002
as Nancy Plummer
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
as Necie
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
as Aunt Claire
Angel Eyes
2001
as Elanora Davis
My Louisiana Sky
2001
as Jewel Ramsey
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Frances Littleton
75 Degrees in July
2000
as Jo Beth Anderson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Wharton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Rose Granville
Little Boy Blue
1998
as Doris Knight
A Father for Brittany
1998
as Donna Minkowitz
The Wedding
1998
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
as Harriet Winslow
Significant Others
1998
Maggie Winters
1998
as Estelle Winters
As Good as It Gets
1997
as Beverly Connelly
Convictions
1997
as Margaret
Ally McBeal
1997
as Helen Apple
Diabolique
1996
as Edie Danziger
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Mary Donnelly
The Uninvited
1996
as Delia
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
as Irma
A Promise to Carolyn
1996
as Jolene Maggart
Mary & Tim
1996
as Esther
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
as Joan Hart
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996
as Sally Ann
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
as Mom
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Peggy Buckey
Dad, the Angel & Me
1995
as Betty
VR.5
1995
as Dr. Hearst
Cybill
1995
as Loretta Bennett
Children of the Dust
1995
as Aunt Bertha
The Secret Life of Houses
1994
as Aunt Fergie
Benders
1994
as Donna
Color of Night
1994
as Edith Niedelmeyer
A Part of the Family
1994
as Martha
Baby Brokers
1994
as Sylvia
Death in Venice, CA
1994
as Mona Dickens
The Yarn Princess
1994
as Esther
Hoggs' Heaven
1994
as Mom
ER
1994
as Mrs. Burke
A Mother's Revenge
1993
as Bess Warden
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
as Edna Larson
Angel Falls
1993
as Edie Wren Cox
NYPD Blue
1993
as Agnes Cantwell
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
as Helen Potter
Bump in the Night
1991
as Katie Leonard
To Save a Child
1991
as Rinda Larson
Law & Order
1990
as Melanie Cullen
thirtysomething
1987
L.A. Law
1986
as Belinda Collins
Matlock
1986
as Phyllis Todd
The Equalizer
1985
as Kay
With Intent to Kill
1984
as Edna Reinecker
The Sweet Scent of Death
1984
as Ann Fairfax Denver
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Ann Denver
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Grace Fenton
The Sender
1982
as Jerolyn
Kennedy's Children
1982
as Carla
Endless Love
1981
as Ann
Nurse
1981
as Sylvia Dennis
Playing for Time
1980
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Hannah Meredith
Champions: A Love Story
1979
as Barbara Harlich
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Elizabeth Bourdon
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
as Genna Kudirka
21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Anneliese Graes
Return to Earth
1976
as Joan Aldrin
Medical Story
1975
as Phyllis Lenahan
Friendly Persuasion
1975
as Eliza Birdwell
Please Stand by for Murder
1975
Medical Story
1975
as Phyllis Lenahan
Juggernaut
1974
as Barbara Banister
The Country Girl
1974
as Georgie Elgin
The Manhunter
1974
The Lie
1973
as Anna
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Kay Lewiston
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Margot Brenner
That Quiet Earth
1972
as The Woman
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Ghost Story
1972
as Beth
Secrets
1971
as Beatrice
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Rain People
1969
as Natalie Ravenna
Medical Center
1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Marci Boyle
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Barbara
Petulia
1968
as Polo
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
as Angie Peterson
Shadow Over Elveron
1968
as Joanne Tregaskis
Filmmaker
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Jazz Age
1968
as Emily Castleton
The Outsider
1967
as Peggy Leydon
The Invaders
1967
as Margaret Cook
Dutchman
1966
as Lula
The Group
1966
as Polly
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Woman - Joyce
Flight from Ashiya
1964
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
The Fugitive
1963
as Jane Washburn
The Fugitive
1963
as Mona Ross
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Outer Limits
1963
as Noelle Anderson
The Fugitive
1963
as Janice Pruitt
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Rhoda Waggner
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Heavenly Finley
The Couch
1962
as Terry Ames
House of Women
1962
as Erica Hayden
The Virginian
1962
as Susan Morrow
The Virginian
1962
as Clara Malone
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Defenders
1961
as Bethany Windell
Ice Palace
1960
as Grace Kennedy
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Reenie Flood
The Shape of the River
1960
as Susy Clemens
Surfside 6
1960
The Roaring 20's
1960
Five Gates to Hell
1959
as Sister Maria
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Rawhide
1959
as Jennie Cooper
Naked City
1958
as Kathy Meigs
Bronco
1958
The Texan
1958
Buckskin
1958
as Mrs. Newcomb
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Mari Ellen Taylor
Lawman
1958
as Tendis Weston
Bronco
1958
as Molly Durrock
The Restless Gun
1957
as Heide Ritter
Maverick
1957
as Nancy Powers
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Matinee Theater
1955
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Georgie Elgin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Potter
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee