Kelly Bishop
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
"Dirty Dancing", comédie romantique engagée
2026
as Self
Broadway's Leading Ladies
2025
as Self
Standby
2025
as Glenna
The Watchful Eye
2023
as Mrs. Ivey
Shrinking
2023
as Susan
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Halston
2021
as Eleanor Lambert
Art of Falling in Love
2019
as Iris
The Salzburg Story
2018
Saint Janet
2017
as Janet
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
as Benedetta
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
as Emily Gilmore
Friends with Kids
2012
as Marcy Fryman
Bunheads
2012
as Fanny Flowers
A Novel Romance
2011
as Lily Sparks
Mercy
2009
The Good Wife
2009
as Bea Wilson
Army Wives
2007
as Jean Calhoun
Wonder Boys
2000
as Amanda Leer
Blue Moon
2000
as Peggy's Mother
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Emily Gilmore
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
1999
as Sylvia Weinstein
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Julia Zimmer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Registrar
Private Parts
1997
as Ray Stern
Cafe Society
1997
as Mrs. Jelke
Miami Rhapsody
1995
as Zelda
My Wildest Dreams
1995
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Adele
First Impressions
1992
as Roxanne Holden
Queens Logic
1991
as Maria
Law & Order
1990
as Marian Borland
Me and Him
1988
as Mrs. Aramis
The Thorns
1988
as Ginger Thorn
Dirty Dancing
1987
as Marjorie Houseman
Solarbabies
1986
as Tutore Nover
The Recovery Room
1985
as Kaye
Kate & Allie
1984
O'Hara's Wife
1982
as Beth Douglas
The New Odd Couple
1982
as Charity Morningstar
Cassie & Co.
1982
as Irene French
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Rita Borden
An Unmarried Woman
1978
as Elaine Liebowitz
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Char