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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1936-07-05 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Goessel, Kansas, USA

Shirley Knight

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

Acting

2021

2018

Periphery as Leanne Cross

2015

The Missing Girl as Mrs. Colvins

2014

Mercy as Gramma

2013

Elevator as Jane Redding

2011

Our Idiot Brother as Ilene Rochlin

2010

Listen to Your Heart as Grandma Sam
Hot in Cleveland as Loretta

2009

Drop Dead Diva as Millie Carlson

2008

Not Fade Away as Diane

2006

2004

Sudbury as Aunt Jet
Desperate Housewives as Phyllis Van De Kamp
House as Georgia Adams

2003

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat as Mrs. Ashboro
A House on a Hill as Mercedes Mayfield
Fly Cherry as Miss Christina
Cold Case as Dottie

2002

Shadow Realm as Mrs. Finch
The Salton Sea as Nancy Plummer
P.S. Your Cat is Dead! as Aunt Claire

2001

Angel Eyes as Elanora Davis
My Louisiana Sky as Jewel Ramsey
Crossing Jordan as Frances Littleton

2000

75 Degrees in July as Jo Beth Anderson

1999

1998

A Father for Brittany as Donna Minkowitz
The Wedding as Gram (Miss Caroline)
A Marriage of Convenience as Harriet Winslow
Maggie Winters as Estelle Winters

1997

As Good as It Gets as Beverly Connelly
Little Boy Blue as Doris Knight
Convictions as Margaret
Ally McBeal as Helen Apple

1996

Diabolique as Edie Danziger
If These Walls Could Talk as Mary Donnelly
The Uninvited as Delia
A Promise to Carolyn as Jolene Maggart
Mary & Tim as Esther

1995

VR.5 as Dr. Hearst
Children of the Dust as Aunt Bertha

1994

Benders as Donna
Color of Night as Edith Niedelmeyer
Baby Brokers as Sylvia
Death in Venice, CA as Mona Dickens
ER as Mrs. Burke

1993

A Mother's Revenge as Bess Warden
Angel Falls as Edie Wren Cox
NYPD Blue as Agnes Cantwell

1991

Shadow of a Doubt as Helen Potter
Bump in the Night as Katie Leonard
To Save a Child as Rinda Larson

1990

Law & Order as Melanie Cullen

1987

1986

L.A. Law as Belinda Collins

1985

1984

With Intent to Kill as Edna Reinecker
The Sweet Scent of Death as Ann Fairfax Denver
Murder, She Wrote as Grace Fenton

1982

The Sender as Jerolyn

1981

Nurse as Sylvia Dennis

1980

Playing for Time as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

1979

Champions: A Love Story as Barbara Harlich
Tales of the Unexpected as Elizabeth Bourdon

1978

1976

21 Hours at Munich as Anneliese Graes
Return to Earth as Joan Aldrin

1975

Medical Story as Phyllis Lenahan
Friendly Persuasion as Eliza Birdwell

1974

Juggernaut as Barbara Banister
The Country Girl as Georgie Elgin

1973

The Lie as Anna
Barnaby Jones as Kay Lewiston

1972

Ghost Story as Beth

1971

Secrets as Beatrice

1969

The Rain People as Natalie Ravenna

1968

Petulia as Polo
The Counterfeit Killer as Angie Peterson
Shadow Over Elveron as Joanne Tregaskis
Filmmaker as Self (uncredited)

1967

The Outsider as Peggy Leydon
The Invaders as Margaret Cook

1966

Dutchman as Lula
The Group as Polly

1964

Flight from Ashiya as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

1963

The Fugitive as Jane Washburn
The Fugitive as Mona Ross
The Outer Limits as Noelle Anderson
The Fugitive as Janice Pruitt
Arrest and Trial as Rhoda Waggner

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth as Heavenly Finley
The Couch as Terry Ames
House of Women as Erica Hayden
The Virginian as Susan Morrow
The Virginian as Clara Malone

1961

The Defenders as Bethany Windell

1960

Ice Palace as Grace Kennedy

1959

Five Gates to Hell as Sister Maria
Rawhide as Jennie Cooper

1958

Naked City as Kathy Meigs
Buckskin as Mrs. Newcomb
77 Sunset Strip as Mari Ellen Taylor
Lawman as Tendis Weston

1957

The Restless Gun as Heide Ritter
Maverick as Nancy Powers

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards as Self - Winner
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

1955

1953

The Oscars as Self

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Georgie Elgin
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Potter

1950

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner