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