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Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

ActingBorn July 5, 1936Died April 22, 2020 (age 83)Goessel, Kansas, USA

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.

Filmography

2018
Periphery

as Leanne Cross

Movie
2015
The Missing Girl

as Mrs. Colvins

Movie
2015Movie
2014
Mercy

as Mercy

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Elevator

as Jane Redding

Movie
2011
Our Idiot Brother

as Ilene Rochlin

Movie
2010
Listen to Your Heart

as Grandma Sam

Movie
2010TV
2009
Drop Dead Diva

as Millie Carlson

TV
2009Movie
2009Movie
2008Movie
2006Movie
2006Movie
2006
The Unit

as Mrs. Gaffney

TV
2006Movie
2005
Sexual Life

as Joanne

Movie
2004
House

as Georgia Adams

TV
2004
Desperate Housewives

as Phyllis Van De Kamp

TV
2004
Sudbury

as Aunt Jet

Movie
2003
A House on a Hill

as Mercedes Mayfield

Movie
2003
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

as Mrs. Ashboro

Movie
2003
Cold Case

as Dottie

TV
2003
Fly Cherry

as Miss Christina

Movie
2002
Shadow Realm

as Mrs. Finch

Movie
2002Movie
2002
The Salton Sea

as Nancy Plummer

Movie
2001
Crossing Jordan

as Frances Littleton

TV
2001
Angel Eyes

as Elanora Davis

Movie
2001
My Louisiana Sky

as Jewel Ramsey

Movie
2000
75 Degrees in July

as Jo Beth Anderson

Movie
1999TV
1998
A Marriage of Convenience

as Harriet Winslow

Movie
1998
Maggie Winters

as Estelle Winters

TV
1998
A Father for Brittany

as Donna Minkowitz

Movie
1998
The Wedding

as Gram (Miss Caroline)

Movie
1997
As Good as It Gets

as Beverly Connelly

Movie
1997
Convictions

as Margaret

Movie
1997
Ally McBeal

as Helen Apple

TV
1997
Little Boy Blue

as Doris Knight

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Mary & Tim

as Esther

Movie
1996Movie
1996Movie
1996
Diabolique

as Edie Danziger

Movie
1996
A Promise to Carolyn

as Jolene Maggart

Movie
1995Movie
1995
VR.5

as Dr. Hearst

TV
1995
Children of the Dust

as Aunt Bertha

TV
1995
Cybill

as Loretta Bennett

TV
1995Movie
1994
Death in Venice, CA

as Mona Dickens

Movie
1994
ER

as Mrs. Burke

TV
1994
Color of Night

as Edith Niedelmeyer

Movie
1994Movie
1994Movie
1994
Baby Brokers

as Sylvia

Movie
1994
Benders

as Donna

Movie
1994Movie
1994Movie
1993
A Mother's Revenge

as Bess Warden

Movie
1993
NYPD Blue

as Agnes Cantwell

TV
1993
Angel Falls

as Edie Wren Cox

TV
1991
To Save a Child

as Rinda Larson

Movie
1991
Shadow of a Doubt

as Helen Potter

Movie
1991
Bump in the Night

as Katie Leonard

Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Melanie Cullen

TV
1986
L.A. Law

as Belinda Collins

TV
1986
Matlock

as Phyllis Todd

TV
1985TV
1984
The Sweet Scent of Death

as Ann Fairfax Denver

Movie
1984
With Intent to Kill

as Edna Reinecker

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Grace Fenton

TV
1982
The Sender

as Jerolyn

Movie
1982Movie
1981Movie
1981
Nurse

as Sylvia Dennis

TV
1980
Playing for Time

as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Movie
1979Movie
1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Elizabeth Bourdon

TV
1979
Champions: A Love Story

as Barbara Harlich

Movie
1978Movie
1976
21 Hours at Munich

as Anneliese Graes

Movie
1976
Return to Earth

as Joan Aldrin

Movie
1975
Medical Story

as Phyllis Lenahan

Movie
1975
Friendly Persuasion

as Eliza Birdwell

Movie
1974
Juggernaut

as Barbara Banister

Movie
1974
The Country Girl

as Georgie Elgin

Movie
1973TV
1973
The Lie

as Anna

Movie
1973
Barnaby Jones

as Kay Lewiston

TV
1972TV
1972
That Quiet Earth

as The Woman

Movie
1971
Secrets

as Beatrice

Movie
1969TV
1969
The Rain People

as Natalie Ravenna

Movie
1968
Filmmaker

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1968
The Jazz Age

as Emily Castleton

TV
1968
Petulia

as Polo

Movie
1968
The Counterfeit Killer

as Angie Peterson

Movie
1968
Shadow Over Elveron

as Joanne Tregaskis

Movie
1967
The Outsider

as Peggy Leydon

Movie
1967
The Invaders

as Margaret Cook

TV
1966
Dutchman

as Lula

Movie
1966
The Group

as Polly

Movie
1964
Flight from Ashiya

as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

Movie
1963
The Fugitive

as Jane Washburn

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Mona Ross

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Janice Pruitt

TV
1963
The Outer Limits

as Noelle Anderson

TV
1963
Arrest and Trial

as Rhoda Waggner

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Susan Morrow

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Clara Malone

TV
1962
House of Women

as Erica Hayden

Movie
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth

as Heavenly Finley

Movie
1962
The Couch

as Terry Ames

Movie
1961
The Defenders

as Bethany Windell

TV
1960Movie
1960
The Shape of the River

as Susy Clemens

Movie
1960
Ice Palace

as Grace Kennedy

Movie
1959
Five Gates to Hell

as Sister Maria

Movie
1959
Rawhide

as Jennie Cooper

TV
1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Mari Ellen Taylor

TV
1958
Lawman

as Tendis Weston

TV
1958
Naked City

as Kathy Meigs

TV
1958TV
1958TV
1958
Bronco

as Molly Durrock

TV
1958
Buckskin

as Mrs. Newcomb

TV
1957
The Restless Gun

as Heide Ritter

TV
1957
Maverick

as Nancy Powers

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Georgie Elgin

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Potter

TV
1950TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 5, 1936
Day of DeathApril 22, 2020
Place of BirthGoessel, Kansas, USA
Popularity1.3