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Shirley Knight

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

Born: Goessel, Kansas, USA, 1936-07-05

Died: 2020-04-22

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Five Gates to Hell	Sister Maria	48
2	1960	Ice Palace	Grace Kennedy	58
3	1960	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs	Reenie Flood	67
4	1962	The Couch	Terry Ames	61
5	1962	Sweet Bird of Youth	Heavenly Finley	68
6	1962	House of Women	Erica Hayden	54
7	1964	Flight from Ashiya	Caroline Gordon / Stevenson	50
8	1966	The Group	Polly	56
9	1966	Dutchman	Lula	46
10	1967	The Outsider	Peggy Leydon	60
11	1968	Shadow Over Elveron	Joanne Tregaskis	65
12	1968	The Counterfeit Killer	Angie Peterson	0
13	1968	Petulia	Polo	59
14	1968	Filmmaker	Self (uncredited)	71
15	1969	The Rain People	Natalie Ravenna	66
16	1971	Secrets	Beatrice	48
17	1973	The Lie	Anna	60
18	1974	The Country Girl	Georgie Elgin	0
19	1974	Juggernaut	Barbara Banister	62
20	1975	Please Stand by for Murder		0
21	1975	Friendly Persuasion	Eliza Birdwell	0
22	1975	Medical Story	Phyllis Lenahan	0
23	1976	Return to Earth	Joan Aldrin	0
24	1976	21 Hours at Munich	Anneliese Graes	61
25	1978	The Defection of Simas Kudirka	Genna Kudirka	60
26	1979	Champions: A Love Story	Barbara Harlich	58
27	1979	Beyond the Poseidon Adventure	Hannah Meredith	51
28	1980	Playing for Time	Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel	69
29	1981	Endless Love	Ann	57
30	1982	Kennedy's Children	Carla	0
31	1982	The Sender	Jerolyn	56
32	1984	With Intent to Kill	Edna Reinecker	30
33	1984	The Sweet Scent of Death	Ann Fairfax Denver	60
34	1991	Bump in the Night	Katie Leonard	58
35	1991	Shadow of a Doubt	Helen Potter	52
36	1991	To Save a Child	Rinda Larson	30
37	1993	When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn	Edna Larson	10
38	1993	A Mother's Revenge	Bess Warden	50
39	1994	The Secret Life of Houses	Aunt Fergie	0
40	1994	Benders	Donna	0
41	1994	Baby Brokers	Sylvia	62
42	1994	The Yarn Princess	Esther	64
43	1994	A Part of the Family	Martha	0
44	1994	Color of Night	Edith Niedelmeyer	58
45	1994	Death in Venice, CA	Mona Dickens	48
46	1995	Dad, the Angel & Me	Betty	62
47	1995	Stuart Saves His Family	Mom	52
48	1995	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Peggy Buckey	71
49	1996	Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden	Sally Ann	0
50	1996	A Promise to Carolyn	Jolene Maggart	71
51	1996	Diabolique	Edie Danziger	55
52	1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Mary Donnelly	67
53	1996	The Uninvited	Delia	55
54	1996	Mary & Tim	Esther	55
55	1996	Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story	Joan Hart	75
56	1996	Somebody Is Waiting	Irma	20
57	1997	Little Boy Blue	Doris Knight	61
58	1997	Convictions	Margaret	60
59	1997	As Good as It Gets	Beverly Connelly	74
60	1998	The Wedding	Gram (Miss Caroline)	83
61	1998	A Father for Brittany	Donna Minkowitz	75
62	1998	A Marriage of Convenience	Harriet Winslow	55
63	2000	75 Degrees in July	Jo Beth Anderson	60
64	2001	My Louisiana Sky	Jewel Ramsey	65
65	2001	Angel Eyes	Elanora Davis	61
66	2002	The Salton Sea	Nancy Plummer	66
67	2002	P.S. Your Cat is Dead!	Aunt Claire	43
68	2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Necie Kelleher	61
69	2002	Shadow Realm	Mrs. Finch	35
70	2003	Fly Cherry	Miss Christina	55
71	2003	Mrs. Ashboro's Cat	Mrs. Ashboro	51
72	2003	A House on a Hill	Mercedes Mayfield	0
73	2004	Sudbury	Aunt Jet	57
74	2006	Grandma's Boy	Bea	65
75	2006	Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time	Self	0
76	2006	Love and Debate	Lea	34
77	2006	Open Window	Ann	51
78	2008	The Other Side of the Tracks	Helen	40
79	2008	Not Fade Away	Diane	0
80	2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Mom	54
81	2009	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Dot Nadeau	59
82	2010	Listen to Your Heart	Grandma Sam	72
83	2011	Our Idiot Brother	Ilene Rochlin	62
84	2013	Elevator	Jane Redding	49
85	2013	Redwood Highway	Marie	59
86	2014	Mercy	Gramma	51
87	2015	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Mom	52
88	2015	The Missing Girl	Mrs. Colvins	60
89	2018	Periphery	Leanne Cross	0
90	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
2	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
3	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Georgie Elgin	86
4	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mrs. Potter	86
5	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
6	1955	Matinee Theater		50
7	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
8	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner	51
9	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
10	1957	Maverick	Nancy Powers	68
11	1957	The Restless Gun	Heide Ritter	37
12	1958	Buckskin	Mrs. Newcomb	55
13	1958	Bronco		52
14	1958	The Texan		55
15	1958	Naked City	Kathy Meigs	55
16	1958	Lawman	Tendis Weston	56
17	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Mari Ellen Taylor	67
18	1959	Rawhide	Jennie Cooper	72
19	1959	Johnny Staccato		56
20	1959	Bourbon Street Beat		50
21	1959	Hawaiian Eye		52
22	1960	Surfside 6		50
23	1960	The Roaring 20's		0
24	1961	The Defenders	Bethany Windell	62
25	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
26	1962	The Virginian	Susan Morrow	65
27	1962	The Virginian	Clara Malone	65
28	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
29	1963	Arrest and Trial	Rhoda Waggner	77
30	1963	The Outer Limits	Noelle Anderson	78
31	1963	The Fugitive	Jane Washburn	72
32	1963	The Fugitive	Mona Ross	72
33	1963	The Fugitive	Janice Pruitt	72
34	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
35	1967	The Invaders	Margaret Cook	68
36	1968	The Jazz Age	Emily Castleton	0
37	1969	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Marci Boyle	40
38	1969	Medical Center		61
39	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
40	1972	Ghost Story	Beth	71
41	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
42	1973	Barnaby Jones	Kay Lewiston	69
43	1974	The Manhunter		50
44	1975	Medical Story		30
45	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Elizabeth Bourdon	67
46	1981	Nurse	Sylvia Dennis	50
47	1984	Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense	Ann Denver	64
48	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Grace Fenton	75
49	1985	The Equalizer	Kay	72
50	1986	Matlock		71
51	1986	L.A. Law	Belinda Collins	71
52	1987	thirtysomething		63
53	1990	Law & Order	Melanie Cullen	74
54	1993	Angel Falls	Edie Wren Cox	80
55	1993	NYPD Blue	Agnes Cantwell	70
56	1994	ER	Mrs. Burke	78
57	1995	Cybill		58
58	1995	Children of the Dust	Aunt Bertha	70
59	1995	VR.5	Dr. Hearst	67
60	1997	Ally McBeal	Helen Apple	66
61	1998	Significant Others		0
62	1998	Maggie Winters	Estelle Winters	100
63	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Wharton	79
64	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Rose Granville	79
65	2001	Crossing Jordan	Frances Littleton	72
66	2003	Cold Case	Dottie	78
67	2004	Desperate Housewives	Phyllis Van De Kamp	79
68	2004	House	Georgia Adams	86
69	2006	The Unit		73
70	2009	Drop Dead Diva	Millie Carlson	77
71	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Loretta	74