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	44
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	54
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	83
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	67
16	1971	Secrets	Beatrice	48
17	1973	The Lie	Anna	60
18	1974	The Country Girl	Georgie Elgin	0
19	1974	Juggernaut	Barbara Banister	61
20	1975	Friendly Persuasion	Eliza Birdwell	0
21	1975	Medical Story	Phyllis Lenahan	0
22	1976	Return to Earth	Joan Aldrin	0
23	1976	21 Hours at Munich	Anneliese Graes	62
24	1978	The Defection of Simas Kudirka	Genna Kudirka	60
25	1979	Champions: A Love Story	Barbara Harlich	58
26	1979	Beyond the Poseidon Adventure	Hannah Meredith	50
27	1980	Playing for Time	Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel	69
28	1981	Endless Love	Ann	57
29	1982	Kennedy's Children	Carla	0
30	1982	The Sender	Jerolyn	56
31	1984	With Intent to Kill	Edna Reinecker	0
32	1984	The Sweet Scent of Death	Ann Fairfax Denver	60
33	1991	Bump in the Night	Katie Leonard	58
34	1991	Shadow of a Doubt	Helen Potter	52
35	1991	To Save a Child	Rinda Larson	30
36	1993	When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn	Edna Larson	10
37	1993	A Mother's Revenge	Bess Warden	58
38	1994	The Secret Life of Houses	Aunt Fergie	0
39	1994	Benders	Donna	0
40	1994	Baby Brokers	Sylvia	62
41	1994	The Yarn Princess	Esther	64
42	1994	A Part of the Family	Martha	0
43	1994	Color of Night	Edith Niedelmeyer	57
44	1994	Death in Venice, CA	Mona Dickens	48
45	1995	Dad, the Angel & Me	Betty	63
46	1995	Stuart Saves His Family	Mom	52
47	1995	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Peggy Buckey	70
48	1996	Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden	Sally Ann	0
49	1996	A Promise to Carolyn	Jolene Maggart	71
50	1996	Diabolique	Edie Danziger	55
51	1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Mary Donnelly	66
52	1996	The Uninvited	Delia	57
53	1996	Mary & Tim	Esther	55
54	1996	Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story	Joan Hart	75
55	1996	Somebody Is Waiting	Irma	20
56	1997	Little Boy Blue	Doris Knight	61
57	1997	Convictions	Margaret	60
58	1997	As Good as It Gets	Beverly Connelly	74
59	1998	The Wedding	Gram (Miss Caroline)	83
60	1998	A Father for Brittany	Donna Minkowitz	67
61	1998	A Marriage of Convenience	Harriet Winslow	55
62	2000	75 Degrees in July	Jo Beth Anderson	60
63	2001	My Louisiana Sky	Jewel Ramsey	65
64	2001	Angel Eyes	Elanora Davis	61
65	2002	The Salton Sea	Nancy Plummer	66
66	2002	P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!	Aunt Claire	43
67	2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Necie Kelleher	61
68	2002	Shadow Realm	Mrs. Finch	60
69	2003	Fly Cherry	Miss Christina	55
70	2003	Mrs. Ashboro's Cat	Mrs. Ashboro	54
71	2003	A House on a Hill	Mercedes Mayfield	0
72	2004	Sudbury	Aunt Jet	80
73	2006	Grandma's Boy	Bea	65
74	2006	Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time	Self	0
75	2006	Love and Debate	Lea	37
76	2006	Open Window	Ann	51
77	2008	The Other Side of the Tracks	Helen	40
78	2008	Not Fade Away	Diane	0
79	2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Mom	54
80	2009	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Dot Nadeau	59
81	2010	Listen to Your Heart	Grandma Sam	72
82	2011	Our Idiot Brother	Ilene Rochlin	61
83	2013	Elevator	Jane Redding	49
84	2013	Redwood Highway	Marie	59
85	2014	Mercy	Gramma	51
86	2015	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Mom	52
87	2015	The Missing Girl	Mrs. Colvins	60
88	2018	Periphery	Leanne Cross	0
89	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	68
2	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
3	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Georgie Elgin	87
4	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mrs. Potter	87
5	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
6	1955	Matinee Theater		46
7	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	46
8	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner	46
9	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	46
10	1957	Maverick	Nancy Powers	68
11	1957	The Restless Gun	Heide Ritter	37
12	1958	Buckskin	Mrs. Newcomb	55
13	1958	Bronco		48
14	1958	The Texan		55
15	1958	Naked City	Kathy Meigs	53
16	1958	Lawman	Tendis Weston	54
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	64
27	1962	The Virginian	Clara Malone	64
28	1963	Arrest and Trial	Rhoda Waggner	70
29	1963	The Outer Limits	Noelle Anderson	78
30	1963	The Fugitive	Jane Washburn	72
31	1963	The Fugitive	Mona Ross	72
32	1963	The Fugitive	Janice Pruitt	72
33	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		55
34	1967	The Invaders	Margaret Cook	68
35	1969	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Marci Boyle	40
36	1969	Medical Center		61
37	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
38	1972	Ghost Story	Beth	71
39	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		70
40	1973	Barnaby Jones	Kay Lewiston	70
41	1974	The Manhunter		50
42	1975	Medical Story		50
43	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Elizabeth Bourdon	67
44	1981	Nurse	Sylvia Dennis	50
45	1984	Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense	Ann Denver	64
46	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Grace Fenton	75
47	1985	The Equalizer	Kay	71
48	1986	Matlock		72
49	1986	L.A. Law	Belinda Collins	71
50	1987	thirtysomething		63
51	1990	Law & Order	Melanie Cullen	74
52	1993	Angel Falls	Edie Wren Cox	80
53	1993	NYPD Blue	Agnes Cantwell	70
54	1994	ER	Mrs. Burke	78
55	1995	Cybill		58
56	1995	Children of the Dust	Aunt Bertha	70
57	1995	VR.5	Dr. Hearst	67
58	1997	Ally McBeal		66
59	1998	Significant Others		0
60	1998	Maggie Winters	Estelle Winters	100
61	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Wharton	79
62	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Rose Granville	79
63	2001	Night Visions	Mrs. Finch	72
64	2001	Crossing Jordan	Frances Littleton	72
65	2003	Cold Case	Dottie	78
66	2004	Desperate Housewives	Phyllis Van De Kamp	79
67	2004	House	Georgia Adams	86
68	2006	The Unit		73
69	2009	Drop Dead Diva	Millie Carlson	77
70	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Loretta	74