Shirley Knight
Known for acting · Born 5 July 1936 · Died 22 April 2020 · aged 83 · Goessel, Kansas, USA
161 credits
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
As Good as It Gets
1997
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
Mercy
2014
Endless Love
1981
Grandma's Boy
2006
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
Diabolique
1996
The Rain People
1969
Buckskin
Buckskin
1958
The Sender
1982
Desperate Housewives
2004
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
Acting (161)
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelfFilm
2018PeripheryLeanne CrossFilm
2015Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2MomFilm
2015The Missing GirlMrs. ColvinsFilm
2014MercyMercyFilm
2013ElevatorJane ReddingFilm
2013Redwood HighwayMarieFilm
2011Our Idiot BrotherIlene RochlinFilm
2010Hot in ClevelandLorettaSeries
2010Listen to Your HeartGrandma SamFilm
2009Paul Blart: Mall CopMomFilm
2009Drop Dead DivaMillie CarlsonSeries
2009The Private Lives of Pippa LeeDot NadeauFilm
2008The Other Side of the TracksHelenFilm
2008Not Fade AwayDianeFilm
2006Grandma's BoyBeaFilm
2006The UnitMrs. GaffneySeries
2006Open WindowAnnFilm
2006Love and DebateLeaFilm
2006Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing TimeSelfFilm
2005Sexual LifeJoanneFilm
2004HouseGeorgia AdamsSeries
2004Desperate HousewivesPhyllis Van De Kamp · 5 episodesSeries
2004SudburyAunt JetFilm
2003Cold CaseDottieSeries
2003Mrs. Ashboro's CatMrs. AshboroFilm
2003Fly CherryMiss ChristinaFilm
2003A House on a HillMercedes MayfieldFilm
2002The Salton SeaNancy PlummerFilm
2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodNecieFilm
2002P.S. Your Cat is Dead!Aunt ClaireFilm
2002Shadow RealmMrs. FinchFilm
2001Angel EyesElanora DavisFilm
2001Crossing JordanFrances LittletonSeries
2001My Louisiana SkyJewel RamseyFilm
200075 Degrees in JulyJo Beth AndersonFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Wharton, Rose GranvilleSeries
1998Little Boy BlueDoris KnightFilm
1998A Marriage of ConvenienceHarriet WinslowFilm
1998A Father for BrittanyDonna MinkowitzFilm
1998The WeddingGram (Miss Caroline)Film
1998Maggie WintersEstelle Winters · 18 episodesSeries
1998Significant Others · 2 episodesSeries
1997As Good as It GetsBeverly ConnellyFilm
1997Ally McBealHelen AppleSeries
1997ConvictionsMargaretFilm
1996DiaboliqueEdie DanzigerFilm
1996If These Walls Could TalkMary DonnellyFilm
1996The UninvitedDeliaFilm
1996A Promise to CarolynJolene MaggartFilm
1996Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena StoryJoan HartFilm
1996Mary & TimEstherFilm
1996Somebody Is WaitingIrmaFilm
1996Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose GardenSally AnnFilm
1995Indictment: The McMartin TrialPeggy BuckeyFilm
1995CybillLoretta BennettSeries
1995Stuart Saves His FamilyMomFilm
1995VR.5Dr. HearstSeries
1995Dad, the Angel & MeBettyFilm
1995Children of the DustAunt Bertha · 2 episodesSeries
1994ERMrs. BurkeSeries
1994Color of NightEdith NiedelmeyerFilm
1994The Yarn PrincessEstherFilm
1994Death in Venice, CAMona DickensFilm
1994Baby BrokersSylviaFilm
1994The Secret Life of HousesAunt FergieFilm
1994BendersDonnaFilm
1994A Part of the FamilyMarthaFilm
1994Hoggs' HeavenMomFilm
1993NYPD BlueAgnes CantwellSeries
1993A Mother's RevengeBess WardenFilm
1993When Love Kills: The Seduction of John HearnEdna LarsonFilm
1993Angel FallsEdie Wren Cox · 6 episodesSeries
1991Bump in the NightKatie LeonardFilm
1991Shadow of a DoubtHelen PotterFilm
1991To Save a ChildRinda LarsonFilm
1990Law & OrderMelanie CullenSeries
1987thirtysomething · 2 episodesSeries
1986MatlockPhyllis ToddSeries
1986L.A. LawBelinda CollinsSeries
1985The EqualizerKaySeries
1984Murder, She WroteGrace Fenton · 2 episodesSeries
1984Hammer House of Mystery and SuspenseAnn DenverSeries
1984With Intent to KillEdna ReineckerFilm
1984The Sweet Scent of DeathAnn Fairfax DenverFilm
1982The SenderJerolynFilm
1982Kennedy's ChildrenCarlaFilm
1981Endless LoveAnnFilm
1981NurseSylvia DennisSeries
1980Playing for TimeFrau Lagerführerin Maria MandelFilm
1979Beyond the Poseidon AdventureHannah MeredithFilm
1979Tales of the UnexpectedElizabeth BourdonSeries
1979Champions: A Love StoryBarbara HarlichFilm
1978The Defection of Simas KudirkaGenna KudirkaFilm
197621 Hours at MunichAnneliese GraesFilm
1976Return to EarthJoan AldrinFilm
1975Medical StoryPhyllis LenahanSeries
1975Friendly PersuasionEliza BirdwellFilm
1975Medical StoryPhyllis LenahanFilm
1975Please Stand by for MurderFilm
1974JuggernautBarbara BanisterFilm
1974The ManhunterSeries
1974The Country GirlGeorgie ElginFilm
1973Barnaby JonesKay LewistonSeries
1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesMargot BrennerSeries
1973The LieAnnaFilm
1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeries
1972Ghost StoryBethSeries
1972That Quiet EarthThe WomanFilm
1971Alias Smith and JonesSeries
1971SecretsBeatriceFilm
1969The Rain PeopleNatalie RavennaFilm
1969Medical CenterSeries
1969The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsMarci BoyleSeries
1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreBarbaraSeries
1968PetuliaPoloFilm
1968FilmmakerSelf (uncredited)Film
1968Shadow Over ElveronJoanne TregaskisFilm
1968The Counterfeit KillerAngie PetersonFilm
1968The Jazz AgeEmily CastletonSeries
1967The InvadersMargaret CookSeries
1967The OutsiderPeggy LeydonFilm
1966The GroupPollyFilm
1966DutchmanLulaFilm
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreThe Woman - JoyceSeries
1964Flight from AshiyaCaroline Gordon / StevensonFilm
1963The Outer LimitsNoelle AndersonSeries
1963The FugitiveJane Washburn, Mona Ross, Janice PruittSeries
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries
1963Arrest and TrialRhoda WaggnerSeries
1962Sweet Bird of YouthHeavenly FinleyFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1962The VirginianSusan Morrow, Clara MaloneSeries
1962The CouchTerry AmesFilm
1962House of WomenErica HaydenFilm
1961The DefendersBethany WindellSeries
1961Target: The Corruptors!Series
1960The Dark at the Top of the StairsReenie FloodFilm
1960Ice PalaceGrace KennedyFilm
1960Surfside 6 · 3 episodesSeries
1960The Shape of the RiverSusy ClemensFilm
1960The Roaring 20'sSeries
1959RawhideJennie CooperSeries
1959Hawaiian Eye · 3 episodesSeries
1959Johnny StaccatoSeries
1959Five Gates to HellSister MariaFilm
1959Bourbon Street BeatSeries
195877 Sunset StripMari Ellen TaylorSeries
1958Naked CityKathy MeigsSeries
1958LawmanTendis WestonSeries
1958Bronco, Molly DurrockSeries
1958The Texan · 2 episodesSeries
1958BuckskinMrs. Newcomb · 34 episodesSeries
1957MaverickNancy PowersSeries
1957The Restless GunHeide RitterSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner, Self - Presenter, Self - NomineeSeries
1955Matinee TheaterSeries
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameGeorgie Elgin, Mrs. PotterSeries
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelfSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries