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Shirley Knight

Acting · Born 1936-07-05 · Goessel, Kansas, USA

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.

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Credits · 152

The Missing Girl

2015 · Mrs. Colvins

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Redwood Highway

2013 · Jane Redding

Our Idiot Brother

2011 · Ilene Rochlin

Listen to Your Heart

2010 · Grandma Sam

Hot in Cleveland

2010 · Loretta

2009 · Millie Carlson

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009 · Dot Nadeau

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

The Other Side of the Tracks

Love and Debate

2006 · Mrs. Gaffney

2004 · Georgia Adams

Desperate Housewives

2004 · Phyllis Van De Kamp

2004 · Aunt Jet

A House on a Hill

2003 · Mercedes Mayfield

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

2003 · Mrs. Ashboro

2003 · Miss Christina

2002 · Mrs. Finch

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

2002 · Aunt Claire

2002 · Nancy Plummer

Crossing Jordan

2001 · Frances Littleton

2001 · Elanora Davis

My Louisiana Sky

2001 · Jewel Ramsey

75 Degrees in July

2000 · Jo Beth Anderson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Dr. Wharton

A Marriage of Convenience

1998 · Harriet Winslow

1998 · Estelle Winters

Little Boy Blue

1998 · Doris Knight

A Father for Brittany

1998 · Donna Minkowitz

Significant Others

1998 · Gram (Miss Caroline)

As Good as It Gets

1997 · Beverly Connelly

1997 · Margaret

1997 · Helen Apple

Somebody Is Waiting

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

1996 · Joan Hart

If These Walls Could Talk

1996 · Mary Donnelly

1996 · Edie Danziger

A Promise to Carolyn

1996 · Jolene Maggart

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995 · Peggy Buckey

Stuart Saves His Family

1995 · Dr. Hearst

Children of the Dust

1995 · Aunt Bertha

1995 · Loretta Bennett

Dad, the Angel & Me

Death in Venice, CA

1994 · Mona Dickens

1994 · Mrs. Burke

1994 · Edith Niedelmeyer

A Part of the Family

The Yarn Princess

The Secret Life of Houses

The Secret Life of Houses

1994 · Aunt Fergie

A Mother's Revenge

1993 · Bess Warden

1993 · Agnes Cantwell

1993 · Edie Wren Cox

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

1993 · Edna Larson

To Save a Child

1991 · Rinda Larson

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1991 · Helen Potter

Bump in the Night

1991 · Katie Leonard

1990 · Melanie Cullen

thirtysomething

1986 · Belinda Collins

1986 · Phyllis Todd

The Sweet Scent of Death

1984 · Ann Fairfax Denver

With Intent to Kill

1984 · Edna Reinecker

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Grace Fenton

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984 · Ann Denver

1982 · Jerolyn

1981 · Sylvia Dennis

Playing for Time

1980 · Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979 · Hannah Meredith

Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · Elizabeth Bourdon

Champions: A Love Story

1979 · Barbara Harlich

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978 · Genna Kudirka

21 Hours at Munich

1976 · Anneliese Graes

Return to Earth

1976 · Joan Aldrin

1975 · Phyllis Lenahan

1975 · Phyllis Lenahan

Friendly Persuasion

1975 · Eliza Birdwell

1974 · Barbara Banister

The Country Girl

1974 · Georgie Elgin

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973 · Margot Brenner

1973 · Kay Lewiston

The Streets of San Francisco

1971 · Beatrice

Alias Smith and Jones

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969 · Marci Boyle

The Rain People

1969 · Natalie Ravenna

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969 · Barbara

1968 · Self (uncredited)

1968 · Emily Castleton

The Counterfeit Killer

1968 · Angie Peterson

Shadow Over Elveron

1968 · Joanne Tregaskis

1967 · Peggy Leydon

1967 · Margaret Cook

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 · The Woman - Joyce

Flight from Ashiya

1964 · Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 · Jane Washburn

The Outer Limits

1963 · Noelle Anderson

Arrest and Trial

1963 · Rhoda Waggner

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Susan Morrow

1962 · Erica Hayden

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962 · Heavenly Finley

1962 · Terry Ames

Target: The Corruptors!

1961 · Bethany Windell

The Roaring 20's

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960 · Reenie Flood

1960 · Grace Kennedy

Bourbon Street Beat

Five Gates to Hell

1959 · Sister Maria

Johnny Staccato

1959 · Jennie Cooper

77 Sunset Strip

1958 · Mari Ellen Taylor

1958 · Tendis Weston

1958 · Kathy Meigs

1958 · Molly Durrock

1958 · Mrs. Newcomb

The Restless Gun

1957 · Heide Ritter

1957 · Nancy Powers

1956 · Self - Winner

Matinee Theater

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Georgie Elgin

The Bob Hope Show

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

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