Shirley Knight
Acting
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
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moviePeriphery
2018
Leanne Cross
movieThe Missing Girl
2015
Mrs. Colvins
movieMercy
2014
Mercy
movieElevator
2013
Jane Redding
movieOur Idiot Brother
2011
Ilene Rochlin
movieListen to Your Heart
2010
Grandma Sam
tvHot in Cleveland
2010
Loretta
tvDrop Dead Diva
2009
Millie Carlson
movieThe Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
Dot Nadeau
tvThe Unit
2006
Mrs. Gaffney
movieSexual Life
2005
Joanne
tvHouse
2004
Georgia Adams
tvDesperate Housewives
2004
Phyllis Van De Kamp
movieSudbury
2004
Aunt Jet
movieA House on a Hill
2003
Mercedes Mayfield
movieMrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
Mrs. Ashboro
tvCold Case
2003
Dottie
movieFly Cherry
2003
Miss Christina
movieShadow Realm
2002
Mrs. Finch
movieP.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
Aunt Claire
movieThe Salton Sea
2002
Nancy Plummer
tvCrossing Jordan
2001
Frances Littleton
movieAngel Eyes
2001
Elanora Davis
movieMy Louisiana Sky
2001
Jewel Ramsey
movie75 Degrees in July
2000
Jo Beth Anderson
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Dr. Wharton / Rose Granville
movieA Marriage of Convenience
1998
Harriet Winslow
Maggie Winters
1998
Estelle Winters
movieA Father for Brittany
1998
Donna Minkowitz
movieThe Wedding
1998
Gram (Miss Caroline)
movieAs Good as It Gets
1997
Beverly Connelly
movieConvictions
1997
Margaret
tvAlly McBeal
1997
Helen Apple
movieLittle Boy Blue
1997
Doris Knight
movieMary & Tim
1996
Esther
movieIf These Walls Could Talk
1996
Mary Donnelly
movieDiabolique
1996
Edie Danziger
movieA Promise to Carolyn
1996
Jolene Maggart
movieIndictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
Peggy Buckey
tvVR.5
1995
Dr. Hearst
tvChildren of the Dust
1995
Aunt Bertha
tvCybill
1995
Loretta Bennett
movieDeath in Venice, CA
1994
Mona Dickens
tvER
1994
Mrs. Burke
movieColor of Night
1994
Edith Niedelmeyer
movieBaby Brokers
1994
Sylvia
movieA Mother's Revenge
1993
Bess Warden
tvNYPD Blue
1993
Agnes Cantwell
Angel Falls
1993
Edie Wren Cox
movieTo Save a Child
1991
Rinda Larson
movieShadow of a Doubt
1991
Helen Potter
movieBump in the Night
1991
Katie Leonard
tvLaw & Order
1990
Melanie Cullen
tvL.A. Law
1986
Belinda Collins
tvMatlock
1986
Phyllis Todd
movieThe Sweet Scent of Death
1984
Ann Fairfax Denver
movieWith Intent to Kill
1984
Edna Reinecker
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Grace Fenton
movieThe Sender
1982
Jerolyn
tvNurse
1981
Sylvia Dennis
moviePlaying for Time
1980
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
movieBeyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
Hannah Meredith
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Elizabeth Bourdon
movieChampions: A Love Story
1979
Barbara Harlich
movieThe Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
Genna Kudirka
movie21 Hours at Munich
1976
Anneliese Graes
movieReturn to Earth
1976
Joan Aldrin
movieMedical Story
1975
Phyllis Lenahan
movieFriendly Persuasion
1975
Eliza Birdwell
movieJuggernaut
1974
Barbara Banister
movieThe Country Girl
1974
Georgie Elgin
tvOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Margot Brenner
movieThe Lie
1973
Anna
tvBarnaby Jones
1973
Kay Lewiston
movieSecrets
1971
Beatrice
tvThe Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
Marci Boyle
movieThe Rain People
1969
Natalie Ravenna
movieFilmmaker
1968
Self (uncredited)
The Jazz Age
1968
Emily Castleton
moviePetulia
1968
Polo
movieThe Counterfeit Killer
1968
Angie Peterson
movieShadow Over Elveron
1968
Joanne Tregaskis
movieThe Outsider
1967
Peggy Leydon
tvThe Invaders
1967
Margaret Cook
movieThe Group
1966
Polly
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Woman - Joyce
movieFlight from Ashiya
1964
Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Jane Washburn / Mona Ross / Janice Pruitt
tvThe Outer Limits
1963
Noelle Anderson
tvArrest and Trial
1963
Rhoda Waggner
tvThe Virginian
1962
Susan Morrow / Clara Malone
movieHouse of Women
1962
Erica Hayden
movieSweet Bird of Youth
1962
Heavenly Finley
movieThe Couch
1962
Terry Ames
tvThe Defenders
1961
Bethany Windell
movieThe Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
Reenie Flood
movieIce Palace
1960
Grace Kennedy
movieFive Gates to Hell
1959
Sister Maria
tvRawhide
1959
Jennie Cooper
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958
Mari Ellen Taylor
tvLawman
1958
Tendis Weston
tvNaked City
1958
Kathy Meigs
tvBronco
1958
Molly Durrock
Buckskin
1958
Mrs. Newcomb
tvThe Restless Gun
1957
Heide Ritter
tvMaverick
1957
Nancy Powers
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Winner / Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Georgie Elgin / Mrs. Potter
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee