Shirley Knight
91 movies · 61 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 5, 1936
- Died
- Apr 22, 2020 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Goessel, Kansas, USA
- Also known as
- Shirley Enola Knight
Biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Shirley Knight: movies and TV shows
Acting (152)
- 2018 Periphery
as Leanne Cross
- 2015 The Missing Girl
as Mrs. Colvins
- 2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
as Mom
- 2014 Mercy
as Mercy
- 2013 Redwood Highway
as Marie
- 2013 Elevator
as Jane Redding
- 2011 Our Idiot Brother
as Ilene Rochlin
- 2010 Listen to Your Heart
as Grandma Sam
- 2010
- 2009
- 2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Dot Nadeau
- 2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Mom
- 2008 Not Fade Away
as Diane
- 2008 The Other Side of the Tracks
as Helen
- 2006 Open Window
as Ann
- 2006 Love and Debate
as Lea
- 2006
- 2006 Grandma's Boy
as Bea
- 2005 Sexual Life
as Joanne
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 Sudbury
as Aunt Jet
- 2003 A House on a Hill
as Mercedes Mayfield
- 2003 Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Mrs. Ashboro
- 2003
- 2003 Fly Cherry
as Miss Christina
- 2002 Shadow Realm
as Mrs. Finch
- 2002
- 2002 P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
as Aunt Claire
- 2002 The Salton Sea
as Nancy Plummer
- 2001
- 2001 Angel Eyes
as Elanora Davis
- 2001 My Louisiana Sky
as Jewel Ramsey
- 2000 75 Degrees in July
as Jo Beth Anderson
- 1999
- 1998 A Marriage of Convenience
as Harriet Winslow
- 1998
- 1998 Little Boy Blue
as Doris Knight
- 1998 A Father for Brittany
as Donna Minkowitz
- 1998
- 1998 The Wedding
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
- 1997 As Good as It Gets
as Beverly Connelly
- 1997 Convictions
as Margaret
- 1997
- 1996 Somebody Is Waiting
as Irma
- 1996 Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
as Joan Hart
- 1996 Mary & Tim
as Esther
- 1996 The Uninvited
as Delia
- 1996 If These Walls Could Talk
as Mary Donnelly
- 1996 Diabolique
as Edie Danziger
- 1996 A Promise to Carolyn
as Jolene Maggart
- 1996 Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Sally Ann
- 1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Peggy Buckey
- 1995 Stuart Saves His Family
as Mom
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995 Dad, the Angel & Me
as Betty
- 1994 Death in Venice, CA
as Mona Dickens
- 1994
- 1994 Color of Night
as Edith Niedelmeyer
- 1994 A Part of the Family
as Martha
- 1994 The Yarn Princess
as Esther
- 1994 Baby Brokers
as Sylvia
- 1994 Benders
as Donna
- 1994 The Secret Life of Houses
as Aunt Fergie
- 1994 Hoggs' Heaven
as Mom
- 1993 A Mother's Revenge
as Bess Warden
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
as Edna Larson
- 1991 To Save a Child
as Rinda Larson
- 1991 Shadow of a Doubt
as Helen Potter
- 1991 Bump in the Night
as Katie Leonard
- 1990
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984 The Sweet Scent of Death
as Ann Fairfax Denver
- 1984 With Intent to Kill
as Edna Reinecker
- 1984
- 1984
- 1982 The Sender
as Jerolyn
- 1982 Kennedy's Children
as Carla
- 1981 Endless Love
as Ann
- 1981
- 1980 Playing for Time
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
- 1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Hannah Meredith
- 1979
- 1979 Champions: A Love Story
as Barbara Harlich
- 1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Genna Kudirka
- 1976 21 Hours at Munich
as Anneliese Graes
- 1976 Return to Earth
as Joan Aldrin
- 1975 Medical Story
as Phyllis Lenahan
- 1975
- 1975 Friendly Persuasion
as Eliza Birdwell
- 1975
- 1974 Juggernaut
as Barbara Banister
- 1974
- 1974 The Country Girl
as Georgie Elgin
- 1973
- 1973 The Lie
as Anna
- 1973
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 That Quiet Earth
as The Woman
- 1971 Secrets
as Beatrice
- 1971
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 The Rain People
as Natalie Ravenna
- 1969
- 1968
- 1968 Petulia
as Polo
- 1968 The Counterfeit Killer
as Angie Peterson
- 1968 Shadow Over Elveron
as Joanne Tregaskis
- 1967 The Outsider
as Peggy Leydon
- 1967
- 1966 Dutchman
as Lula
- 1966 The Group
as Polly
- 1965
- 1964 Flight from Ashiya
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962 House of Women
as Erica Hayden
- 1962 Sweet Bird of Youth
as Heavenly Finley
- 1962 The Couch
as Terry Ames
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Reenie Flood
- 1960 The Shape of the River
as Susy Clemens
- 1960 Ice Palace
as Grace Kennedy
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Five Gates to Hell
as Sister Maria
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957
- 1955
- 1951
Talk shows and appearances (9)
- 2021
- 2006
- 1968
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
3 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode