Shirley Knight

Born

July 5, 1936

Died

April 22, 2020 (83 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Goessel, Kansas, USA

IMDb

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

8.6

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self

0.0

2021

Periphery

Leanne Cross

0.0

2018

The Missing Girl

Mrs. Colvins

6.0

2015

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Mom

5.2

2015

Mercy

Gramma

5.1

2014

Redwood Highway

Marie

5.9

2013

Elevator

Jane Redding

4.9

2013

Our Idiot Brother

Ilene Rochlin

6.2

2011

Listen to Your Heart

Grandma Sam

7.2

2010

Hot in Cleveland

Loretta · (1 episode)

7.4

2010

Drop Dead Diva

Millie Carlson · (1 episode)

7.7

2009

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Dot Nadeau

5.9

2009

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Mom

5.4

2009

Not Fade Away

Diane

0.0

2008

The Other Side of the Tracks

Helen

4.0

2008

Open Window

Ann

5.1

2006

Love and Debate

Lea

3.4

2006

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Self

0.0

2006

The Unit

(1 episode)

7.3

2006

Grandma's Boy

Bea

6.5

2006

House

Georgia Adams · (1 episode)

8.6

2004

Desperate Housewives

Phyllis Van De Kamp · (5 episodes)

7.9

2004

Sudbury

Aunt Jet

5.7

2004

A House on a Hill

Mercedes Mayfield

0.0

2003

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

Mrs. Ashboro

5.1

2003

Cold Case

Dottie · (1 episode)

7.8

2003

Fly Cherry

Miss Christina

5.5

2003

Shadow Realm

Mrs. Finch

3.5

2002

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Necie Kelleher

6.1

2002

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

Aunt Claire

4.3

2002

The Salton Sea

Nancy Plummer

6.6

2002

Crossing Jordan

Frances Littleton · (1 episode)

7.2

2001

Angel Eyes

Elanora Davis

6.1

2001

My Louisiana Sky

Jewel Ramsey

6.5

2001

75 Degrees in July

Jo Beth Anderson

6.0

2000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Dr. Wharton · (1 episode)

7.9

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Rose Granville · (1 episode)

7.9

1999

A Marriage of Convenience

Harriet Winslow

5.5

1998

Maggie Winters

Estelle Winters · (18 episodes)

10.0

1998

A Father for Brittany

Donna Minkowitz

7.5

1998

Significant Others

(2 episodes)

0.0

1998

The Wedding

Gram (Miss Caroline)

8.3

1998

As Good as It Gets

Beverly Connelly

7.4

1997

Convictions

Margaret

6.0

1997

Ally McBeal

Helen Apple · (1 episode)

6.6

1997

Little Boy Blue

Doris Knight

6.1

1997

Somebody Is Waiting

Irma

2.0

1996

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

Joan Hart

7.5

1996

Mary & Tim

Esther

5.5

1996

The Uninvited

Delia

5.5

1996

If These Walls Could Talk

Mary Donnelly

6.7

1996

Diabolique

Edie Danziger

5.5

1996

A Promise to Carolyn

Jolene Maggart

7.1

1996

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Sally Ann

0.0

1996

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Peggy Buckey

7.1

1995

Stuart Saves His Family

Mom

5.2

1995

VR.5

Dr. Hearst · (1 episode)

6.7

1995

Children of the Dust

Aunt Bertha · (2 episodes)

7.0

1995

Cybill

(1 episode)

5.8

1995

Dad, the Angel & Me

Betty

6.2

1995

Death in Venice, CA

Mona Dickens

4.8

1994

ER

Mrs. Burke · (1 episode)

7.8

1994

Color of Night

Edith Niedelmeyer

5.8

1994

A Part of the Family

Martha

0.0

1994

The Yarn Princess

Esther

6.4

1994

Baby Brokers

Sylvia

6.2

1994

Benders

Donna

0.0

1994

The Secret Life of Houses

Aunt Fergie

0.0

1994

A Mother's Revenge

Bess Warden

5.0

1993

NYPD Blue

Agnes Cantwell · (1 episode)

7.0

1993

Angel Falls

Edie Wren Cox · (6 episodes)

8.0

1993

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

Edna Larson

1.0

1993

To Save a Child

Rinda Larson

3.0

1991

Shadow of a Doubt

Helen Potter

5.2

1991

Bump in the Night

Katie Leonard

5.8

1991

Law & Order

Melanie Cullen · (1 episode)

7.4

1990

thirtysomething

(2 episodes)

6.3

1987

L.A. Law

Belinda Collins · (1 episode)

7.1

1986

Matlock

(1 episode)

7.1

1986

The Equalizer

Kay · (1 episode)

7.2

1985

The Sweet Scent of Death

Ann Fairfax Denver

6.0

1984

With Intent to Kill

Edna Reinecker

3.0

1984

Murder, She Wrote

Grace Fenton · (2 episodes)

7.5

1984

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

Ann Denver · (1 episode)

6.4

1984

The Sender

Jerolyn

5.6

1982

Kennedy's Children

Carla

0.0

1982

Endless Love

Ann

5.7

1981

Nurse

Sylvia Dennis · (1 episode)

5.0

1981

Playing for Time

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

6.9

1980

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Hannah Meredith

5.1

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

Elizabeth Bourdon · (1 episode)

6.7

1979

Champions: A Love Story

Barbara Harlich

5.8

1979

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

Genna Kudirka

6.0

1978

21 Hours at Munich

Anneliese Graes

6.1

1976

Return to Earth

Joan Aldrin

0.0

1976

Medical Story

Phyllis Lenahan

0.0

1975

Medical Story

(1 episode)

3.0

1975

Friendly Persuasion

Eliza Birdwell

0.0

1975

Please Stand by for Murder

0.0

1975

Juggernaut

Barbara Banister

6.2

1974

The Manhunter

(1 episode)

5.0

1974

The Country Girl

Georgie Elgin

0.0

1974

The Lie

Anna

6.0

1973

Barnaby Jones

Kay Lewiston · (1 episode)

6.9

1973

The Streets of San Francisco

(1 episode)

6.9

1972

Ghost Story

Beth · (1 episode)

7.1

1972

Secrets

Beatrice

4.8

1971

Alias Smith and Jones

(1 episode)

6.9

1971

Medical Center

(1 episode)

6.1

1969

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Marci Boyle · (1 episode)

4.0

1969

The Rain People

Natalie Ravenna

6.6

1969

Filmmaker

Self (uncredited)

7.1

1968

The Jazz Age

Emily Castleton · (1 episode)

0.0

1968

Petulia

Polo

5.9

1968

The Counterfeit Killer

Angie Peterson

0.0

1968

Shadow Over Elveron

Joanne Tregaskis

6.5

1968

The Outsider

Peggy Leydon

6.0

1967

The Invaders

Margaret Cook · (1 episode)

6.8

1967

Dutchman

Lula

4.6

1966

The Group

Polly

5.6

1966

Flight from Ashiya

Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

5.0

1964

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

(1 episode)

5.7

1963

The Fugitive

Jane Washburn · (1 episode)

7.2

1963

The Fugitive

Mona Ross · (1 episode)

7.2

1963

The Fugitive

Janice Pruitt · (1 episode)

7.2

1963

The Outer Limits

Noelle Anderson · (1 episode)

7.8

1963

Arrest and Trial

Rhoda Waggner · (1 episode)

7.7

1963

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · (1 episode)

7.5

1962

The Virginian

Susan Morrow · (1 episode)

6.5

1962

The Virginian

Clara Malone · (1 episode)

6.5

1962

House of Women

Erica Hayden

5.4

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth

Heavenly Finley

6.8

1962

The Couch

Terry Ames

6.1

1962

Target: The Corruptors!

(1 episode)

3.5

1961

The Defenders

Bethany Windell · (1 episode)

6.2

1961

The Roaring 20's

(1 episode)

0.0

1960

Surfside 6

(3 episodes)

5.0

1960

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Reenie Flood

6.7

1960

Ice Palace

Grace Kennedy

5.8

1960

Hawaiian Eye

(3 episodes)

5.2

1959

Bourbon Street Beat

(1 episode)

5.0

1959

Five Gates to Hell

Sister Maria

4.8

1959

Johnny Staccato

(1 episode)

5.6

1959

Rawhide

Jennie Cooper · (1 episode)

7.2

1959

77 Sunset Strip

Mari Ellen Taylor · (1 episode)

6.7

1958

Lawman

Tendis Weston · (1 episode)

5.6

1958

Naked City

Kathy Meigs · (1 episode)

5.5

1958

The Texan

(2 episodes)

5.5

1958

Bronco

(2 episodes)

5.2

1958

Buckskin

Mrs. Newcomb · (34 episodes)

5.5

1958

The Restless Gun

Heide Ritter · (1 episode)

3.7

1957

Maverick

Nancy Powers · (1 episode)

6.8

1957

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter · (1 episode)

5.5

1956

Tony Awards

Self - Winner · (1 episode)

5.5

1956

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee · (1 episode)

5.5

1956

Matinee Theater

(1 episode)

5.0

1955

The Oscars

Self · (1 episode)

7.1

1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Georgie Elgin · (1 episode)

8.6

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Mrs. Potter · (1 episode)

8.6

1951

The Bob Hope Show

Self · (1 episode)

7.0

1950

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Winner · (1 episode)

7.2

1944