Shirley Knight
Acting
Born: 1936-07-05 · Goessel, Kansas, USA
Died: 2020-04-22
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Self
Periphery
2018
Leanne Cross
The Missing Girl
2015
Mrs. Colvins
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
Mom
Mercy
2014
Mercy
Redwood Highway
2013
Marie
Elevator
2013
Jane Redding
Our Idiot Brother
2011
Ilene Rochlin
Listen to Your Heart
2010
Grandma Sam
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
Dot Nadeau
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
Mom
Not Fade Away
2008
Diane
The Other Side of the Tracks
2008
Helen
Open Window
2006
Ann
Love and Debate
2006
Lea
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
Self
Grandma's Boy
2006
Bea
Sexual Life
2005
Joanne
Sudbury
2004
Aunt Jet
A House on a Hill
2003
Mercedes Mayfield
📺 TV Shows (20)
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Loretta
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Millie Carlson
The Unit
2006
Mrs. Gaffney
House
2004
Georgia Adams
Desperate Housewives
2004
Phyllis Van De Kamp
Cold Case
2003
Dottie
Crossing Jordan
2001
Frances Littleton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Dr. Wharton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Rose Granville
Maggie Winters
1998
Estelle Winters
Significant Others
1998
Ally McBeal
1997
Helen Apple
VR.5
1995
Dr. Hearst
Children of the Dust
1995
Aunt Bertha
Cybill
1995
Loretta Bennett
ER
1994
Mrs. Burke
NYPD Blue
1993
Agnes Cantwell
Angel Falls
1993
Edie Wren Cox
Law & Order
1990
Melanie Cullen
thirtysomething
1987