Portrait of Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Acting

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.

Born: July 5, 1936

Place of Birth: Goessel, Kansas, USA

Filmography

2018
Periphery

as Leanne Cross

2015
The Missing Girl

as Mrs. Colvins

2014
Mercy

as Gramma

2013
2013
Elevator

as Jane Redding

2011
Our Idiot Brother

as Ilene Rochlin

2010
Listen to Your Heart

as Grandma Sam

2010
2009
Drop Dead Diva

as Millie Carlson

2006
2006
2006
2005
Sexual Life

as Joanne

2004
House

as Georgia Adams

2004
Desperate Housewives

as Phyllis Van De Kamp

2003
A House on a Hill

as Mercedes Mayfield

2003
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

as Mrs. Ashboro

2003
Cold Case

as Dottie

2003
Fly Cherry

as Miss Christina

2002
Shadow Realm

as Mrs. Finch

2002
2002
The Salton Sea

as Nancy Plummer

2001
Crossing Jordan

as Frances Littleton

2001
Angel Eyes

as Elanora Davis

2001
My Louisiana Sky

as Jewel Ramsey

2000
75 Degrees in July

as Jo Beth Anderson

1998
A Marriage of Convenience

as Harriet Winslow

1998
A Father for Brittany

as Donna Minkowitz

1998
The Wedding

as Gram (Miss Caroline)

1997
As Good as It Gets

as Beverly Connelly

1997
Convictions

as Margaret

1997
Ally McBeal

as Helen Apple

1997
Little Boy Blue

as Doris Knight

1996
Mary & Tim

as Esther

1996
1996
1996
Diabolique

as Edie Danziger

1996
A Promise to Carolyn

as Jolene Maggart

1995
VR.5

as Dr. Hearst

1995
Children of the Dust

as Aunt Bertha

1995
Cybill

as Loretta Bennett

1994
Death in Venice, CA

as Mona Dickens

1994
ER

as Mrs. Burke

1994
Color of Night

as Edith Niedelmeyer

1994
1994
Baby Brokers

as Sylvia

1993
A Mother's Revenge

as Bess Warden

1993
NYPD Blue

as Agnes Cantwell

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
Law & Order

as Melanie Cullen

1986
L.A. Law

as Belinda Collins

1986
Matlock

as Phyllis Todd

1985
1984
The Sweet Scent of Death

as Ann Fairfax Denver

1984
With Intent to Kill

as Edna Reinecker

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Grace Fenton

1982
The Sender

as Jerolyn

1982
1981
1981
Nurse

as Sylvia Dennis

1980
Playing for Time

as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

1979
1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Elizabeth Bourdon

1979
Champions: A Love Story

as Barbara Harlich

1978
1976
21 Hours at Munich

as Anneliese Graes

1976
Return to Earth

as Joan Aldrin

1975
Medical Story

as Phyllis Lenahan

1975
Friendly Persuasion

as Eliza Birdwell

1974
Juggernaut

as Barbara Banister

1974
The Country Girl

as Georgie Elgin

1973
The Lie

as Anna

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Kay Lewiston

1972
1971
Secrets

as Beatrice

1969
The Rain People

as Natalie Ravenna

1968
Filmmaker

as Self (uncredited)

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
The Invaders

as Margaret Cook

1966
Dutchman

as Lula

1966
The Group

as Polly

1964
Flight from Ashiya

as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

1963
The Fugitive

as Jane Washburn

1963
The Fugitive

as Mona Ross

1963
The Fugitive

as Janice Pruitt

1963
The Outer Limits

as Noelle Anderson

1963
Arrest and Trial

as Rhoda Waggner

1962
The Virginian

as Susan Morrow

1962
The Virginian

as Clara Malone

1962
House of Women

as Erica Hayden

1962
Sweet Bird of Youth

as Heavenly Finley

1962
The Couch

as Terry Ames

1961
The Defenders

as Bethany Windell

1960
Ice Palace

as Grace Kennedy

1959
Five Gates to Hell

as Sister Maria

1959
Rawhide

as Jennie Cooper

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Mari Ellen Taylor

1958
Lawman

as Tendis Weston

1958
Naked City

as Kathy Meigs

1958
1957
The Restless Gun

as Heide Ritter

1957
Maverick

as Nancy Powers

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Georgie Elgin

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Potter

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee