Name
Shirley Knight
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-07-05
Deathday
2020-04-22 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
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.
Known For
As Good as It Gets
(4,286 Votes)
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A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely fri...
Relase Date : 19 Dec, 1997
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Color of Night
(657 Votes)
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A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered ...
Relase Date : 19 Aug, 1994
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
(1,737 Votes)
5.173
Security guard Paul Blart is headed to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his ...
Relase Date : 16 Apr, 2015
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
(238 Votes)
5.863
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee e...
Relase Date : 7 Jul, 2009
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Endless Love
(261 Votes)
5.651
As their romance unfolds, Jade and David's growing love for one another becomes the scorn ...
Relase Date : 17 Jul, 1981
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Grandma's Boy
(778 Votes)
6.522
Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest ...
Relase Date : 6 Jan, 2006
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
(265 Votes)
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In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox interv...
Relase Date : 7 Jun, 2002
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Juggernaut
(150 Votes)
6.3
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven b...
Relase Date : 25 Sep, 1974
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 2002 Shadow Realm as Mrs. Finch
- 1997 As Good as It Gets as Beverly Connelly
- 2006 Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time as Self
- 1998 Little Boy Blue as Doris Knight
- 2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee as Dot Nadeau
- 1996 Diabolique as Edie Danziger
- 2006 Open Window as Ann
- 2001 Angel Eyes as Elanora Davis
- 2002 The Salton Sea as Nancy Plummer
- 1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Hannah Meredith
- 1962 Sweet Bird of Youth as Heavenly Finley
- 2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood as Necie
- 2006 Grandma's Boy as Bea
- 1995 Stuart Saves His Family as Mom
- 1996 If These Walls Could Talk as Mary Donnelly
- 1974 Juggernaut as Barbara Banister
- 2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop as Mom
- 1968 Petulia as Polo
- 2003 Mrs. Ashboro's Cat as Mrs. Ashboro
- 2002 P.S. Your Cat is Dead! as Aunt Claire
- 1960 Ice Palace as Grace Kennedy
- 1966 Dutchman as Lula
- 2010 Listen to Your Heart as Grandma Sam
- 1981 Endless Love as Ann
- 1982 The Sender as Jerolyn
- 2008 The Other Side of the Tracks as Helen
- 1994 The Secret Life of Houses as Aunt Fergie
- 1976 21 Hours at Munich as Anneliese Graes
- 1966 The Group as Polly
- 2001 My Louisiana Sky as Jewel Ramsey
- 2013 Elevator as Jane Redding
- 1969 The Rain People as Natalie Ravenna
- 1982 Kennedy's Children as Carla
- 1994 Benders as Donna
- 2004 Sudbury as Aunt Jet
- 1962 The Couch as Terry Ames
- 1996 The Uninvited as Delia
- 1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Reenie Flood
- 1964 Flight from Ashiya as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
- 1962 House of Women as Erica Hayden
- 2008 Not Fade Away as Diane
- 2000 75 Degrees in July as Jo Beth Anderson
- 1998 A Father for Brittany as Donna Minkowitz
- 2014 Mercy as Mercy
- 1968 The Counterfeit Killer as Angie Peterson
- 1975 Medical Story as Phyllis Lenahan
- 1971 Secrets as Beatrice
- 1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka as Genna Kudirka
- 2013 Redwood Highway as Marie
- 1979 Champions: A Love Story as Barbara Harlich
- 2011 Our Idiot Brother as Ilene Rochlin
- 1959 Five Gates to Hell as Sister Maria
- 1994 Color of Night as Edith Niedelmeyer
- 1993 A Mother's Revenge as Bess Warden
- 2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 as Mom
- 1991 Shadow of a Doubt as Helen Potter
- 1991 Bump in the Night as Katie Leonard
- 2015 The Missing Girl as Mrs. Colvins
- 1991 To Save a Child as Rinda Larson
- 1968 Shadow Over Elveron as Joanne Tregaskis
- 1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Peggy Buckey
- 1967 The Outsider as Peggy Leydon
- 1994 A Part of the Family as Martha
- 1996 Somebody Is Waiting as Irma
- 2003 A House on a Hill as Mercedes Mayfield
- 1994 Baby Brokers as Sylvia
- 1997 Convictions as Margaret
- 1993 When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn as Edna Larson
- 1996 A Promise to Carolyn as Jolene Maggart
- 1975 Friendly Persuasion as Eliza Birdwell
- 1996 Mary & Tim as Esther
- 1973 The Lie as Anna
- 1968 Filmmaker as Self (uncredited)
- 1994 Death in Venice, CA as Mona Dickens
- 2003 Fly Cherry as Miss Christina
- 1976 Return to Earth as Joan Aldrin
- 1980 Playing for Time as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
- 2018 Periphery as Leanne Cross
- 1994 The Yarn Princess as Esther
- 1996 Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Joan Hart
- 1998 The Wedding as Gram (Miss Caroline)
- 1998 A Marriage of Convenience as Harriet Winslow
- 1995 Dad, the Angel & Me as Betty
- 1996 Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden as Sally Ann
- 2006 Love and Debate as Lea
- 1974 The Country Girl as Georgie Elgin
- 1984 With Intent to Kill as Edna Reinecker
- 2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 1984 The Sweet Scent of Death as Ann Fairfax Denver
- 1975 Please Stand by for Murder
- 2005 Sexual Life as Joanne
- 1972 That Quiet Earth as The Woman
- 1994 Hoggs' Heaven as Mom
- 1960 The Shape of the River as Susy Clemens
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Melanie Cullen
- 1959 Bourbon Street Beat ( 1 episode )
- 1987 thirtysomething ( 2 episodes )
- 2004 Desperate Housewives ( 5 episodes ) as Phyllis Van De Kamp
- 1997 Ally McBeal ( 1 episode ) as Helen Apple
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Belinda Collins
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Phyllis Todd
- 2006 The Unit ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Gaffney
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Dottie
- 1995 VR.5 ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Hearst
- 2001 Crossing Jordan ( 1 episode ) as Frances Littleton
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Cybill ( 1 episode ) as Loretta Bennett
- 1971 Alias Smith and Jones ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Kathy Meigs
- 1960 Surfside 6 ( 3 episodes )
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Kay
- 1959 Hawaiian Eye ( 3 episodes )
- 1959 Johnny Staccato ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Georgie Elgin
- 1961 Target: The Corruptors! ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Jane Washburn
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Jennie Cooper
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Mona Ross
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Susan Morrow
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Bronco ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Buckskin ( 34 episodes ) as Mrs. Newcomb
- 1958 The Texan ( 2 episodes )
- 1974 The Manhunter ( 1 episode )
- 1998 Significant Others ( 2 episodes )
- 1984 Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Ann Denver
- 1993 Angel Falls ( 6 episodes ) as Edie Wren Cox
- 1963 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Noelle Anderson
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Bethany Windell
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1960 The Roaring 20's ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Nurse ( 1 episode ) as Sylvia Dennis
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Wharton
- 1972 Ghost Story ( 1 episode ) as Beth
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Rose Granville
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Janice Pruitt
- 1998 Maggie Winters ( 18 episodes ) as Estelle Winters
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Burke
- 2004 House ( 1 episode ) as Georgia Adams
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Clara Malone
- 2009 Drop Dead Diva ( 1 episode ) as Millie Carlson
- 1995 Children of the Dust ( 2 episodes ) as Aunt Bertha
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Potter
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode ) as Rhoda Waggner
- 1993 NYPD Blue ( 1 episode ) as Agnes Cantwell
- 1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Kay Lewiston
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode ) as Mari Ellen Taylor
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 Hot in Cleveland ( 1 episode ) as Loretta
- 1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Margaret Cook
- 1958 Lawman ( 1 episode ) as Tendis Weston
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Heide Ritter
- 1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Marci Boyle
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 2 episodes ) as Grace Fenton
- 1979 Tales of the Unexpected ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Bourdon
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Powers
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 The Jazz Age ( 1 episode ) as Emily Castleton
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1958 Bronco ( 1 episode ) as Molly Durrock
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Barbara
- 1973 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Margot Brenner
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as The Woman - Joyce
- 1975 Medical Story ( 1 episode ) as Phyllis Lenahan
