Shirley Knight

Personal Info

Birthday

July 5, 1936

Day of Death

2020-04-22

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Goessel, Kansas, USA

Also Known As

Shirley Enola Knight

Shirley 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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

House

Desperate Housewives

Murder, She Wrote

Maverick

NYPD Blue

Cold Case

Filmography

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