Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

1936-07-05 • Goessel, Kansas, USA • Female • 161 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1936-07-05

Place of Birth

Goessel, Kansas, USA

Known Credits

161

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Shirley Enola Knight

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Dutchman

Dutchman

Movie (1966)

Known For Movies

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015
Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009
Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy

2006
Color of Night

Color of Night

1994
Endless Love

Endless Love

1981
Angel Eyes

Angel Eyes

2001
Juggernaut

Juggernaut

1974
As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

1997
Our Idiot Brother

Our Idiot Brother

2011
Sexual Life

Sexual Life

2005
Hoggs' Heaven

Hoggs' Heaven

1994
Medical Story

Medical Story

1975
Periphery

Periphery

2018
Petulia

Petulia

1968
Elevator

Elevator

2013
If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

1996
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979
Mercy

Mercy

2014
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009
The Salton Sea

The Salton Sea

2002
Diabolique

Diabolique

1996
The Rain People

The Rain People

1969
Stuart Saves His Family

Stuart Saves His Family

1995
Sudbury

Sudbury

2004
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

2003
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002
Playing for Time

Playing for Time

1980
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997
Somebody Is Waiting

Somebody Is Waiting

1996
A Marriage of Convenience

A Marriage of Convenience

1998
Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021
Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995
The Shape of the River

The Shape of the River

1960
The Uninvited

The Uninvited

1996
The Sender

The Sender

1982
21 Hours at Munich

21 Hours at Munich

1976
The Group

The Group

1966
Open Window

Open Window

2006
A Part of the Family

A Part of the Family

1994
My Louisiana Sky

My Louisiana Sky

2001
Dad, the Angel & Me

Dad, the Angel & Me

1995
A Mother's Revenge

A Mother's Revenge

1993
A Promise to Carolyn

A Promise to Carolyn

1996
The Missing Girl

The Missing Girl

2015
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960
Flight from Ashiya

Flight from Ashiya

1964
The Counterfeit Killer

The Counterfeit Killer

1968
The Yarn Princess

The Yarn Princess

1994
A Father for Brittany

A Father for Brittany

1998
Bump in the Night

Bump in the Night

1991
The Wedding

The Wedding

1998
Redwood Highway

Redwood Highway

2013
House of Women

House of Women

1962
Love and Debate

Love and Debate

2006
Baby Brokers

Baby Brokers

1994
The Couch

The Couch

1962
Champions: A Love Story

Champions: A Love Story

1979
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1991
Not Fade Away

Not Fade Away

2008
That Quiet Earth

That Quiet Earth

1972
Shadow Over Elveron

Shadow Over Elveron

1968
Death in Venice, CA

Death in Venice, CA

1994
Secrets

Secrets

1971
Convictions

Convictions

1997
The Country Girl

The Country Girl

1974
Return to Earth

Return to Earth

1976
Filmmaker

Filmmaker

1968
Dutchman

Dutchman

1966
The Lie

The Lie

1973
Listen to Your Heart

Listen to Your Heart

2010
The Outsider

The Outsider

1967
A House on a Hill

A House on a Hill

2003
Ice Palace

Ice Palace

1960
Benders

Benders

1994
Mary & Tim

Mary & Tim

1996
Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

1975
The Defection of Simas Kudirka

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978
Five Gates to Hell

Five Gates to Hell

1959
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

2002
Shadow Realm

Shadow Realm

2002
With Intent to Kill

With Intent to Kill

1984
The Sweet Scent of Death

The Sweet Scent of Death

1984
The Other Side of the Tracks

The Other Side of the Tracks

2008
The Secret Life of Houses

The Secret Life of Houses

1994
75 Degrees in July

75 Degrees in July

2000
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

1996
Kennedy's Children

Kennedy's Children

1982
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

1993
To Save a Child

To Save a Child

1991
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

1996
Please Stand by for Murder

Please Stand by for Murder

1975
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

2006
Fly Cherry

Fly Cherry

2003

Known For TV Shows

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999
Law & Order

Law & Order

1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962
House

House

2004
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

2004
The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1963
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984
ER

ER

1994
NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

1993
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944
Cold Case

Cold Case

2003
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956
Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

2001
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963
Maverick

Maverick

1957
Matlock

Matlock

1986
The Virginian

The Virginian

1962
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986
Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland

2010
Rawhide

Rawhide

1959
The Unit

The Unit

2006
Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

1955
The Equalizer

The Equalizer

1985
Naked City

Naked City

1958
Lawman

Lawman

1958
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

1979
Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

1973
thirtysomething

thirtysomething

1987
The Invaders

The Invaders

1967
Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva

2009
The Defenders

The Defenders

1961
The Oscars

The Oscars

1953
The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

1963
Medical Center

Medical Center

1969
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

1958
The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

1950
Cybill

Cybill

1995
Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye

1959
Johnny Staccato

Johnny Staccato

1959
The Texan

The Texan

1958
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

1997
Surfside 6

Surfside 6

1960
The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

1972
Ghost Story

Ghost Story

1972
Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

1971
Bronco

Bronco

1958
The Manhunter

The Manhunter

1974
Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial

1963
ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969
Medical Story

Medical Story

1975
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984
The Roaring 20's

The Roaring 20's

1960
Bourbon Street Beat

Bourbon Street Beat

1959
Nurse

Nurse

1981
The Restless Gun

The Restless Gun

1957
Target: The Corruptors!

Target: The Corruptors!

1961
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age

1968
VR.5

VR.5

1995
Maggie Winters

Maggie Winters

1998
Children of the Dust

Children of the Dust

1995
Significant Others

Significant Others

1998
Angel Falls

Angel Falls

1993
Buckskin

Buckskin

1958

Movie Credits

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015

Mom

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009

Mom

Grandma's Boy

2006

Bea

Color of Night

1994

Edith Niedelmeyer

Endless Love

1981

Ann

Angel Eyes

2001

Elanora Davis

Juggernaut

1974

Barbara Banister

As Good as It Gets

1997

Beverly Connelly

Our Idiot Brother

2011

Ilene Rochlin

Sexual Life

2005

Joanne

Hoggs' Heaven

1994

Mom

Medical Story

1975

Phyllis Lenahan

Periphery

2018

Leanne Cross

Petulia

1968

Polo

Elevator

2013

Jane Redding

If These Walls Could Talk

1996

Mary Donnelly

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979

Hannah Meredith

Mercy

2014

Mercy

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009

Dot Nadeau

The Salton Sea

2002

Nancy Plummer

Diabolique

1996

Edie Danziger

The Rain People

1969

Natalie Ravenna

Stuart Saves His Family

1995

Mom

Sudbury

2004

Aunt Jet

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

2003

Mrs. Ashboro

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

Necie

Playing for Time

1980

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Little Boy Blue

1997

Doris Knight

Somebody Is Waiting

1996

Irma

A Marriage of Convenience

1998

Harriet Winslow

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962

Heavenly Finley

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

Self

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995

Peggy Buckey

The Shape of the River

1960

Susy Clemens

The Uninvited

1996

Delia

The Sender

1982

Jerolyn

21 Hours at Munich

1976

Anneliese Graes

The Group

1966

Polly

Open Window

2006

Ann

A Part of the Family

1994

Martha

My Louisiana Sky

2001

Jewel Ramsey

Dad, the Angel & Me

1995

Betty

A Mother's Revenge

1993

Bess Warden

A Promise to Carolyn

1996

Jolene Maggart

The Missing Girl

2015

Mrs. Colvins

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960

Reenie Flood

Flight from Ashiya

1964

Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

The Counterfeit Killer

1968

Angie Peterson

The Yarn Princess

1994

Esther

A Father for Brittany

1998

Donna Minkowitz

Bump in the Night

1991

Katie Leonard

The Wedding

1998

Gram (Miss Caroline)

Redwood Highway

2013

Marie

House of Women

1962

Erica Hayden

Love and Debate

2006

Lea

Baby Brokers

1994

Sylvia

The Couch

1962

Terry Ames

Champions: A Love Story

1979

Barbara Harlich

Shadow of a Doubt

1991

Helen Potter

Not Fade Away

2008

Diane

That Quiet Earth

1972

The Woman

Shadow Over Elveron

1968

Joanne Tregaskis

Death in Venice, CA

1994

Mona Dickens

Secrets

1971

Beatrice

Convictions

1997

Margaret

The Country Girl

1974

Georgie Elgin

Return to Earth

1976

Joan Aldrin

Filmmaker

1968

Self (uncredited)

Dutchman

1966

Lula

The Lie

1973

Anna

Listen to Your Heart

2010

Grandma Sam

The Outsider

1967

Peggy Leydon

A House on a Hill

2003

Mercedes Mayfield

Ice Palace

1960

Grace Kennedy

Benders

1994

Donna

Mary & Tim

1996

Esther

Friendly Persuasion

1975

Eliza Birdwell

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978

Genna Kudirka

Five Gates to Hell

1959

Sister Maria

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

2002

Aunt Claire

Shadow Realm

2002

Mrs. Finch

With Intent to Kill

1984

Edna Reinecker

The Sweet Scent of Death

1984

Ann Fairfax Denver

The Other Side of the Tracks

2008

Helen

The Secret Life of Houses

1994

Aunt Fergie

75 Degrees in July

2000

Jo Beth Anderson

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

1996

Joan Hart

Kennedy's Children

1982

Carla

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

1993

Edna Larson

To Save a Child

1991

Rinda Larson

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

1996

Sally Ann

Please Stand by for Murder

1975

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

2006

Self

Fly Cherry

2003

Miss Christina

TV Credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Dr. Wharton (1 episodes)

Law & Order

1990

Melanie Cullen (1 episodes)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Self (1 episodes)

House

2004

Georgia Adams (1 episodes)

Desperate Housewives

2004

Phyllis Van De Kamp (5 episodes)

The Fugitive

1963

Jane Washburn (1 episodes)

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Grace Fenton (2 episodes)

ER

1994

Mrs. Burke (1 episodes)

NYPD Blue

1993

Agnes Cantwell (1 episodes)

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Self - Nominee (1 episodes)

Cold Case

2003

Dottie (1 episodes)

Tony Awards

1956

Self - Winner (1 episodes)

Crossing Jordan

2001

Frances Littleton (1 episodes)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

(1 episodes)

Maverick

1957

Nancy Powers (1 episodes)

Matlock

1986

Phyllis Todd (1 episodes)

The Virginian

1962

Susan Morrow (1 episodes)

L.A. Law

1986

Belinda Collins (1 episodes)

Hot in Cleveland

2010

Loretta (1 episodes)

Rawhide

1959

Jennie Cooper (1 episodes)

The Unit

2006

Mrs. Gaffney (1 episodes)

Matinee Theater

1955

(1 episodes)

The Equalizer

1985

Kay (1 episodes)

Naked City

1958

Kathy Meigs (1 episodes)

Lawman

1958

Tendis Weston (1 episodes)

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Elizabeth Bourdon (1 episodes)

Barnaby Jones

1973

Kay Lewiston (1 episodes)

thirtysomething

1987

(2 episodes)

The Invaders

1967

Margaret Cook (1 episodes)

Drop Dead Diva

2009

Millie Carlson (1 episodes)

The Defenders

1961

Bethany Windell (1 episodes)

The Oscars

1953

Self (1 episodes)

The Outer Limits

1963

Noelle Anderson (1 episodes)

Medical Center

1969

(1 episodes)

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Mari Ellen Taylor (1 episodes)

The Bob Hope Show

1950

Self (1 episodes)

Cybill

1995

Loretta Bennett (1 episodes)

Hawaiian Eye

1959

(3 episodes)

Johnny Staccato

1959

(1 episodes)

The Texan

1958

(2 episodes)

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

The Woman - Joyce (1 episodes)

Ally McBeal

1997

Helen Apple (1 episodes)

Surfside 6

1960

(3 episodes)

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

(1 episodes)

Ghost Story

1972

Beth (1 episodes)

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

(1 episodes)

Bronco

1958

(1 episodes)

The Manhunter

1974

(1 episodes)

Arrest and Trial

1963

Rhoda Waggner (1 episodes)

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969

Barbara (1 episodes)

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

Margot Brenner (1 episodes)

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969

Marci Boyle (1 episodes)

Medical Story

1975

Phyllis Lenahan (1 episodes)

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984

Ann Denver (1 episodes)

The Roaring 20's

1960

(1 episodes)

Bourbon Street Beat

1959

(1 episodes)

Nurse

1981

Sylvia Dennis (1 episodes)

The Restless Gun

1957

Heide Ritter (1 episodes)

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

(1 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Georgie Elgin (1 episodes)

The Jazz Age

1968

Emily Castleton (1 episodes)

VR.5

1995

Dr. Hearst (1 episodes)

Maggie Winters

1998

Estelle Winters (18 episodes)

Children of the Dust

1995

Aunt Bertha (2 episodes)

Significant Others

1998

(2 episodes)

Angel Falls

1993

Edie Wren Cox (6 episodes)

Buckskin

1958

Mrs. Newcomb (34 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

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TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.