Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

1936-07-05 • Goessel, Kansas, USA • Female • 160 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

160

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Shirley Enola Knight

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Dutchman

Dutchman

Movie (1966)

Known For Movies

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009
As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

1997
Angel Eyes

Angel Eyes

2001
Color of Night

Color of Night

1994
Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy

2006
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015
Endless Love

Endless Love

1981
Diabolique

Diabolique

1996
Our Idiot Brother

Our Idiot Brother

2011
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002
The Salton Sea

The Salton Sea

2002
Mercy

Mercy

2014
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979
If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

1996
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009
Juggernaut

Juggernaut

1974
Sexual Life

Sexual Life

2005
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021
Petulia

Petulia

1968
Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962
Playing for Time

Playing for Time

1980
Stuart Saves His Family

Stuart Saves His Family

1995
Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995
The Group

The Group

1966
Open Window

Open Window

2006
Shadow Realm

Shadow Realm

2002
Elevator

Elevator

2013
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

1996
The Rain People

The Rain People

1969
My Louisiana Sky

My Louisiana Sky

2001
Convictions

Convictions

1997
The Wedding

The Wedding

1998
Ice Palace

Ice Palace

1960
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

1993
The Sender

The Sender

1982
21 Hours at Munich

21 Hours at Munich

1976
Mary & Tim

Mary & Tim

1996
Love and Debate

Love and Debate

2006
The Lie

The Lie

1973
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1991
Dad, the Angel & Me

Dad, the Angel & Me

1995
Dutchman

Dutchman

1966
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960
The Couch

The Couch

1962
Return to Earth

Return to Earth

1976
Shadow Over Elveron

Shadow Over Elveron

1968
Flight from Ashiya

Flight from Ashiya

1964
The Other Side of the Tracks

The Other Side of the Tracks

2008
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

1996
A Marriage of Convenience

A Marriage of Convenience

1998
The Outsider

The Outsider

1967
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

2003
The Uninvited

The Uninvited

1996
A Mother's Revenge

A Mother's Revenge

1993
Bump in the Night

Bump in the Night

1991
The Counterfeit Killer

The Counterfeit Killer

1968
Medical Story

Medical Story

1975
Sudbury

Sudbury

2004
A Promise to Carolyn

A Promise to Carolyn

1996
Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

1975
The Sweet Scent of Death

The Sweet Scent of Death

1984
Filmmaker

Filmmaker

1968
The Yarn Princess

The Yarn Princess

1994
Baby Brokers

Baby Brokers

1994
A House on a Hill

A House on a Hill

2003
Periphery

Periphery

2018
Redwood Highway

Redwood Highway

2013
A Father for Brittany

A Father for Brittany

1998
Listen to Your Heart

Listen to Your Heart

2010
A Part of the Family

A Part of the Family

1994
With Intent to Kill

With Intent to Kill

1984
The Defection of Simas Kudirka

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

2002
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

2006
Fly Cherry

Fly Cherry

2003
Benders

Benders

1994
The Secret Life of Houses

The Secret Life of Houses

1994
Champions: A Love Story

Champions: A Love Story

1979
The Missing Girl

The Missing Girl

2015
To Save a Child

To Save a Child

1991
Somebody Is Waiting

Somebody Is Waiting

1996
The Country Girl

The Country Girl

1974
Kennedy's Children

Kennedy's Children

1982
Five Gates to Hell

Five Gates to Hell

1959
75 Degrees in July

75 Degrees in July

2000
Secrets

Secrets

1971
House of Women

House of Women

1962
Death in Venice, CA

Death in Venice, CA

1994
Hoggs' Heaven

Hoggs' Heaven

1994
Please Stand by for Murder

Please Stand by for Murder

1975
Not Fade Away

Not Fade Away

2008
That Quiet Earth

That Quiet Earth

1972
The Shape of the River

The Shape of the River

1960

Known For TV Shows

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999
Law & Order

Law & Order

1990
House

House

2004
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

2004
ER

ER

1994
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944
Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

2001
The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1963
Cold Case

Cold Case

2003
Maverick

Maverick

1957
The Equalizer

The Equalizer

1985
The Virginian

The Virginian

1962
Matlock

Matlock

1986
Naked City

Naked City

1958
NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

1993
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956
The Unit

The Unit

2006
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963
Rawhide

Rawhide

1959
Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland

2010
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

1979
Lawman

Lawman

1958
Medical Center

Medical Center

1969
The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

1963
Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva

2009
Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

1955
Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

1973
Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye

1959
The Defenders

The Defenders

1961
The Invaders

The Invaders

1967
Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

1997
thirtysomething

thirtysomething

1987
Cybill

Cybill

1995
The Oscars

The Oscars

1953
The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

1972
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

1958
The Texan

The Texan

1958
Surfside 6

Surfside 6

1960
Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

1971
The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

1950
Ghost Story

Ghost Story

1972
Bronco

Bronco

1958
Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial

1963
Bourbon Street Beat

Bourbon Street Beat

1959
Target: The Corruptors!

Target: The Corruptors!

1961
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984
The Manhunter

The Manhunter

1974
The Restless Gun

The Restless Gun

1957
ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969
Johnny Staccato

Johnny Staccato

1959
Medical Story

Medical Story

1975
The Roaring 20's

The Roaring 20's

1960
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973
VR.5

VR.5

1995
The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age

1968
Nurse

Nurse

1981
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
Significant Others

Significant Others

1998
Maggie Winters

Maggie Winters

1998
Children of the Dust

Children of the Dust

1995
Buckskin

Buckskin

1958
Angel Falls

Angel Falls

1993

Movie Credits

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009

Mom

As Good as It Gets

1997

Beverly Connelly

Angel Eyes

2001

Elanora Davis

Color of Night

1994

Edith Niedelmeyer

Grandma's Boy

2006

Bea

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015

Mom

Endless Love

1981

Ann

Diabolique

1996

Edie Danziger

Our Idiot Brother

2011

Ilene Rochlin

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

Necie

The Salton Sea

2002

Nancy Plummer

Mercy

2014

Mercy

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979

Hannah Meredith

If These Walls Could Talk

1996

Mary Donnelly

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009

Dot Nadeau

Juggernaut

1974

Barbara Banister

Sexual Life

2005

Joanne

Little Boy Blue

1997

Doris Knight

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

Self

Petulia

1968

Polo

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962

Heavenly Finley

Playing for Time

1980

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Stuart Saves His Family

1995

Mom

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995

Peggy Buckey

The Group

1966

Polly

Open Window

2006

Ann

Shadow Realm

2002

Mrs. Finch

Elevator

2013

Jane Redding

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

1996

Joan Hart

The Rain People

1969

Natalie Ravenna

My Louisiana Sky

2001

Jewel Ramsey

Convictions

1997

Margaret

The Wedding

1998

Gram (Miss Caroline)

Ice Palace

1960

Grace Kennedy

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

1993

Edna Larson

The Sender

1982

Jerolyn

21 Hours at Munich

1976

Anneliese Graes

Mary & Tim

1996

Esther

Love and Debate

2006

Lea

The Lie

1973

Anna

Shadow of a Doubt

1991

Helen Potter

Dad, the Angel & Me

1995

Betty

Dutchman

1966

Lula

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960

Reenie Flood

The Couch

1962

Terry Ames

Return to Earth

1976

Joan Aldrin

Shadow Over Elveron

1968

Joanne Tregaskis

Flight from Ashiya

1964

Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

The Other Side of the Tracks

2008

Helen

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

1996

Sally Ann

A Marriage of Convenience

1998

Harriet Winslow

The Outsider

1967

Peggy Leydon

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

2003

Mrs. Ashboro

The Uninvited

1996

Delia

A Mother's Revenge

1993

Bess Warden

Bump in the Night

1991

Katie Leonard

The Counterfeit Killer

1968

Angie Peterson

Medical Story

1975

Phyllis Lenahan

Sudbury

2004

Aunt Jet

A Promise to Carolyn

1996

Jolene Maggart

Friendly Persuasion

1975

Eliza Birdwell

The Sweet Scent of Death

1984

Ann Fairfax Denver

Filmmaker

1968

Self (uncredited)

The Yarn Princess

1994

Esther

Baby Brokers

1994

Sylvia

A House on a Hill

2003

Mercedes Mayfield

Periphery

2018

Leanne Cross

Redwood Highway

2013

Marie

A Father for Brittany

1998

Donna Minkowitz

Listen to Your Heart

2010

Grandma Sam

A Part of the Family

1994

Martha

With Intent to Kill

1984

Edna Reinecker

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978

Genna Kudirka

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

2002

Aunt Claire

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

2006

Self

Fly Cherry

2003

Miss Christina

Benders

1994

Donna

The Secret Life of Houses

1994

Aunt Fergie

Champions: A Love Story

1979

Barbara Harlich

The Missing Girl

2015

Mrs. Colvins

To Save a Child

1991

Rinda Larson

Somebody Is Waiting

1996

Irma

The Country Girl

1974

Georgie Elgin

Kennedy's Children

1982

Carla

Five Gates to Hell

1959

Sister Maria

75 Degrees in July

2000

Jo Beth Anderson

Secrets

1971

Beatrice

House of Women

1962

Erica Hayden

Death in Venice, CA

1994

Mona Dickens

Hoggs' Heaven

1994

Mom

Please Stand by for Murder

1975

Not Fade Away

2008

Diane

That Quiet Earth

1972

The Woman

The Shape of the River

1960

Susy Clemens

TV Credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Dr. Wharton (1 episodes)

Law & Order

1990

Melanie Cullen (1 episodes)

House

2004

Georgia Adams (1 episodes)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Self (1 episodes)

Desperate Housewives

2004

Phyllis Van De Kamp (5 episodes)

ER

1994

Mrs. Burke (1 episodes)

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Grace Fenton (2 episodes)

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Self - Nominee (1 episodes)

Crossing Jordan

2001

Frances Littleton (1 episodes)

The Fugitive

1963

Jane Washburn (1 episodes)

Cold Case

2003

Dottie (1 episodes)

Maverick

1957

Nancy Powers (1 episodes)

The Equalizer

1985

Kay (1 episodes)

The Virginian

1962

Susan Morrow (1 episodes)

Matlock

1986

Phyllis Todd (1 episodes)

Naked City

1958

Kathy Meigs (1 episodes)

NYPD Blue

1993

Agnes Cantwell (1 episodes)

L.A. Law

1986

Belinda Collins (1 episodes)

Tony Awards

1956

Self - Winner (1 episodes)

The Unit

2006

Mrs. Gaffney (1 episodes)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

(1 episodes)

Rawhide

1959

Jennie Cooper (1 episodes)

Hot in Cleveland

2010

Loretta (1 episodes)

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Elizabeth Bourdon (1 episodes)

Lawman

1958

Tendis Weston (1 episodes)

Medical Center

1969

(1 episodes)

The Outer Limits

1963

Noelle Anderson (1 episodes)

Drop Dead Diva

2009

Millie Carlson (1 episodes)

Matinee Theater

1955

(1 episodes)

Barnaby Jones

1973

Kay Lewiston (1 episodes)

Hawaiian Eye

1959

(3 episodes)

The Defenders

1961

Bethany Windell (1 episodes)

The Invaders

1967

Margaret Cook (1 episodes)

Ally McBeal

1997

Helen Apple (1 episodes)

thirtysomething

1987

(2 episodes)

Cybill

1995

Loretta Bennett (1 episodes)

The Oscars

1953

Self (1 episodes)

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

(1 episodes)

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Mari Ellen Taylor (1 episodes)

The Texan

1958

(2 episodes)

Surfside 6

1960

(3 episodes)

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

(1 episodes)

The Bob Hope Show

1950

Self (1 episodes)

Ghost Story

1972

Beth (1 episodes)

Bronco

1958

(1 episodes)

Arrest and Trial

1963

Rhoda Waggner (1 episodes)

Bourbon Street Beat

1959

(1 episodes)

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

(1 episodes)

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969

Marci Boyle (1 episodes)

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984

Ann Denver (1 episodes)

The Manhunter

1974

(1 episodes)

The Restless Gun

1957

Heide Ritter (1 episodes)

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969

Barbara (1 episodes)

Johnny Staccato

1959

(1 episodes)

Medical Story

1975

(1 episodes)

The Roaring 20's

1960

(1 episodes)

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

Margot Brenner (1 episodes)

VR.5

1995

Dr. Hearst (1 episodes)

The Jazz Age

1968

Emily Castleton (1 episodes)

Nurse

1981

Sylvia Dennis (1 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Georgie Elgin (1 episodes)

Significant Others

1998

(2 episodes)

Maggie Winters

1998

Estelle Winters (18 episodes)

Children of the Dust

1995

Aunt Bertha (2 episodes)

Buckskin

1958

Mrs. Newcomb (34 episodes)

Angel Falls

1993

Edie Wren Cox (6 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.