Shirley Knight



First NameShirley
Last NameKnight
Full Name at BirthShirley Enola Knight
Age75
Date of BirthJuly 5, 1936
BirthplaceGoessel, Kansas, USA
BuildAverage
Hair ColorBlonde
Star SignCancer
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Occupation CategoryActress
Claim to FameAs Good As It Gets

Shirley Enola Knight (born July 5, 1936) is 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.


Lucy Rank
#26,388
to be the LucyWho "Star of the Day"


Filmography

Selected Shirley Knight film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2011
Ilene

2011
Fatten Her
Mrs. Finkelstein

2011
Jane Redding

2010
Grandma Sam

2010
Loretta

2010
The Melancholy Fantastic
Mor

2009
Millie Carlson

2008
Not Fade Away
Diane

2006
Bea

2006
Ann

2006
Love and Debate
Lea

2006
Mrs. Gaffney

2005
Joanna

2005
To Lie in Green Pastures
Peggy

2005
Locked In
Marianne

2004
Mrs. Ashboro

2004
Sudbury
-

2004
Phyllis Van De Kamp

2004
Georgia Adams

2003
A House on a Hill
Mercedes Mayfield

2003
Dottie

2003
The Dan Show
Kitty Kennedy

2003
Fly Cherry
Miss Christina

2002
Necie Rose Kelleher

2002
Aunt Claire

2002
Nancy Plummer

2002
Shadow Realm
Mrs. Finch

2001
Elanora Davis

2001
Jewel Ramsey

2001
Frances Littleton

2001
Mrs. Finch

2001
Loomis
-

2000
Delores Dalkowski

2000
75 Degrees in July
Jo Beth Anderson

1999
Chicken Soup for the Soul
-

1999
Dr. Wharton, Rose Granville

1998
Donna Minkowitz

1998
A Marriage of Convenience
Harriet Winslow

1998
Gram

1998
Maggie Winters
Estelle Winters

1998
Significant Others
Mrs. Callaway

1998
The Man Who Counted
Grace Postlewait

1998
Women's Day: The Making of a Bill
-

1997
Beverly Connelly

1997
Doris Knight

1997
Helen Apple

1997
Convictions
Margaret

1996
Edie Danziger

1996
Somebody Is Waiting
Irma Cill

1996
A Promise to Carolyn
Jolene Maggart

1996
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Joan Hart

1996
Mary Donnelly

1996
Mary & Tim
Esther Melville

1996
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Sally Ann

1996
The Uninvited
Delia

1995
Mom - The Smalley Family

1995
Aunt Bertha

1995
Dad, the Angel & Me
Betty

1995
Peggy Buckey

1995
Loretta

1995
Fudge
Mrs. A

1995
VR.5
Dr.Hearst

1994
Edith Niedelmeyer

1994
Death in Venice, CA
Mona Dickens

1994
The Yarn Princess
Esther

1994
ER
Mrs. Burke

1994
Benders
Donna

1994
The Secret Life of Houses
Aunt Fergie

1994
Sylvia

1994
Hoggs' Heaven
Mom

1994
A Part of the Family
Martha

1993
A Mother's Revenge
Bess Warden

1993
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Edna Larson

1993
Angel Falls
Edie Wren Cox

1993
Agnes Cantwell

1991
Katie

1991
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Potter

1991
To Save a Child
Rinda Larson

1990
Melanie Cullen

1987
Billionaire Boys Club
Joe Hunt's mother

1987
Ruth Murdoch

1986
Belinda Collins

1986
Phyllis Todd

1985
Katie Quirk

1985
Kay

1984
Edna Reinecker

1984
Fox Mystery Theater
Ann Fairfax Denver

1984
Grace Fenton, Grace Lambert

1982
Jerolyn

1982
Kennedy's Children
Carla

1981
Ann Butterfield

1981
Prisoners
Virginia

1981
Nurse
Sylvia Dennis

1980
Frau Lagerfuhrerin Maria Mandel

1979
Hannah Meredith

1979
Barbara Harlich

1979
Elizabeth Bourdon

1978
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Genna Kudirka

1977
Mrs. A

1976
Anneliese Graes

1976
Return to Earth
Joan Aldrin

1975
Friendly Persuasion
Eliza Birdwell

1975
Phyllis Lenahan

1974
Barbara Bannister

1974
The Manhunter
-

1974
Nakia
Faye Arnold

1973
Kay Lewiston

1973
Great Mysteries
Margot Brenner

1973
The Lie
-

1972
Circle of Fear
Beth

1972
Mary Rae Dortmunder

1972
Jigsaw
-

1971
Beatrice

1971
Amy Martin

1969
Natalie Ravenna

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Barbara

1969
Amy Calloway

1968
Polo

1968
The Counterfeit Killer
Angie Peterson

1968
The Jazz Age
Emily

1968
Shadow Over Elveron
Joanne Tregaskis

1967
Dutchman
Lula

1967
Margaret Cook

1967
The Outsider
Peggy Leydon

1966
Polly

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The woman

1964
Caroline Gordon/Stevenson

1964
The Reporter
Sandy the Phone Operator

1963
Rhoda Waggner

1963
Jane Washburn, Janice Pruitt, Mona Ross

1963
Noel Anderson

1962
Erica Hayden

1962
Heavenly Finley

1962
Terry Ames

1962
The Eleventh Hour
Anne

1962
Clara Malone, Susan Morrow

1961
Alcoa Premiere
Hilary

1961
Bethany Windell

1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
Charmian Scott

1961
Phyllis

1960
Grace Kennedy, Age 16

1960
Jan Coates, Linda Lord, Miriam

1960
The Roaring 20's
Ellie Hollis

1959
Sister Maria

1959
Ginger Martin, Jennifer Morgan, Lynn

1959
Johnny Staccato
Shirley

1959
Jennie Cooper

1958
Mari Ellen

1958
Kathy, Molly Durrock

1958
Tendis Weston

1958
Kathy Meigs

1958
Lilly, Lily Akins

1958
Buckskin
Mrs. Newcomb

1957
Nancy Powers

1957
Heide

1956
Betty, Susy

1955
Minor Role

1951
Georgie Elgin

The Hunt
Mrs. Hodge

Producer Credits

1967
Dutchman
-

Soundtrack Credits

1995
-






Navigation Boxes
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Shirley Knight
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Shirley Knight
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series
Shirley Knight
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
Shirley Knight
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie (1979–2000)
Shirley Knight
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series (1974–2000)
Shirley Knight