Acting credits
146
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Shirley Knight
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.0
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Movies: 88Series: 58
TMDB ID: 28778
IMDb ID: nm0004309
Known for: Acting
Born: July 5, 1936
Died: April 22, 2020
Age: 83
Place of birth: Goessel, Kansas, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2021
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q238884
Also known as
Shirley Enola 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Shirley Knight.
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021 Movie
Periphery
as Leanne Cross
2018 Movie
6.0
The Missing Girl
as Mrs. Colvins
2015 Movie
5.2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
as Mom
2015 Movie
5.1
Mercy
as Mercy
2014 Movie
5.9
Redwood Highway
as Marie
2013 Movie
5.0
Elevator
as Jane Redding
2013 Movie
6.1
Our Idiot Brother
as Ilene Rochlin
2011 Movie
7.1
Listen to Your Heart
as Grandma Sam
2010 Movie
5.9
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Dot Nadeau
2009 Movie
5.4
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Mom
2009 Movie
4.2
The Other Side of the Tracks
as Helen
2008 Movie
5.3
Open Window
as Ann
2006 Movie
3.3
Love and Debate
as Lea
2006 Movie
6.5
Grandma's Boy
as Bea
2006 Movie
4.6
Sexual Life
as Joanne
2005 Movie
5.7
Sudbury
as Aunt Jet
2004 Movie
A House on a Hill
as Mercedes Mayfield
2003 Movie
5.4
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Mrs. Ashboro
2003 Movie
5.5
Fly Cherry
as Miss Christina
2003 Movie
3.5
Shadow Realm
as Mrs. Finch
2002 Movie
6.1
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Necie Kelleher
2002 Movie
4.0
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
as Aunt Claire
2002 Movie
6.6
The Salton Sea
as Nancy Plummer
2002 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Shirley Knight.
7.3
Hot in Cleveland
as Loretta • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
as Millie Carlson • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.3
The Unit
1 eps
2006 Series
8.6
House
as Georgia Adams • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.9
Desperate Housewives
as Phyllis Van De Kamp • 5 eps
2004 Series
7.8
Cold Case
as Dottie • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.2
Crossing Jordan
as Frances Littleton • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Wharton • 1 eps
1999 Series
Significant Others
2 eps
1998 Series
6.5
Ally McBeal
as Helen Apple • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.7
VR.5
as Dr. Hearst • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.0
Children of the Dust
as Aunt Bertha • 2 eps
1995 Series
5.8
Cybill
as Loretta Bennett • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
ER
as Mrs. Burke • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.0
NYPD Blue
as Agnes Cantwell • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Melanie Cullen • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.2
thirtysomething
2 eps
1987 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Belinda Collins • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.1
Matlock
as Phyllis Todd • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.1
The Equalizer
as Kay • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Grace Fenton • 2 eps
1984 Series
6.4
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Ann Denver • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.0
Nurse
as Sylvia Dennis • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Elizabeth Bourdon • 1 eps
1979 Series