Shirley Knight

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1936-07-05

Day of Death

2020-04-22

Place of Birth

Goessel, Kansas, USA

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.

Filmography (94)

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

⭐ 0 Role: Leanne Cross

Periphery

⭐ 6.0 Role: Mrs. Colvins

The Missing Girl

⭐ 5.2 Role: Mom

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

⭐ 5.2 Role: Mercy

Mercy

⭐ 5.9 Role: Marie

Redwood Highway

⭐ 5.0 Role: Jane Redding

Elevator

⭐ 6.1 Role: Ilene Rochlin

Our Idiot Brother

⭐ 7.1 Role: Grandma Sam

Listen to Your Heart

⭐ 5.9 Role: Dot Nadeau

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

⭐ 5.5 Role: Mom

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

⭐ 0 Role: Diane

Not Fade Away

⭐ 4.2 Role: Helen

The Other Side of the Tracks

⭐ 5.4 Role: Ann

Open Window

⭐ 4.0 Role: Lea

Love and Debate

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

⭐ 6.5 Role: Bea

Grandma's Boy

⭐ 4.9 Role: Joanne

Sexual Life

⭐ 5.7 Role: Aunt Jet

Sudbury

⭐ 9.0 Role: Mercedes Mayfield

A House on a Hill

⭐ 5.6 Role: Mrs. Ashboro

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

⭐ 6.7 Role: Miss Christina

Fly Cherry

⭐ 5.3 Role: Mrs. Finch

Shadow Realm

⭐ 6.1 Role: Necie

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

⭐ 4.4 Role: Aunt Claire

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

⭐ 6.6 Role: Nancy Plummer

The Salton Sea

⭐ 6.1 Role: Elanora Davis

Angel Eyes

⭐ 6.4 Role: Jewel Ramsey

My Louisiana Sky

⭐ 7.0 Role: Jo Beth Anderson

75 Degrees in July

⭐ 5.8 Role: Harriet Winslow

A Marriage of Convenience

⭐ 7.6 Role: Donna Minkowitz

A Father for Brittany

⭐ 8.3 Role: Gram (Miss Caroline)

The Wedding

⭐ 7.4 Role: Beverly Connelly

As Good as It Gets

⭐ 6.7 Role: Margaret

Convictions

⭐ 6.0 Role: Doris Knight

Little Boy Blue

⭐ 5.5 Role: Irma

Somebody Is Waiting

⭐ 7.1 Role: Joan Hart

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

⭐ 6.8 Role: Esther

Mary & Tim

⭐ 5.5 Role: Delia

The Uninvited

⭐ 6.7 Role: Mary Donnelly

If These Walls Could Talk

⭐ 5.5 Role: Edie Danziger

Diabolique

⭐ 7.1 Role: Jolene Maggart

A Promise to Carolyn

⭐ 0 Role: Sally Ann

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

⭐ 7.0 Role: Peggy Buckey

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

⭐ 5.3 Role: Mom

Stuart Saves His Family

⭐ 6.4 Role: Betty

Dad, the Angel & Me

⭐ 4.9 Role: Mona Dickens

Death in Venice, CA

⭐ 5.8 Role: Edith Niedelmeyer

Color of Night

⭐ 9.0 Role: Martha

A Part of the Family

⭐ 6.7 Role: Esther

The Yarn Princess

⭐ 6.5 Role: Sylvia

Baby Brokers

⭐ 9.0 Role: Donna

Benders

⭐ 7.0 Role: Aunt Fergie

The Secret Life of Houses

⭐ 10.0 Role: Mom

Hoggs' Heaven

⭐ 5.5 Role: Bess Warden

A Mother's Revenge

⭐ 3.2 Role: Edna Larson

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

⭐ 6.5 Role: Rinda Larson

To Save a Child

⭐ 6.0 Role: Helen Potter

Shadow of a Doubt

⭐ 5.9 Role: Katie Leonard

Bump in the Night

⭐ 8.0 Role: Ann Fairfax Denver

The Sweet Scent of Death

⭐ 6.5 Role: Edna Reinecker

With Intent to Kill

⭐ 5.7 Role: Jerolyn

The Sender

⭐ 0 Role: Carla

Kennedy's Children

⭐ 5.7 Role: Ann

Endless Love

⭐ 6.9 Role: Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Playing for Time

⭐ 5.1 Role: Hannah Meredith

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

⭐ 6.7 Role: Barbara Harlich

Champions: A Love Story

⭐ 6.0 Role: Genna Kudirka

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

⭐ 6.3 Role: Anneliese Graes

21 Hours at Munich

⭐ 10.0 Role: Joan Aldrin

Return to Earth

⭐ 7.0 Role: Phyllis Lenahan

Medical Story

⭐ 7.5 Role: Eliza Birdwell

Friendly Persuasion

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Please Stand by for Murder

⭐ 6.2 Role: Barbara Banister

Juggernaut

⭐ 10.0 Role: Georgie Elgin

The Country Girl

⭐ 6.0 Role: Anna

The Lie

⭐ 0 Role: The Woman

That Quiet Earth

⭐ 4.5 Role: Beatrice

Secrets

⭐ 6.6 Role: Natalie Ravenna

The Rain People

⭐ 7.3 Role: Self (uncredited)

Filmmaker

⭐ 6.0 Role: Polo

Petulia

⭐ 8.0 Role: Angie Peterson

The Counterfeit Killer

⭐ 6.6 Role: Joanne Tregaskis

Shadow Over Elveron

⭐ 8.0 Role: Peggy Leydon

The Outsider

⭐ 4.8 Role: Lula

Dutchman

⭐ 5.7 Role: Polly

The Group

⭐ 5.6 Role: Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

Flight from Ashiya

⭐ 5.3 Role: Erica Hayden

House of Women

⭐ 6.8 Role: Heavenly Finley

Sweet Bird of Youth

⭐ 6.2 Role: Terry Ames

The Couch

⭐ 6.5 Role: Reenie Flood

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

⭐ 0 Role: Susy Clemens

The Shape of the River

⭐ 6.3 Role: Grace Kennedy

Ice Palace

⭐ 5.6 Role: Sister Maria

Five Gates to Hell