Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

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.

Acting

2021

2015

2014

Mercy

Gramma

2013

2013

Elevator

Jane Redding

2011

Our Idiot Brother

Ilene Rochlin

2010

2009

Drop Dead Diva

Millie Carlson

2009

2009

2008

2008

2006

2006

The Unit

Unknown

2006

2005

2004

House

Georgia Adams

2004

Desperate Housewives

Phyllis Van De Kamp

2003

Cold Case

Dottie

2002

Shadow Realm

Mrs. Finch

2002

2002

2002

The Salton Sea

Nancy Plummer

2001

Crossing Jordan

Frances Littleton

2001

Angel Eyes

Elanora Davis

2001

My Louisiana Sky

Jewel Ramsey

1999

1999

1998

1998

A Father for Brittany

Donna Minkowitz

1998

1998

The Wedding

Gram (Miss Caroline)

1997

As Good as It Gets

Beverly Connelly

1997

Ally McBeal

Helen Apple

1997

Little Boy Blue

Doris Knight

1996

1996

1996

Diabolique

Edie Danziger

1995

1995

1995

VR.5

Dr. Hearst

1995

1995

Cybill

Unknown

1995

1994

ER

Mrs. Burke

1994

Color of Night

Edith Niedelmeyer

1994

1994

Benders

Donna

1993

1993

NYPD Blue

Agnes Cantwell

1993

1991

Bump in the Night

Katie Leonard

1990

Law & Order

Melanie Cullen

1987

1986

L.A. Law

Belinda Collins

1986

Matlock

Phyllis Todd

1985

1984

Murder, She Wrote

Grace Fenton

1984

1982

The Sender

Jerolyn

1981

1981

Nurse

Sylvia Dennis

1980

Playing for Time

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

1979

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

Elizabeth Bourdon

1979

1976

21 Hours at Munich

Anneliese Graes

1976

Return to Earth

Joan Aldrin

1975

1975

Medical Story

Phyllis Lenahan

1975

Friendly Persuasion

Eliza Birdwell

1974

Juggernaut

Barbara Banister

1974

1973

Barnaby Jones

Kay Lewiston

1972

1972

1972

1971

Secrets

Beatrice

1971

1969

1969

1969

The Rain People

Natalie Ravenna

1968

The Jazz Age

Emily Castleton

1968

1967

The Outsider

Peggy Leydon

1967

The Invaders

Margaret Cook

1966

1966

1964

Flight from Ashiya

Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

1963

1963

The Fugitive

Jane Washburn

1963

The Fugitive

Mona Ross

1963

The Fugitive

Janice Pruitt

1963

The Outer Limits

Noelle Anderson

1963

Arrest and Trial

Rhoda Waggner

1962

1962

The Virginian

Clara Malone

1962

The Virginian

Susan Morrow

1962

House of Women

Erica Hayden

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth

Heavenly Finley

1962

The Couch

Terry Ames

1961

1961

The Defenders

Bethany Windell

1960

Surfside 6

Unknown

1960

1960

Ice Palace

Grace Kennedy

1959

1959

1959

1959

Rawhide

Jennie Cooper

1958

77 Sunset Strip

Mari Ellen Taylor

1958

Lawman

Tendis Weston

1958

Naked City

Kathy Meigs

1958

The Texan

Unknown

1958

Bronco

Unknown

1958

Buckskin

Mrs. Newcomb

1957

The Restless Gun

Heide Ritter

1957

Maverick

Nancy Powers

1956

Tony Awards

Self - Winner

1956

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee

1956

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

1955

1953

1951

1951

1950

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee

Infos

Full Name
Shirley Knight
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
7/5/1936
Date of Death
4/22/2020
Also Known As

Shirley Enola Knight