Shirley Knight
ActingBorn
July 5, 1936
Died
April 22, 2020
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Periphery
2018
The Missing Girl
2015
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
Mercy
2014
Redwood Highway
2013
Elevator
2013
Our Idiot Brother
2011
Listen to Your Heart
2010
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
Not Fade Away
2008
The Other Side of the Tracks
2008
Open Window
2006
Love and Debate
2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
Grandma's Boy
2006
Sexual Life
2005
Sudbury
2004
A House on a Hill
2003
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
Fly Cherry
2003
Shadow Realm
2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
The Salton Sea
2002
Angel Eyes
2001
My Louisiana Sky
2001
75 Degrees in July
2000
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
A Father for Brittany
1998
The Wedding
1998
As Good as It Gets
1997
Convictions
1997
Little Boy Blue
1997
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
Mary & Tim
1996
The Uninvited
1996
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
Diabolique
1996
A Promise to Carolyn
1996
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
Dad, the Angel & Me
1995
Death in Venice, CA
1994
Color of Night
1994
A Part of the Family
1994
The Yarn Princess
1994
Baby Brokers
1994
Benders
1994
The Secret Life of Houses
1994
Hoggs' Heaven
1994
A Mother's Revenge
1993
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
To Save a Child
1991
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
Bump in the Night
1991
The Sweet Scent of Death
1984
With Intent to Kill
1984
The Sender
1982
Kennedy's Children
1982
Endless Love
1981
Playing for Time
1980
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
Champions: A Love Story
1979
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
21 Hours at Munich
1976
Return to Earth
1976
Medical Story
1975
Friendly Persuasion
1975
Please Stand by for Murder
1975
Juggernaut
1974
The Country Girl
1974
The Lie
1973
That Quiet Earth
1972
Secrets
1971
The Rain People
1969
Filmmaker
1968
Petulia
1968
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
Shadow Over Elveron
1968
The Outsider
1967
Dutchman
1966
The Group
1966
Flight from Ashiya
1964
House of Women
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
The Couch
1962
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
The Shape of the River
1960
Ice Palace
1960
Five Gates to Hell
1959
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Drop Dead Diva
2009
The Unit
2006
House
2004
Desperate Housewives
2004
Cold Case
2003
Crossing Jordan
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Maggie Winters
1998
Significant Others
1998
Ally McBeal
1997
VR.5
1995
Children of the Dust
1995
Cybill
1995
ER
1994
NYPD Blue
1993
Angel Falls
1993
Law & Order
1990
thirtysomething
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Matlock
1986
The Equalizer
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
Nurse
1981
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Medical Story
1975
The Manhunter
1974
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Barnaby Jones
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Ghost Story
1972
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Medical Center
1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
The Jazz Age
1968
The Invaders
1967
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Outer Limits
1963
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960
Surfside 6
1960
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Rawhide
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Lawman
1958
Naked City
1958
The Texan
1958
Bronco
1958
Bronco
1958
Buckskin
1958
The Restless Gun
1957
Maverick
1957
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
The Oscars
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Golden Globe Awards
1944