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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

House

Desperate Housewives

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Fugitive

All Movies (94)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
Periphery2018 · as Leanne Cross
The Missing Girl2015 · as Mrs. Colvins
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 22015 · as Mom
Mercy2014 · as Mercy
Redwood Highway2013 · as Marie
Elevator2013 · as Jane Redding
Our Idiot Brother2011 · as Ilene Rochlin
Listen to Your Heart2010 · as Grandma Sam
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee2009 · as Dot Nadeau
Paul Blart: Mall Cop2009 · as Mom
Not Fade Away2008 · as Diane
The Other Side of the Tracks2008 · as Helen
Open Window2006 · as Ann
Love and Debate2006 · as Lea
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time2006 · as Self
Grandma's Boy2006 · as Bea
Sexual Life2005 · as Joanne
Sudbury2004 · as Aunt Jet
A House on a Hill2003 · as Mercedes Mayfield
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat2003 · as Mrs. Ashboro
Fly Cherry2003 · as Miss Christina
Shadow Realm2002 · as Mrs. Finch
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood2002 · as Necie
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!2002 · as Aunt Claire
The Salton Sea2002 · as Nancy Plummer
Angel Eyes2001 · as Elanora Davis
My Louisiana Sky2001 · as Jewel Ramsey
75 Degrees in July2000 · as Jo Beth Anderson
A Marriage of Convenience1998 · as Harriet Winslow
A Father for Brittany1998 · as Donna Minkowitz
The Wedding1998 · as Gram (Miss Caroline)
As Good as It Gets1997 · as Beverly Connelly
Convictions1997 · as Margaret
Little Boy Blue1997 · as Doris Knight
Somebody Is Waiting1996 · as Irma
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story1996 · as Joan Hart
Mary & Tim1996 · as Esther
The Uninvited1996 · as Delia
If These Walls Could Talk1996 · as Mary Donnelly
Diabolique1996 · as Edie Danziger
A Promise to Carolyn1996 · as Jolene Maggart
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden1996 · as Sally Ann
Indictment: The McMartin Trial1995 · as Peggy Buckey
Stuart Saves His Family1995 · as Mom
Dad, the Angel & Me1995 · as Betty
Death in Venice, CA1994 · as Mona Dickens
Color of Night1994 · as Edith Niedelmeyer
A Part of the Family1994 · as Martha
The Yarn Princess1994 · as Esther
Baby Brokers1994 · as Sylvia
Benders1994 · as Donna
The Secret Life of Houses1994 · as Aunt Fergie
Hoggs' Heaven1994 · as Mom
A Mother's Revenge1993 · as Bess Warden
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn1993 · as Edna Larson
To Save a Child1991 · as Rinda Larson
Shadow of a Doubt1991 · as Helen Potter
Bump in the Night1991 · as Katie Leonard
The Sweet Scent of Death1984 · as Ann Fairfax Denver
With Intent to Kill1984 · as Edna Reinecker
The Sender1982 · as Jerolyn
Kennedy's Children1982 · as Carla
Endless Love1981 · as Ann
Playing for Time1980 · as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure1979 · as Hannah Meredith
Champions: A Love Story1979 · as Barbara Harlich
The Defection of Simas Kudirka1978 · as Genna Kudirka
21 Hours at Munich1976 · as Anneliese Graes
Return to Earth1976 · as Joan Aldrin
Medical Story1975 · as Phyllis Lenahan
Friendly Persuasion1975 · as Eliza Birdwell
Please Stand by for Murder1975
Juggernaut1974 · as Barbara Banister
The Country Girl1974 · as Georgie Elgin
The Lie1973 · as Anna
That Quiet Earth1972 · as The Woman
Secrets1971 · as Beatrice
The Rain People1969 · as Natalie Ravenna
Filmmaker1968 · as Self (uncredited)
Petulia1968 · as Polo
The Counterfeit Killer1968 · as Angie Peterson
Shadow Over Elveron1968 · as Joanne Tregaskis
The Outsider1967 · as Peggy Leydon
Dutchman1966 · as Lula
The Group1966 · as Polly
Flight from Ashiya1964 · as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
House of Women1962 · as Erica Hayden
Sweet Bird of Youth1962 · as Heavenly Finley
The Couch1962 · as Terry Ames
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs1960 · as Reenie Flood
The Shape of the River1960 · as Susy Clemens
Ice Palace1960 · as Grace Kennedy
Five Gates to Hell1959 · as Sister Maria

All TV Shows (74)

Hot in Cleveland2010 · as Loretta
Drop Dead Diva2009 · as Millie Carlson
The Unit2006 · as Mrs. Gaffney
House2004 · as Georgia Adams
Desperate Housewives2004 · as Phyllis Van De Kamp
Cold Case2003 · as Dottie
Crossing Jordan2001 · as Frances Littleton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dr. Wharton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Rose Granville
Maggie Winters1998 · as Estelle Winters
Significant Others1998
Ally McBeal1997 · as Helen Apple
VR.51995 · as Dr. Hearst
Children of the Dust1995 · as Aunt Bertha
Cybill1995 · as Loretta Bennett
ER1994 · as Mrs. Burke
NYPD Blue1993 · as Agnes Cantwell
Angel Falls1993 · as Edie Wren Cox
Law & Order1990 · as Melanie Cullen
thirtysomething1987
L.A. Law1986 · as Belinda Collins
Matlock1986 · as Phyllis Todd
The Equalizer1985 · as Kay
Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Grace Fenton
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense1984 · as Ann Denver
Nurse1981 · as Sylvia Dennis
Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Elizabeth Bourdon
Medical Story1975
The Manhunter1974
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Margot Brenner
Barnaby Jones1973 · as Kay Lewiston
The Streets of San Francisco1972
Ghost Story1972 · as Beth
Alias Smith and Jones1971
Medical Center1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1969 · as Marci Boyle
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Barbara
The Jazz Age1968 · as Emily Castleton
The Invaders1967 · as Margaret Cook
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
The Fugitive1963 · as Jane Washburn
The Fugitive1963 · as Mona Ross
The Fugitive1963 · as Janice Pruitt
The Outer Limits1963 · as Noelle Anderson
Arrest and Trial1963 · as Rhoda Waggner
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
The Virginian1962 · as Susan Morrow
The Virginian1962 · as Clara Malone
Target: The Corruptors!1961
The Defenders1961 · as Bethany Windell
The Roaring 20's1960
Surfside 61960
Hawaiian Eye1959
Bourbon Street Beat1959
Johnny Staccato1959
Rawhide1959 · as Jennie Cooper
77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Mari Ellen Taylor
Lawman1958 · as Tendis Weston
Naked City1958 · as Kathy Meigs
The Texan1958
Bronco1958
Bronco1958 · as Molly Durrock
Buckskin1958 · as Mrs. Newcomb
The Restless Gun1957 · as Heide Ritter
Maverick1957 · as Nancy Powers
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
Matinee Theater1955
The Oscars1953 · as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Georgie Elgin
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Mrs. Potter
The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee