Kelly Bishop

Biography

Carole "Kelly" Bishop is an American actress, who is best known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls, and for her role as Jennifer Grey's mother in the film Dirty Dancing. She is also well remembered for her Tony-winning performance as Sheila in A Chorus Line.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

The Good Wife

Gilmore Girls

Hawaii Five-O

Shrinking

Army Wives

All Movies (26)

• Broadway's Leading Ladies2025 · as Self
• Standby2025 · as Glenna
• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
• Art of Falling in Love2019 · as Iris
• The Salzburg Story2018
• Saint Janet2017 · as Janet
• Friends with Kids2012 · as Marcy Fryman
• A Novel Romance2011 · as Lily Sparks
• Wonder Boys2000 · as Amanda Leer
• Blue Moon2000 · as Peggy's Mother
• My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception1999 · as Sylvia Weinstein
• Cafe Society1997 · as Mrs. Jelke
• Private Parts1997 · as Ray Stern
• Miami Rhapsody1995 · as Zelda
• Six Degrees of Separation1993 · as Adele
• First Impressions1992 · as Roxanne Holden
• Queens Logic1991 · as Maria
• Me and Him1988 · as Mrs. Aramis
• Dirty Dancing1987 · as Marjorie Houseman
• Solarbabies1986 · as Tutore Nover
• The Recovery Room1985 · as Kaye
• O'Hara's Wife1982 · as Beth Douglas
• Advice to the Lovelorn1981 · as Rita Borden
• An Unmarried Woman1978 · as Elaine Liebowitz
• Broadway: The Next Generation— · as Self
• Searching for Stars Hollow— · as Self

All TV Shows (19)

• The Watchful Eye2023 · as Mrs. Ivey
• Shrinking2023 · as Susan
• Halston2021 · as Eleanor Lambert
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel2017 · as Benedetta
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life2016 · as Emily Gilmore
• Bunheads2012 · as Fanny Flowers
• Mercy2009
• The Good Wife2009 · as Bea Wilson
• Army Wives2007 · as Jean Calhoun
• Gilmore Girls2000 · as Emily Gilmore
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Julia Zimmer
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Registrar
• My Wildest Dreams1995
• Law & Order1990 · as Marian Borland
• The Thorns1988 · as Ginger Thorn
• Kate & Allie1984
• The New Odd Couple1982 · as Charity Morningstar
• Cassie & Co.1982 · as Irene French
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Char