Shirley Knight

Acting

Born: 1936-07-05 in Goessel, Kansas, USA

Died: 2020-04-22

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.

Acting

Shadow Realm

Mrs. Finch

As Good as It Gets

Beverly Connelly

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Self

Little Boy Blue

Doris Knight

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Dot Nadeau

Diabolique

Edie Danziger

Open Window

Ann

Angel Eyes

Elanora Davis

The Salton Sea

Nancy Plummer

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Hannah Meredith

Sweet Bird of Youth

Heavenly Finley

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Necie Kelleher

Grandma's Boy

Bea

Stuart Saves His Family

Mom

If These Walls Could Talk

Mary Donnelly

Juggernaut

Barbara Banister

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Mom

Petulia

Polo

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

Mrs. Ashboro

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

Aunt Claire

Ice Palace

Grace Kennedy

Dutchman

Lula

Listen to Your Heart

Grandma Sam

Endless Love

Ann

The Sender

Jerolyn

The Other Side of the Tracks

Helen

The Secret Life of Houses

Aunt Fergie

21 Hours at Munich

Anneliese Graes

The Group

Polly

My Louisiana Sky

Jewel Ramsey

Elevator

Jane Redding

The Rain People

Natalie Ravenna

Kennedy's Children

Carla

Benders

Donna

Sudbury

Aunt Jet

The Couch

Terry Ames

The Uninvited

Delia

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Reenie Flood

Flight from Ashiya

Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

House of Women

Erica Hayden

Not Fade Away

Diane

75 Degrees in July

Jo Beth Anderson

A Father for Brittany

Donna Minkowitz

Mercy

The Counterfeit Killer

Angie Peterson

Medical Story

Phyllis Lenahan

Secrets

Beatrice

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

Genna Kudirka

Redwood Highway

Marie

Champions: A Love Story

Barbara Harlich

Our Idiot Brother

Ilene Rochlin

Five Gates to Hell

Sister Maria

Color of Night

Edith Niedelmeyer

A Mother's Revenge

Bess Warden

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Mom

Shadow of a Doubt

Helen Potter

Bump in the Night

Katie Leonard

The Missing Girl

Mrs. Colvins

To Save a Child

Rinda Larson

Shadow Over Elveron

Joanne Tregaskis

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Peggy Buckey

The Outsider

Peggy Leydon

A Part of the Family

Martha

Somebody Is Waiting

Irma

A House on a Hill

Mercedes Mayfield

Baby Brokers

Sylvia

Convictions

Margaret

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

Edna Larson

A Promise to Carolyn

Jolene Maggart

Friendly Persuasion

Eliza Birdwell

Mary & Tim

Esther

The Lie

Anna

Filmmaker

Self (uncredited)

Death in Venice, CA

Mona Dickens

Fly Cherry

Miss Christina

Return to Earth

Joan Aldrin

Playing for Time

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Periphery

Leanne Cross

The Yarn Princess

Esther

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

Joan Hart

The Wedding

Gram (Miss Caroline)

A Marriage of Convenience

Harriet Winslow

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Sally Ann

Dad, the Angel & Me

Betty

Love and Debate

Lea

The Country Girl

Georgie Elgin

With Intent to Kill

Edna Reinecker

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self

The Sweet Scent of Death

Ann Fairfax Denver

Please Stand by for Murder

Sexual Life

Joanne

That Quiet Earth

The Woman

Hoggs' Heaven

Mom

The Shape of the River

Susy Clemens

Shadow Realm

Mrs. Finch

As Good as It Gets

Beverly Connelly

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Self

Little Boy Blue

Doris Knight

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Dot Nadeau

Diabolique

Edie Danziger

Open Window

Ann

Angel Eyes

Elanora Davis

The Salton Sea

Nancy Plummer

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Hannah Meredith

Sweet Bird of Youth

Heavenly Finley

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Necie Kelleher

Grandma's Boy

Bea

Stuart Saves His Family

Mom

If These Walls Could Talk

Mary Donnelly

Juggernaut

Barbara Banister

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Mom

Petulia

Polo

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

Mrs. Ashboro

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

Aunt Claire

Ice Palace

Grace Kennedy

Dutchman

Lula

Listen to Your Heart

Grandma Sam

Endless Love

Ann

The Sender

Jerolyn

The Other Side of the Tracks

Helen

The Secret Life of Houses

Aunt Fergie

21 Hours at Munich

Anneliese Graes

The Group

Polly

My Louisiana Sky

Jewel Ramsey

Elevator

Jane Redding

The Rain People

Natalie Ravenna

Kennedy's Children

Carla

Benders

Donna

Sudbury

Aunt Jet

The Couch

Terry Ames

The Uninvited

Delia

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Reenie Flood

Flight from Ashiya

Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

House of Women

Erica Hayden

Not Fade Away

Diane

75 Degrees in July

Jo Beth Anderson

A Father for Brittany

Donna Minkowitz

Mercy

The Counterfeit Killer

Angie Peterson

Medical Story

Phyllis Lenahan

Secrets

Beatrice

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

Genna Kudirka

Redwood Highway

Marie

Champions: A Love Story

Barbara Harlich

Our Idiot Brother

Ilene Rochlin

Five Gates to Hell

Sister Maria

Color of Night

Edith Niedelmeyer

A Mother's Revenge

Bess Warden

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Mom

Shadow of a Doubt

Helen Potter

Bump in the Night

Katie Leonard

The Missing Girl

Mrs. Colvins

To Save a Child

Rinda Larson

Shadow Over Elveron

Joanne Tregaskis

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Peggy Buckey

The Outsider

Peggy Leydon

A Part of the Family

Martha

Somebody Is Waiting

Irma

A House on a Hill

Mercedes Mayfield

Baby Brokers

Sylvia

Convictions

Margaret

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

Edna Larson

A Promise to Carolyn

Jolene Maggart

Friendly Persuasion

Eliza Birdwell

Mary & Tim

Esther

The Lie

Anna

Filmmaker

Self (uncredited)

Death in Venice, CA

Mona Dickens

Fly Cherry

Miss Christina

Return to Earth

Joan Aldrin

Playing for Time

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Periphery

Leanne Cross

The Yarn Princess

Esther

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

Joan Hart

The Wedding

Gram (Miss Caroline)

A Marriage of Convenience

Harriet Winslow

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Sally Ann

Dad, the Angel & Me

Betty

Love and Debate

Lea

The Country Girl

Georgie Elgin

With Intent to Kill

Edna Reinecker

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self

The Sweet Scent of Death

Ann Fairfax Denver

Please Stand by for Murder

Sexual Life

Joanne

That Quiet Earth

The Woman

Hoggs' Heaven

Mom

The Shape of the River

Susy Clemens