Shirley Knight
Born in Goessel, Kansas, USA — Jul 05 1936• Died Apr 22 2020
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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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Wharton
Law & Order
Melanie Cullen
House
Georgia Adams
Desperate Housewives
Phyllis Van De Kamp
Crossing Jordan
Frances Littleton
Murder, She Wrote
Grace Fenton
Cold Case
Dottie
ER
Mrs. Burke
NYPD Blue
Agnes Cantwell
L.A. Law
Belinda Collins
Maverick
Nancy Powers
The Fugitive
Jane Washburn
The Virginian
Susan Morrow
The Equalizer
Kay
Naked City
Kathy Meigs
Medical Center
Matinee Theater
Matlock
Phyllis Todd
Tales of the Unexpected
Elizabeth Bourdon
Hot in Cleveland
Loretta
The Defenders
Bethany Windell
Hawaiian Eye
Lawman
Tendis Weston
Rawhide
Jennie Cooper
The Invaders
Margaret Cook
Cybill
Loretta Bennett
Drop Dead Diva
Millie Carlson
The Unit
Barnaby Jones
Kay Lewiston
77 Sunset Strip
Mari Ellen Taylor
The Oscars
Self
The Outer Limits
Noelle Anderson
thirtysomething
The Streets of San Francisco
Ally McBeal
Helen Apple
Surfside 6
Bronco
Alias Smith and Jones
The Texan
Arrest and Trial
Rhoda Waggner
Ghost Story
Beth
The Roaring 20's
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Marci Boyle
Target: The Corruptors!
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Ann Denver
Bourbon Street Beat
The Restless Gun
Heide Ritter
The Jazz Age
Emily Castleton
Johnny Staccato
The Manhunter
Nurse
Sylvia Dennis
VR.5
Dr. Hearst
As Good as It Gets
Beverly Connelly
Grandma's Boy
Bea
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Georgie Elgin
Maggie Winters
Estelle Winters
Medical Story
Color of Night
Edith Niedelmeyer
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Mom
Significant Others
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Mom
Children of the Dust
Aunt Bertha
Endless Love
Ann
Angel Falls
Edie Wren Cox
Buckskin
Mrs. Newcomb
The Salton Sea
Nancy Plummer
Mercy
Mercy
Petulia
Polo
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Necie Kelleher
Juggernaut
Barbara Banister
Angel Eyes
Elanora Davis
Our Idiot Brother
Ilene Rochlin
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
The Group
Polly
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Dot Nadeau
Sweet Bird of Youth
Heavenly Finley
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Hannah Meredith
The Rain People
Natalie Ravenna
If These Walls Could Talk
Mary Donnelly
Mary & Tim
Esther
Diabolique
Edie Danziger
Sexual Life
Joanne
Love and Debate
Lea
Ice Palace
Grace Kennedy
Elevator
Jane Redding
The Lie
Anna
Open Window
Ann
Stuart Saves His Family
Mom
The Outsider
Peggy Leydon
The Wedding
Gram (Miss Caroline)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Reenie Flood
The Yarn Princess
Esther
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Peggy Buckey
Filmmaker
Self (uncredited)
Return to Earth
Joan Aldrin
The Sender
Jerolyn
Playing for Time
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Baby Brokers
Sylvia
Shadow Realm
Mrs. Finch
Bump in the Night
Katie Leonard
Convictions
Margaret
My Louisiana Sky
Jewel Ramsey
21 Hours at Munich
Anneliese Graes
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Edna Larson
Five Gates to Hell
Sister Maria
Medical Story
Phyllis Lenahan
Little Boy Blue
Doris Knight
Shadow of a Doubt
Helen Potter
The Uninvited
Delia
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Mrs. Ashboro
The Counterfeit Killer
Angie Peterson
A Marriage of Convenience
Harriet Winslow
Sudbury
Aunt Jet
A Promise to Carolyn
Jolene Maggart
A Mother's Revenge
Bess Warden
House of Women
Erica Hayden
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Genna Kudirka
With Intent to Kill
Edna Reinecker
To Save a Child
Rinda Larson
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Joan Hart
Dad, the Angel & Me
Betty
The Country Girl
Georgie Elgin
Redwood Highway
Marie
Dutchman
Lula
Flight from Ashiya
Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Benders
Donna
The Missing Girl
Mrs. Colvins
Somebody Is Waiting
Irma
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Aunt Claire
A Father for Brittany
Donna Minkowitz
The Sweet Scent of Death
Ann Fairfax Denver
A House on a Hill
Mercedes Mayfield
Hoggs' Heaven
Mom
Shadow Over Elveron
Joanne Tregaskis
The Couch
Terry Ames
A Part of the Family
Martha
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
Secrets
Beatrice
Kennedy's Children
Carla
Friendly Persuasion
Eliza Birdwell
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Sally Ann
That Quiet Earth
The Woman
Please Stand by for Murder
The Other Side of the Tracks
Helen
75 Degrees in July
Jo Beth Anderson
Champions: A Love Story
Barbara Harlich
Listen to Your Heart
Grandma Sam
Periphery
Leanne Cross
The Secret Life of Houses
Aunt Fergie
Fly Cherry
Miss Christina
Not Fade Away
Diane
Death in Venice, CA
Mona Dickens
The Shape of the River
Susy Clemens