Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
July 5, 1936
Died
April 22, 2020
Age
83
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Popularity
1.6
Shirley Knight
Acting
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.
Also known as
Shirley Enola Knight
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Known For
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
7.3
Law & Order
1990 · TV
8.6
House
2004 · TV
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV
7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV
7.0
NYPD Blue
1993 · TV
0.0
Tony Awards
1956 · TV
7.7
Cold Case
2003 · TV
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001 · TV
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV
7.8
ER
1994 · TV
Filmography
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · Self
0.0
2018
Periphery
Movie · Leanne Cross
0.0
2015
The Missing Girl
Movie · Mrs. Colvins
6.0
2015
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Movie · Mom
5.2
2014
Mercy
Movie · Mercy
5.2
2013
Redwood Highway
Movie · Marie
5.9
2013
Elevator
Movie · Jane Redding
4.9
2011
Our Idiot Brother
Movie · Ilene Rochlin
6.1
2010
Listen to Your Heart
Movie · Grandma Sam
7.1
2010
Hot in Cleveland
TV · Loretta
7.2
2009
Drop Dead Diva
TV · Millie Carlson
7.7
2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Movie · Dot Nadeau
5.9
2009
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Movie · Mom
5.5
2008
Not Fade Away
Movie · Diane
0.0
2008
The Other Side of the Tracks
Movie · Helen
4.2
2006
Open Window
Movie · Ann
5.4
2006
Love and Debate
Movie · Lea
3.8
2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Movie · Self
0.0
2006
The Unit
TV · Mrs. Gaffney
7.3
2006
Grandma's Boy
Movie · Bea
6.5
2005
Sexual Life
Movie · Joanne
4.9
2004
House
TV · Georgia Adams
8.6
2004
Desperate Housewives
TV · Phyllis Van De Kamp
7.9
2004
Sudbury
Movie · Aunt Jet
5.7