Shirley Knight
Acting
- Born:
- 1936-07-05
- Died:
- 2020-04-22
- Place of birth:
- Goessel, Kansas, USA
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
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Periphery
The Missing Girl
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Mercy
Redwood Highway
Elevator
Our Idiot Brother
Listen to Your Heart
Hot in Cleveland
Drop Dead Diva
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Not Fade Away
The Other Side of the Tracks
Open Window
Love and Debate
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
The Unit
Grandma's Boy
Sexual Life
House
Desperate Housewives
Sudbury
A House on a Hill
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Cold Case
Fly Cherry
Shadow Realm
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
The Salton Sea
Crossing Jordan
Angel Eyes
My Louisiana Sky
75 Degrees in July
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
A Marriage of Convenience
Maggie Winters
Little Boy Blue
A Father for Brittany
Significant Others
The Wedding
As Good as It Gets
Convictions
Ally McBeal
Somebody Is Waiting
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Mary & Tim
The Uninvited
If These Walls Could Talk
Diabolique
A Promise to Carolyn
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Stuart Saves His Family
VR.5
Children of the Dust
Cybill
Dad, the Angel & Me
Death in Venice, CA
ER
Color of Night
A Part of the Family
The Yarn Princess
Baby Brokers
Benders
The Secret Life of Houses
Hoggs' Heaven
A Mother's Revenge
NYPD Blue
Angel Falls
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
To Save a Child
Shadow of a Doubt
Bump in the Night
Law & Order
thirtysomething
L.A. Law
Matlock
The Equalizer
The Sweet Scent of Death
With Intent to Kill
Murder, She Wrote
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
The Sender
Kennedy's Children
Endless Love
Nurse
Playing for Time
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Tales of the Unexpected
Champions: A Love Story
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
21 Hours at Munich
Return to Earth
Medical Story
Medical Story
Friendly Persuasion
Please Stand by for Murder
Juggernaut
The Manhunter
The Country Girl
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
The Lie
Barnaby Jones
The Streets of San Francisco
Ghost Story
That Quiet Earth
Secrets
Alias Smith and Jones
Medical Center
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Rain People
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Filmmaker
The Jazz Age
Petulia
The Counterfeit Killer
Shadow Over Elveron
The Outsider
The Invaders
Dutchman
The Group
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Flight from Ashiya
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Fugitive
The Outer Limits
Arrest and Trial
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Virginian
House of Women
Sweet Bird of Youth
The Couch
Target: The Corruptors!
The Defenders
The Roaring 20's
Surfside 6
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
The Shape of the River
Ice Palace
Hawaiian Eye
Bourbon Street Beat
Five Gates to Hell
Johnny Staccato
Rawhide
77 Sunset Strip
Lawman
Naked City
The Texan
Bronco
Buckskin
The Restless Gun
Maverick
Tony Awards
Matinee Theater
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Bob Hope Show
Golden Globe Awards