Shirley Knight
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1936-07-05
Day of Death
2020-04-22 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Shirley Knight
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
Acting
(2021)
(2018)
Periphery
as Leanne Cross
(2015)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
as Mom
(2015)
The Missing Girl
as Mrs. Colvins
(2014)
Mercy
as Gramma
(2013)
Elevator
as Jane Redding
(2013)
Redwood Highway
as Marie
(2011)
Our Idiot Brother
as Ilene Rochlin
(2010)
Listen to Your Heart
as Grandma Sam
(2009)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Mom
(2009)
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Dot Nadeau
(2008)
The Other Side of the Tracks
as Helen
(2008)
Not Fade Away
as Diane
(2006)
Grandma's Boy
as Bea
(2006)
Open Window
as Ann
(2006)
Love and Debate
as Lea
(2006)
(2004)
Sudbury
as Aunt Jet
(2003)
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Mrs. Ashboro
(2003)
A House on a Hill
as Mercedes Mayfield
(2003)
Fly Cherry
as Miss Christina
(2002)
The Salton Sea
as Nancy Plummer
(2002)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Necie Kelleher
(2002)
Shadow Realm
as Mrs. Finch
(2002)
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
as Aunt Claire
(2001)
Angel Eyes
as Elanora Davis
(2001)
My Louisiana Sky
as Jewel Ramsey
(2000)
75 Degrees in July
as Jo Beth Anderson
(1998)
A Father for Brittany
as Donna Minkowitz
(1998)
The Wedding
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
(1998)
A Marriage of Convenience
as Harriet Winslow
(1997)
As Good as It Gets
as Beverly Connelly
(1997)
Little Boy Blue
as Doris Knight
(1997)
Convictions
as Margaret
(1996)
Diabolique
as Edie Danziger
(1996)
If These Walls Could Talk
as Mary Donnelly
(1996)
Mary & Tim
as Esther
(1996)
The Uninvited
as Delia
(1996)
A Promise to Carolyn
as Jolene Maggart
(1996)
Somebody Is Waiting
as Irma
(1996)
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
as Joan Hart
(1996)
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Sally Ann
(1995)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Peggy Buckey
(1995)
Stuart Saves His Family
as Mom
(1995)
Dad, the Angel & Me
as Betty
(1994)
Color of Night
as Edith Niedelmeyer
(1994)
Baby Brokers
as Sylvia
(1994)
The Yarn Princess
as Esther
(1994)
A Part of the Family
as Martha
(1994)
Benders
as Donna
(1994)
Death in Venice, CA
as Mona Dickens
(1994)
The Secret Life of Houses
as Aunt Fergie
(1993)
A Mother's Revenge
as Bess Warden
(1993)
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
as Edna Larson
(1991)
Bump in the Night
as Katie Leonard
(1991)
Shadow of a Doubt
as Helen Potter
(1991)
To Save a Child
as Rinda Larson
(1984)
With Intent to Kill
as Edna Reinecker
(1984)
The Sweet Scent of Death
as Ann Fairfax Denver
(1982)
The Sender
as Jerolyn
(1982)
Kennedy's Children
as Carla
(1981)
Endless Love
as Ann
(1980)
Playing for Time
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
(1979)
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Hannah Meredith
(1979)
Champions: A Love Story
as Barbara Harlich
(1978)
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Genna Kudirka
(1976)
21 Hours at Munich
as Anneliese Graes
(1976)
Return to Earth
as Joan Aldrin
(1975)
Friendly Persuasion
as Eliza Birdwell
(1975)
Medical Story
as Phyllis Lenahan
(1975)
(1974)
Juggernaut
as Barbara Banister
(1974)
The Country Girl
as Georgie Elgin
(1973)
The Lie
as Anna
(1971)
Secrets
as Beatrice
(1969)
The Rain People
as Natalie Ravenna
(1968)
Petulia
as Polo
(1968)
Shadow Over Elveron
as Joanne Tregaskis
(1968)
Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited)
(1968)
The Counterfeit Killer
as Angie Peterson
(1967)
The Outsider
as Peggy Leydon
(1966)
The Group
as Polly
(1966)
Dutchman
as Lula
(1964)
Flight from Ashiya
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
(1962)
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Heavenly Finley
(1962)
The Couch
as Terry Ames
(1962)
House of Women
as Erica Hayden
(1960)
Ice Palace
as Grace Kennedy
(1960)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Reenie Flood
(1959)
Five Gates to Hell
as Sister Maria