Shirley Knight
Goessel, Kansas, USA

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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Roles

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

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