Shirley Knight

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
July 5, 1936 (83 years old)
Died
April 22, 2020
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Romance Thriller
Career Span
1959 – 2021

Shirley Knight

10 wins
156 nominations
3 Oscars
90 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Jul 5, 1936
From
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1959 – 2021

Award Recognition

10
Wins
156
Nominations
3
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self

2018

Periphery as Leanne Cross

2015

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 as Mom Award
The Missing Girl as Mrs. Colvins

2014

Mercy as Gramma Award

2013

Elevator as Jane Redding Award
Redwood Highway as Marie

2011

Our Idiot Brother as Ilene Rochlin Award

2010

Listen to Your Heart as Grandma Sam

2009

Paul Blart: Mall Cop as Mom Award
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee as Dot Nadeau Award

2008

The Other Side of the Tracks as Helen
Not Fade Away as Diane

2006

Grandma's Boy as Bea Award
Open Window as Ann
Love and Debate as Lea
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time as Self

2004

Sudbury as Aunt Jet

2003

A House on a Hill as Mercedes Mayfield
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat as Mrs. Ashboro
Fly Cherry as Miss Christina

2002

The Salton Sea as Nancy Plummer Award
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood as Necie Kelleher Award
Shadow Realm as Mrs. Finch
P.S. Your Cat is Dead! as Aunt Claire

2001

Angel Eyes as Elanora Davis Award
My Louisiana Sky as Jewel Ramsey

2000

75 Degrees in July as Jo Beth Anderson

1998

A Marriage of Convenience as Harriet Winslow
The Wedding as Gram (Miss Caroline)
A Father for Brittany as Donna Minkowitz

1997

As Good as It Gets as Beverly Connelly Award
Little Boy Blue as Doris Knight
Convictions as Margaret

1996

If These Walls Could Talk as Mary Donnelly Award
Diabolique as Edie Danziger Award
Mary & Tim as Esther
The Uninvited as Delia
A Promise to Carolyn as Jolene Maggart
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Joan Hart
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden as Sally Ann
Somebody Is Waiting as Irma

1995

Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Peggy Buckey Award
Stuart Saves His Family as Mom
Dad, the Angel & Me as Betty

1994

Color of Night as Edith Niedelmeyer Award
Baby Brokers as Sylvia
The Secret Life of Houses as Aunt Fergie
A Part of the Family as Martha
The Yarn Princess as Esther
Benders as Donna
Death in Venice, CA as Mona Dickens

1993

A Mother's Revenge as Bess Warden
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn as Edna Larson

1991

Bump in the Night as Katie Leonard
Shadow of a Doubt as Helen Potter
To Save a Child as Rinda Larson

1984

With Intent to Kill as Edna Reinecker
The Sweet Scent of Death as Ann Fairfax Denver

1982

The Sender as Jerolyn
Kennedy's Children as Carla

1981

Endless Love as Ann Award

1980

Playing for Time as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel Award

1979

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Hannah Meredith Award
Champions: A Love Story as Barbara Harlich

1978

The Defection of Simas Kudirka as Genna Kudirka

1976

21 Hours at Munich as Anneliese Graes
Return to Earth as Joan Aldrin

1975

Friendly Persuasion as Eliza Birdwell
Medical Story as Phyllis Lenahan
Please Stand by for Murder

1974

Juggernaut as Barbara Banister Award
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
The Counterfeit Killer as Angie Peterson
Shadow Over Elveron as Joanne Tregaskis
Filmmaker as Self (uncredited)

1967

The Outsider as Peggy Leydon

1966

The Group as Polly
Dutchman as Lula

1964

Flight from Ashiya as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth as Heavenly Finley Award
House of Women as Erica Hayden
The Couch as Terry Ames

1960

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Reenie Flood
Ice Palace as Grace Kennedy

1959

Five Gates to Hell as Sister Maria

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Color of Night
As Good as It Gets
Endless Love
Grandma's Boy
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Juggernaut
Angel Eyes

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