Acting · Goessel, Kansas, USA · Born July 5, 1936
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.
MovieBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
MoviePeriphery
2018
as Leanne Cross
MovieThe Missing Girl
2015
as Mrs. Colvins
MoviePaul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
as Mom
MovieMercy
2014
as Mercy
MovieRedwood Highway
2013
as Marie
MovieElevator
2013
as Jane Redding
MovieOur Idiot Brother
2011
as Ilene Rochlin
MovieListen to Your Heart
2010
as Grandma Sam
TVHot in Cleveland
2010
as Loretta
TVDrop Dead Diva
2009
as Millie Carlson
MovieThe Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Dot Nadeau
MoviePaul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
as Mom
Not Fade Away
2008
as Diane
MovieThe Other Side of the Tracks
2008
as Helen
MovieOpen Window
2006
as Ann
MovieLove and Debate
2006
as Lea
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
as Self
TVThe Unit
2006
as Mrs. Gaffney
MovieGrandma's Boy
2006
as Bea
MovieSexual Life
2005
as Joanne
TVHouse
2004
as Georgia Adams
TVDesperate Housewives
2004
as Phyllis Van De Kamp
MovieSudbury
2004
as Aunt Jet
MovieA House on a Hill
2003
as Mercedes Mayfield
MovieMrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
as Mrs. Ashboro
TVCold Case
2003
as Dottie
MovieFly Cherry
2003
as Miss Christina
MovieShadow Realm
2002
as Mrs. Finch
MovieDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
as Necie
MovieP.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
as Aunt Claire
MovieThe Salton Sea
2002
as Nancy Plummer
TVCrossing Jordan
2001
as Frances Littleton
MovieAngel Eyes
2001
as Elanora Davis
MovieMy Louisiana Sky
2001
as Jewel Ramsey
Movie75 Degrees in July
2000
as Jo Beth Anderson
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Wharton
MovieA Marriage of Convenience
1998
as Harriet Winslow
Maggie Winters
1998
as Estelle Winters
MovieA Father for Brittany
1998
as Donna Minkowitz
TVSignificant Others
1998
MovieThe Wedding
1998
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
MovieAs Good as It Gets
1997
as Beverly Connelly
MovieConvictions
1997
as Margaret
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Helen Apple
MovieLittle Boy Blue
1997
as Doris Knight
MovieSomebody Is Waiting
1996
as Irma
MovieDying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
as Joan Hart
MovieMary & Tim
1996
as Esther
MovieThe Uninvited
1996
as Delia
MovieIf These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Mary Donnelly
MovieDiabolique
1996
as Edie Danziger
MovieA Promise to Carolyn
1996
as Jolene Maggart
MovieStolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996
as Sally Ann
MovieIndictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Peggy Buckey
MovieStuart Saves His Family
1995
as Mom
TVVR.5
1995
as Dr. Hearst
TVChildren of the Dust
1995
as Aunt Bertha
TVCybill
1995
as Loretta Bennett
MovieDad, the Angel & Me
1995
as Betty
MovieDeath in Venice, CA
1994
as Mona Dickens
TVER
1994
as Mrs. Burke
MovieColor of Night
1994
as Edith Niedelmeyer
MovieA Part of the Family
1994
as Martha
MovieThe Yarn Princess
1994
as Esther
MovieBaby Brokers
1994
as Sylvia
Benders
1994
as Donna
The Secret Life of Houses
1994
as Aunt Fergie
MovieHoggs' Heaven
1994
as Mom
MovieA Mother's Revenge
1993
as Bess Warden
TVNYPD Blue
1993
as Agnes Cantwell
Angel Falls
1993
as Edie Wren Cox
MovieWhen Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
as Edna Larson
MovieTo Save a Child
1991
as Rinda Larson
MovieShadow of a Doubt
1991
as Helen Potter
MovieBump in the Night
1991
as Katie Leonard
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Melanie Cullen
TVthirtysomething
1987
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Belinda Collins
TVMatlock
1986
as Phyllis Todd
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Kay
MovieThe Sweet Scent of Death
1984
as Ann Fairfax Denver
MovieWith Intent to Kill
1984
as Edna Reinecker
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Grace Fenton
TVHammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Ann Denver
MovieThe Sender
1982
as Jerolyn
MovieKennedy's Children
1982
as Carla
MovieEndless Love
1981
as Ann
TVNurse
1981
as Sylvia Dennis
MoviePlaying for Time
1980
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
MovieBeyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Hannah Meredith
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Elizabeth Bourdon
MovieChampions: A Love Story
1979
as Barbara Harlich
MovieThe Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
as Genna Kudirka
Movie21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Anneliese Graes
MovieReturn to Earth
1976
as Joan Aldrin
MovieMedical Story
1975
as Phyllis Lenahan
TVMedical Story
1975
as Phyllis Lenahan
MovieFriendly Persuasion
1975
as Eliza Birdwell
MoviePlease Stand by for Murder
1975
MovieJuggernaut
1974
as Barbara Banister
TVThe Manhunter
1974
MovieThe Country Girl
1974
as Georgie Elgin
TVOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Margot Brenner
MovieThe Lie
1973
as Anna
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Kay Lewiston
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
TVGhost Story
1972
as Beth
That Quiet Earth
1972
as The Woman
MovieSecrets
1971
as Beatrice
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
TVMedical Center
1969
TVThe Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Marci Boyle
MovieThe Rain People
1969
as Natalie Ravenna
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Barbara
MovieFilmmaker
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Jazz Age
1968
as Emily Castleton
MoviePetulia
1968
as Polo
MovieThe Counterfeit Killer
1968
as Angie Peterson
MovieShadow Over Elveron
1968
as Joanne Tregaskis
MovieThe Outsider
1967
as Peggy Leydon
TVThe Invaders
1967
as Margaret Cook
MovieDutchman
1966
as Lula
MovieThe Group
1966
as Polly
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Woman - Joyce
MovieFlight from Ashiya
1964
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Jane Washburn
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Noelle Anderson
TVArrest and Trial
1963
as Rhoda Waggner
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Susan Morrow
MovieHouse of Women
1962
as Erica Hayden
MovieSweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Heavenly Finley
MovieThe Couch
1962
as Terry Ames
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Bethany Windell
TVThe Roaring 20's
1960
TVSurfside 6
1960
MovieThe Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Reenie Flood
The Shape of the River
1960
as Susy Clemens
MovieIce Palace
1960
as Grace Kennedy
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
MovieFive Gates to Hell
1959
as Sister Maria
TVJohnny Staccato
1959
TVRawhide
1959
as Jennie Cooper
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Mari Ellen Taylor
TVLawman
1958
as Tendis Weston
TVNaked City
1958
as Kathy Meigs
TVThe Texan
1958
TVBronco
1958
Buckskin
1958
as Mrs. Newcomb
TVThe Restless Gun
1957
as Heide Ritter
TVMaverick
1957
as Nancy Powers
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
TVMatinee Theater
1955
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Georgie Elgin
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
