Shirley Knight
Acting
Born: 1936-07-05 in 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
House
Georgia Adams
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Wharton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Rose Granville
As Good as It Gets
Beverly Connelly
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Mom
Desperate Housewives
Phyllis Van De Kamp
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Mom
Our Idiot Brother
Ilene Rochlin
ER
Mrs. Burke
Grandma's Boy
Bea
Law & Order
Melanie Cullen
Color of Night
Edith Niedelmeyer
Angel Eyes
Elanora Davis
Murder, She Wrote
Grace Fenton
Cold Case
Dottie
Ally McBeal
Helen Apple
The Salton Sea
Nancy Plummer
Diabolique
Edie Danziger
Drop Dead Diva
Millie Carlson
Mercy
Mercy
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Necie
Endless Love
Ann
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Dot Nadeau
The Unit
Mrs. Gaffney
NYPD Blue
Agnes Cantwell
Crossing Jordan
Frances Littleton
The Outer Limits
Noelle Anderson
Juggernaut
Barbara Banister
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Hannah Meredith
Matlock
Phyllis Todd
Sweet Bird of Youth
Heavenly Finley
Hot in Cleveland
Loretta
Elevator
Jane Redding
The Streets of San Francisco
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
If These Walls Could Talk
Mary Donnelly
The Oscars
Self
Listen to Your Heart
Grandma Sam
The Rain People
Natalie Ravenna
L.A. Law
Belinda Collins