Shirley Knight

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1936-07-05 (84 years old)

Deathday

2020-04-22

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.

Acting

2002

Shadow Realm

as Mrs. Finch

1997

As Good as It Gets

as Beverly Connelly

1997

Little Boy Blue

as Doris Knight

1996

Diabolique

as Edie Danziger

2006

2001

Angel Eyes

as Elanora Davis

2002

The Salton Sea

as Nancy Plummer

1979

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth

as Heavenly Finley

2006

1996

1974

Juggernaut

as Barbara Banister

1968

Petulia

as Polo

2003

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

as Mrs. Ashboro

2002

1960

Ice Palace

as Grace Kennedy

1966

Dutchman

as Lula

2010

Listen to Your Heart

as Grandma Sam

1981

1982

The Sender

as Jerolyn

1994

1976

21 Hours at Munich

as Anneliese Graes

1966

The Group

as Polly

2001

My Louisiana Sky

as Jewel Ramsey

2013

Elevator

as Jane Redding

1969

The Rain People

as Natalie Ravenna

1982

1994

Benders

as Donna

2004

Sudbury

as Aunt Jet

1962

The Couch

as Terry Ames

1996

1964

Flight from Ashiya

as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

1962

House of Women

as Erica Hayden

2008

2000

75 Degrees in July

as Jo Beth Anderson

1998

A Father for Brittany

as Donna Minkowitz

2014

Mercy

as Gramma

1968

The Counterfeit Killer

as Angie Peterson

1975

Medical Story

as Phyllis Lenahan

1971

Secrets

as Beatrice

1978

2013

1979

Champions: A Love Story

as Barbara Harlich

2011

Our Idiot Brother

as Ilene Rochlin

1959

Five Gates to Hell

as Sister Maria

1994

Color of Night

as Edith Niedelmeyer

1993

A Mother's Revenge

as Bess Warden

1991

Shadow of a Doubt

as Helen Potter

1991

Bump in the Night

as Katie Leonard

2015

The Missing Girl

as Mrs. Colvins

1991

To Save a Child

as Rinda Larson

1968

Shadow Over Elveron

as Joanne Tregaskis

1967

The Outsider

as Peggy Leydon

2003

A House on a Hill

as Mercedes Mayfield

1994

Baby Brokers

as Sylvia

1997

Convictions

as Margaret

1996

A Promise to Carolyn

as Jolene Maggart

1975

Friendly Persuasion

as Eliza Birdwell

1996

Mary & Tim

as Esther

1973

The Lie

as Anna

1968

Filmmaker

as Self (uncredited)

1994

Death in Venice, CA

as Mona Dickens

2003

Fly Cherry

as Miss Christina

1976

Return to Earth

as Joan Aldrin

1980

Playing for Time

as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

2018

Periphery

as Leanne Cross

1994

1998

The Wedding

as Gram (Miss Caroline)

1998

A Marriage of Convenience

as Harriet Winslow

2006

1974

The Country Girl

as Georgie Elgin

1984

With Intent to Kill

as Edna Reinecker

1984

The Sweet Scent of Death

as Ann Fairfax Denver

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