Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1936-07-05 (84 years old)
Deathday
2020-04-22
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Also known As
Shirley Enola Knight
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.
2002
as Mrs. Finch
1997
as Beverly Connelly
2006
1997
as Doris Knight
2009
as Dot Nadeau
1996
as Edie Danziger
2006
as Ann
2001
as Elanora Davis
2002
as Nancy Plummer
1979
as Hannah Meredith
1962
as Heavenly Finley
2002
as Necie Kelleher
2006
as Bea
1995
as Mom
1996
as Mary Donnelly
1974
as Barbara Banister
2009
as Mom
1968
as Polo
2003
as Mrs. Ashboro
2002
as Aunt Claire
1960
as Grace Kennedy
1966
as Lula
2010
as Grandma Sam
1981
as Ann
1982
as Jerolyn
2008
as Helen
1994
as Aunt Fergie
1976
as Anneliese Graes
1966
as Polly
2001
as Jewel Ramsey
2013
as Jane Redding
1969
as Natalie Ravenna
1982
as Carla
1994
as Donna
2004
as Aunt Jet
1962
as Terry Ames
1996
as Delia
1960
as Reenie Flood
1964
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
1962
as Erica Hayden
2008
as Diane
2000
as Jo Beth Anderson
1998
as Donna Minkowitz
2014
as Gramma
1968
as Angie Peterson
1975
as Phyllis Lenahan
1971
as Beatrice
1978
as Genna Kudirka
2013
as Marie
1979
as Barbara Harlich
2011
as Ilene Rochlin
1959
as Sister Maria
1994
as Edith Niedelmeyer
1993
as Bess Warden
2015
as Mom
1991
as Helen Potter
1991
as Katie Leonard
2015
as Mrs. Colvins
1991
as Rinda Larson
1968
as Joanne Tregaskis
1995
as Peggy Buckey
1967
as Peggy Leydon
1994
as Martha
1996
as Irma
2003
as Mercedes Mayfield
1994
as Sylvia
1997
as Margaret
1993
as Edna Larson
1996
as Jolene Maggart
1975
as Eliza Birdwell
1996
as Esther
1973
as Anna
1968
as Self (uncredited)
1994
as Mona Dickens
2003
as Miss Christina
1976
as Joan Aldrin
1980
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
2018
as Leanne Cross
1994
as Esther
1996
as Joan Hart
1998
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
1998
as Harriet Winslow
1995
as Betty
1996
as Sally Ann
2006
as Lea
1974
as Georgie Elgin
1984
as Edna Reinecker
2021
1984
as Ann Fairfax Denver
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