Shirley Knight

Known for: Acting
Born: July 5, 1936, Goessel, Kansas, USA
Died: April 22, 2020
Movies: 94

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.4

As Good as It Gets

1997

5.4

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009

5.2

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015

6.1

Our Idiot Brother

2011

6.5

Grandma's Boy

2006

5.8

Color of Night

1994

6.1

Angel Eyes

2001

6.6

The Salton Sea

2002

5.5

Diabolique

1996

5.1

Mercy

2014

Filmography

2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self
2018	Periphery	Leanne Cross
2015	The Missing Girl	Mrs. Colvins
2015	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Mom
2014	Mercy	Mercy
2013	Redwood Highway	Marie
2013	Elevator	Jane Redding
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Ilene Rochlin
2010	Listen to Your Heart	Grandma Sam
2009	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Dot Nadeau
2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Mom
2008	Not Fade Away	Diane
2008	The Other Side of the Tracks	Helen
2006	Open Window	Ann
2006	Love and Debate	Lea
2006	Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time	Self
2006	Grandma's Boy	Bea
2005	Sexual Life	Joanne
2004	Sudbury	Aunt Jet
2003	A House on a Hill	Mercedes Mayfield
2003	Mrs. Ashboro's Cat	Mrs. Ashboro
2003	Fly Cherry	Miss Christina
2002	Shadow Realm	Mrs. Finch
2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Necie
2002	P.S. Your Cat is Dead!	Aunt Claire
2002	The Salton Sea	Nancy Plummer
2001	Angel Eyes	Elanora Davis
2001	My Louisiana Sky	Jewel Ramsey
2000	75 Degrees in July	Jo Beth Anderson
1998	A Marriage of Convenience	Harriet Winslow
1998	Little Boy Blue	Doris Knight
1998	A Father for Brittany	Donna Minkowitz
1998	The Wedding	Gram (Miss Caroline)
1997	As Good as It Gets	Beverly Connelly
1997	Convictions	Margaret
1996	Somebody Is Waiting	Irma
1996	Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story	Joan Hart
1996	Mary & Tim	Esther
1996	The Uninvited	Delia
1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Mary Donnelly
1996	Diabolique	Edie Danziger
1996	A Promise to Carolyn	Jolene Maggart
1996	Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden	Sally Ann
1995	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Peggy Buckey
1995	Stuart Saves His Family	Mom
1995	Dad, the Angel & Me	Betty
1994	Death in Venice, CA	Mona Dickens
1994	Color of Night	Edith Niedelmeyer
1994	A Part of the Family	Martha
1994	The Yarn Princess	Esther
1994	Baby Brokers	Sylvia
1994	Benders	Donna
1994	The Secret Life of Houses	Aunt Fergie
1994	Hoggs' Heaven	Mom
1993	A Mother's Revenge	Bess Warden
1993	When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn	Edna Larson
1991	To Save a Child	Rinda Larson
1991	Shadow of a Doubt	Helen Potter
1991	Bump in the Night	Katie Leonard
1984	The Sweet Scent of Death	Ann Fairfax Denver
1984	With Intent to Kill	Edna Reinecker
1982	The Sender	Jerolyn
1982	Kennedy's Children	Carla
1981	Endless Love	Ann
1980	Playing for Time	Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
1979	Beyond the Poseidon Adventure	Hannah Meredith
1979	Champions: A Love Story	Barbara Harlich
1978	The Defection of Simas Kudirka	Genna Kudirka
1976	21 Hours at Munich	Anneliese Graes
1976	Return to Earth	Joan Aldrin
1975	Medical Story	Phyllis Lenahan
1975	Friendly Persuasion	Eliza Birdwell
1975	Please Stand by for Murder
1974	Juggernaut	Barbara Banister
1974	The Country Girl	Georgie Elgin
1973	The Lie	Anna
1972	That Quiet Earth	The Woman
1971	Secrets	Beatrice
1969	The Rain People	Natalie Ravenna
1968	Filmmaker	Self (uncredited)
1968	Petulia	Polo
1968	The Counterfeit Killer	Angie Peterson
1968	Shadow Over Elveron	Joanne Tregaskis
1967	The Outsider	Peggy Leydon
1966	Dutchman	Lula
1966	The Group	Polly
1964	Flight from Ashiya	Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
1962	House of Women	Erica Hayden
1962	Sweet Bird of Youth	Heavenly Finley
1962	The Couch	Terry Ames
1960	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs	Reenie Flood
1960	The Shape of the River	Susy Clemens
1960	Ice Palace	Grace Kennedy
1959	Five Gates to Hell	Sister Maria

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