Shirley Enola Knight 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
| Birth Location | Goessel, Kansas, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936-07-05 |
| Died | 2020-04-22 |
Movies
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Periphery
as Leanne Cross
2018
The Missing Girl
as Mrs. Colvins
2015
Mercy
as Gramma
2015
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
as Mom
2015
Redwood Highway
as Marie
2013
Elevator
as Jane Redding
2013
Our Idiot Brother
as Ilene Rochlin
2011
Listen to Your Heart
as Grandma Sam
2010
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Dot Nadeau
2009
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Mom
2009
Not Fade Away
as Diane
2008
The Other Side of the Tracks
as Helen
2008
Open Window
as Ann
2006
Love and Debate
as Lea
2006
2006
Grandma's Boy
as Bea
2006
Sudbury
as Aunt Jet
2004
A House on a Hill
as Mercedes Mayfield
2003
Fly Cherry
as Miss Christina
2003
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Mrs. Ashboro
2003
Shadow Realm
as Mrs. Finch
2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Necie Kelleher
2002
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
as Aunt Claire
2002
The Salton Sea
as Nancy Plummer
2002
Angel Eyes
as Elanora Davis
2001
My Louisiana Sky
as Jewel Ramsey
2001
75 Degrees in July
as Jo Beth Anderson
2000
A Marriage of Convenience
as Harriet Winslow
1998
A Father for Brittany
as Donna Minkowitz
1998
The Wedding
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
1998
As Good as It Gets
as Beverly Connelly
1997
Convictions
as Margaret
1997
Little Boy Blue
as Doris Knight
1997
Somebody Is Waiting
as Irma
1996
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
as Joan Hart
1996
Mary & Tim
as Esther
1996
The Uninvited
as Delia
1996
If These Walls Could Talk
as Mary Donnelly
1996
Diabolique
as Edie Danziger
1996
A Promise to Carolyn
as Jolene Maggart
1996
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Sally Ann
1996
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Peggy Buckey
1995
Stuart Saves His Family
as Mom
1995
Dad, the Angel & Me
as Betty
1995
Death in Venice, CA
as Mona Dickens
1994
Color of Night
as Edith Niedelmeyer
1994
The Yarn Princess
as Esther
1994
Baby Brokers
as Sylvia
1994
Benders
as Donna
1994
The Secret Life of Houses
as Aunt Fergie
1994
A Mother's Revenge
as Bess Warden
1993
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
as Edna Larson
1993
To Save a Child
as Rinda Larson
1991
Shadow of a Doubt
as Helen Potter
1991
Bump in the Night
as Katie Leonard
1991
With Intent to Kill
as Edna Reinecker
1984
The Sender
as Jerolyn
1982
Kennedy's Children
as Carla
1982
Endless Love
as Ann
1981
Playing for Time
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
1980
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Hannah Meredith
1979
Champions: A Love Story
as Barbara Harlich
1979
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Genna Kudirka
1978
21 Hours at Munich
as Anneliese Graes
1976
Return to Earth
as Joan Aldrin
1976
Medical Story
as Phyllis Lenahan
1975
Friendly Persuasion
as Eliza Birdwell
1975
Juggernaut
as Barbara Banister
1974
The Country Girl
as Georgie Elgin
1974
The Lie
as Anna
1973
Secrets
as Beatrice
1971
The Rain People
as Natalie Ravenna
1969
Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Petulia
as Polo
1968
The Counterfeit Killer
as Angie Peterson
1968
Shadow Over Elveron
as Joanne Tregaskis
1968
The Outsider
as Peggy Leydon
1967
Dutchman
as Lula
1966
The Group
as Polly
1966
Flight from Ashiya
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
1964
House of Women
as Erica Hayden
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Heavenly Finley
1962
The Couch
as Terry Ames
1962
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Reenie Flood
1960
Ice Palace
as Grace Kennedy
1960
Five Gates to Hell
as Sister Maria
1959
Shirley Knight hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
