Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

05/07/1936

Day of Death

22/04/2020
(84) years old

Place of Birth

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.

Filmography

Cast

2018

Periphery

as Leanne Cross

2015

The Missing Girl

as Mrs. Colvins

2014

Mercy

as Gramma

2013

Redwood Highway

as Marie

2013

Elevator

as Jane Redding

2011

Our Idiot Brother

as Ilene Rochlin

2010

Listen to Your Heart

as Grandma Sam

2008

Not Fade Away

as Diane

2006

Open Window

as Ann

2006

Love and Debate

as Lea

2006

Grandma's Boy

as Bea

2004

Sudbury

as Aunt Jet

2003

A House on a Hill

as Mercedes Mayfield

2003

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

as Mrs. Ashboro

2003

Fly Cherry

as Miss Christina

2002

Shadow Realm

as Mrs. Finch

2002

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

as Aunt Claire

2002

The Salton Sea

as Nancy Plummer

2001

Angel Eyes

as Elanora Davis

2001

My Louisiana Sky

as Jewel Ramsey

2000

75 Degrees in July

as Jo Beth Anderson

1998

A Marriage of Convenience

as Harriet Winslow

1998

A Father for Brittany

as Donna Minkowitz

1998

The Wedding

as Gram (Miss Caroline)

1997

As Good as It Gets

as Beverly Connelly

1997

Convictions

as Margaret

1997

Little Boy Blue

as Doris Knight

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

1994

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

1993

A Mother's Revenge

as Bess Warden

1991

To Save a Child

as Rinda Larson

1991

Shadow of a Doubt

as Helen Potter

1991

Bump in the Night

as Katie Leonard

1984

The Sweet Scent of Death

as Ann Fairfax Denver

1984

With Intent to Kill

as Edna Reinecker

1982

The Sender

as Jerolyn

1982

Kennedy's Children

as Carla

1981

Endless Love

as Ann

1980

Playing for Time

as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

1979

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

as Hannah Meredith

1979

Champions: A Love Story

as Barbara Harlich

1978

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

as Genna Kudirka

1976

21 Hours at Munich

as Anneliese Graes

1976

Return to Earth

as Joan Aldrin

1975

Medical Story

as Phyllis Lenahan

1975

Friendly Persuasion

as Eliza Birdwell

1974

Juggernaut

as Barbara Banister

1974

The Country Girl

as Georgie Elgin

1973

The Lie

as Anna

1971

Secrets

as Beatrice

1969

The Rain People

as Natalie Ravenna

1968

Filmmaker

as Self (uncredited)

1968

Petulia

as Polo

1968

The Counterfeit Killer

as Angie Peterson

1968

Shadow Over Elveron

as Joanne Tregaskis

1967

The Outsider

as Peggy Leydon

1966

Dutchman

as Lula

1966

The Group

as Polly

1964

Flight from Ashiya

as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

1962

House of Women

as Erica Hayden

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth

as Heavenly Finley

1962

The Couch

as Terry Ames

1960

Ice Palace

as Grace Kennedy

1959

Five Gates to Hell

as Sister Maria