
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.

Mrs. Finch
Shadow Realm

Beverly Connelly
As Good as It Gets

Self
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Doris Knight
Little Boy Blue

Dot Nadeau
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Edie Danziger
Diabolique

Ann
Open Window

Elanora Davis
Angel Eyes

Nancy Plummer
The Salton Sea

Hannah Meredith
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Heavenly Finley
Sweet Bird of Youth

Necie Kelleher
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Bea
Grandma's Boy

Mom
Stuart Saves His Family

Mary Donnelly
If These Walls Could Talk

Barbara Banister
Juggernaut

Mom
Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Polo
Petulia

Mrs. Ashboro
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

Aunt Claire
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

Grace Kennedy
Ice Palace

Lula
Dutchman

Grandma Sam
Listen to Your Heart

Ann
Endless Love

Jerolyn
The Sender

Helen
The Other Side of the Tracks

Aunt Fergie
The Secret Life of Houses

Anneliese Graes
21 Hours at Munich

Polly
The Group

Jewel Ramsey
My Louisiana Sky

Jane Redding
Elevator

Natalie Ravenna
The Rain People

Carla
Kennedy's Children

Donna
Benders

Aunt Jet
Sudbury

Terry Ames
The Couch

Delia
The Uninvited

Reenie Flood
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Flight from Ashiya

Erica Hayden
House of Women

Diane
Not Fade Away

Jo Beth Anderson
75 Degrees in July

Donna Minkowitz
A Father for Brittany

Mercy
Mercy

Angie Peterson
The Counterfeit Killer

Phyllis Lenahan
Medical Story

Beatrice
Secrets

Genna Kudirka
The Defection of Simas Kudirka

Marie
Redwood Highway

Barbara Harlich
Champions: A Love Story

Ilene Rochlin
Our Idiot Brother

Sister Maria
Five Gates to Hell

Edith Niedelmeyer
Color of Night

Bess Warden
A Mother's Revenge

Mom
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Helen Potter
Shadow of a Doubt

Katie Leonard
Bump in the Night

Mrs. Colvins
The Missing Girl

Rinda Larson
To Save a Child

Joanne Tregaskis
Shadow Over Elveron

Peggy Buckey
Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Peggy Leydon
The Outsider

Martha
A Part of the Family

Irma
Somebody Is Waiting

Mercedes Mayfield
A House on a Hill

Sylvia
Baby Brokers

Margaret
Convictions

Edna Larson
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

Jolene Maggart
A Promise to Carolyn

Eliza Birdwell
Friendly Persuasion

Esther
Mary & Tim

Anna
The Lie

Self (uncredited)
Filmmaker

Mona Dickens
Death in Venice, CA

Miss Christina
Fly Cherry

Joan Aldrin
Return to Earth

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Playing for Time

Leanne Cross
Periphery

Esther
The Yarn Princess

Joan Hart
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

Gram (Miss Caroline)
The Wedding

Harriet Winslow
A Marriage of Convenience

Sally Ann
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Betty
Dad, the Angel & Me

Lea
Love and Debate

Georgie Elgin
The Country Girl

Edna Reinecker
With Intent to Kill

Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Ann Fairfax Denver
The Sweet Scent of Death

Please Stand by for Murder

Joanne
Sexual Life

The Woman
That Quiet Earth

Mom
Hoggs' Heaven
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
93
Gender
Female
Birthday
1936-07-05
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Also Known As
Shirley Enola Knight