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
Gramma
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
90
Gender
Female
Birthday
1936-07-05
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Also Known As
Shirley Enola Knight