Shirley Knight

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.

Known For

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

90

Gender

Female

Birthday

1936-07-05

Place of Birth

Goessel, Kansas, USA

Also Known As

Shirley Enola Knight