Shirley Knight

Acting

July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020 (died at 83)

Goessel, Kansas, USA

Female

94 Movies

74 TV Shows

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.

As Good as It Gets

1997 7.4

as Beverly Connelly

Age 61 (now 83)

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009 5.5

as Mom

Age 72 (now 83)

Grandma's Boy

2006 6.5

as Bea

Age 69 (now 83)

Mercy

2014 5.2

as Mercy

Age 78 (now 83)

Endless Love

1981 5.7

as Ann

Age 45 (now 83)

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015 5.2

as Mom

Age 78 (now 83)

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962 6.8

as Heavenly Finley

Age 25 (now 83)

The Rain People

1969 6.6

as Natalie Ravenna

Age 33 (now 83)

Listen to Your Heart

2010 7.1

as Grandma Sam

Age 74 (now 83)

Our Idiot Brother

2011 6.1

as Ilene Rochlin

Age 75 (now 83)

Diabolique

1996 5.5

as Edie Danziger

Age 59 (now 83)

Desperate Housewives

2004 7.9

as Phyllis Van De Kamp

Age 68 (now 83) 5 eps

5 eps

Angel Eyes

2001 6.1

as Elanora Davis

Age 64 (now 83)

Juggernaut

1974 6.2

as Barbara Banister

Age 38 (now 83)

If These Walls Could Talk

1996 6.7

as Mary Donnelly

Age 60 (now 83)

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002 6.1

as Necie

Age 65 (now 83)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Age 85 (now 83)

Periphery

2018

as Leanne Cross

Age 81 (now 83)

The Missing Girl

2015 6.0

as Mrs. Colvins

Age 79 (now 83)

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015 5.2

as Mom

Age 78 (now 83)

Mercy

2014 5.2

as Mercy

Age 78 (now 83)

Redwood Highway

2013 5.9

as Marie

Age 76 (now 83)

Elevator

2013 5.0

as Jane Redding

Age 76 (now 83)

Our Idiot Brother

2011 6.1

as Ilene Rochlin

Age 75 (now 83)

Listen to Your Heart

2010 7.1

as Grandma Sam

Age 74 (now 83)

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009 5.9

as Dot Nadeau

Age 73 (now 83)

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009 5.5

as Mom

Age 72 (now 83)

Not Fade Away

2008

as Diane

Age 71 (now 83)

The Other Side of the Tracks

2008 4.2

as Helen

Age 71 (now 83)

Open Window

2006 5.4

as Ann

Age 70 (now 83)

Love and Debate

2006 4.0

as Lea

Age 69 (now 83)

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

2006

as Self

Age 69 (now 83)

Grandma's Boy

2006 6.5

as Bea

Age 69 (now 83)

Sexual Life

2005 4.9

as Joanne

Age 68 (now 83)

Sudbury

2004 5.7

as Aunt Jet

Age 67 (now 83)

A House on a Hill

2003 9.0

as Mercedes Mayfield

Age 67 (now 83)

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

2003 5.6

as Mrs. Ashboro

Age 67 (now 83)

Fly Cherry

2003 6.7

as Miss Christina

Age 66 (now 83)

Shadow Realm

2002 5.3

as Mrs. Finch

Age 66 (now 83)

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002 6.1

as Necie

Age 65 (now 83)

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

2002 4.4

as Aunt Claire

Age 65 (now 83)

The Salton Sea

2002 6.6

as Nancy Plummer

Age 65 (now 83)

Angel Eyes

2001 6.1

as Elanora Davis

Age 64 (now 83)

My Louisiana Sky

2001 6.4

as Jewel Ramsey

Age 64 (now 83)

75 Degrees in July

2000 7.0

as Jo Beth Anderson

Age 63 (now 83)

A Marriage of Convenience

1998 5.8

as Harriet Winslow

Age 62 (now 83)

A Father for Brittany

1998 7.6

as Donna Minkowitz

Age 61 (now 83)

The Wedding

1998 8.3

as Gram (Miss Caroline)

Age 61 (now 83)

As Good as It Gets

1997 7.4

as Beverly Connelly

Age 61 (now 83)

Convictions

1997 6.7

as Margaret

Age 61 (now 83)

Little Boy Blue

1997 6.0

as Doris Knight

Age 60 (now 83)

Somebody Is Waiting

1996 5.5

as Irma

Age 60 (now 83)

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

1996 7.1

as Joan Hart

Age 60 (now 83)

Mary & Tim

1996 6.8

as Esther

Age 60 (now 83)

The Uninvited

1996 5.4

as Delia

Age 60 (now 83)

If These Walls Could Talk

1996 6.7

as Mary Donnelly

Age 60 (now 83)

Diabolique

1996 5.5

as Edie Danziger

Age 59 (now 83)

A Promise to Carolyn

1996 7.1

as Jolene Maggart

Age 59 (now 83)

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

1996

as Sally Ann

Age 59 (now 83)

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995 7.0

as Peggy Buckey

Age 58 (now 83)

Stuart Saves His Family

1995 5.3

as Mom

Age 58 (now 83)

Dad, the Angel & Me

1995 6.4

as Betty

Age 58 (now 83)

Death in Venice, CA

1994 4.9

as Mona Dickens

Age 58 (now 83)

Color of Night

1994 5.8

as Edith Niedelmeyer

Age 58 (now 83)

A Part of the Family

1994 9.0

as Martha

Age 58 (now 83)

The Yarn Princess

1994 6.7

as Esther

Age 57 (now 83)

Baby Brokers

1994 6.5

as Sylvia

Age 57 (now 83)

Benders

1994 9.0

as Donna

Age 57 (now 83)

The Secret Life of Houses

1994 7.0

as Aunt Fergie

Age 57 (now 83)

Hoggs' Heaven

1994 10.0

as Mom

Age 57 (now 83)

A Mother's Revenge

1993 5.5

as Bess Warden

Age 57 (now 83)

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

1993 3.3

as Edna Larson

Age 56 (now 83)

To Save a Child

1991 6.5

as Rinda Larson

Age 55 (now 83)

Shadow of a Doubt

1991 6.0

as Helen Potter

Age 54 (now 83)

Bump in the Night

1991 5.9

as Katie Leonard

Age 54 (now 83)

The Sweet Scent of Death

1984 8.0

as Ann Fairfax Denver

Age 48 (now 83)

With Intent to Kill

1984 6.5

as Edna Reinecker

Age 48 (now 83)

The Sender

1982 5.7

as Jerolyn

Age 46 (now 83)

Kennedy's Children

1982

as Carla

Age 45 (now 83)

Endless Love

1981 5.7

as Ann

Age 45 (now 83)

Playing for Time

1980 6.9

as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Age 44 (now 83)

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979 5.1

as Hannah Meredith

Age 42 (now 83)

Champions: A Love Story

1979 6.7

as Barbara Harlich

Age 42 (now 83)

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978 6.0

as Genna Kudirka

Age 41 (now 83)

21 Hours at Munich

1976 6.3

as Anneliese Graes

Age 40 (now 83)

Return to Earth

1976 10.0

as Joan Aldrin

Age 39 (now 83)

Medical Story

1975 7.0

as Phyllis Lenahan

Age 39 (now 83)

Friendly Persuasion

1975 7.5

as Eliza Birdwell

Age 38 (now 83)

Please Stand by for Murder

1975

Age 38 (now 83)

Juggernaut

1974 6.2

as Barbara Banister

Age 38 (now 83)

The Country Girl

1974 10.0

as Georgie Elgin

Age 37 (now 83)

The Lie

1973 6.0

as Anna

Age 36 (now 83)

That Quiet Earth

1972

as The Woman

Age 35 (now 83)

Secrets

1971 4.5

as Beatrice

Age 35 (now 83)

The Rain People

1969 6.6

as Natalie Ravenna

Age 33 (now 83)

Filmmaker

1968 7.3

as Self (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 83)

Petulia

1968 6.0

as Polo

Age 31 (now 83)

The Counterfeit Killer

1968 8.0

as Angie Peterson

Age 31 (now 83)

Shadow Over Elveron

1968 6.6

as Joanne Tregaskis

Age 31 (now 83)

The Outsider

1967 8.0

as Peggy Leydon

Age 31 (now 83)

Dutchman

1966 4.8

as Lula

Age 30 (now 83)

The Group

1966 5.7

as Polly

Age 29 (now 83)

Flight from Ashiya

1964 5.6

as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

Age 27 (now 83)

House of Women

1962 5.3

as Erica Hayden

Age 25 (now 83)

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962 6.8

as Heavenly Finley

Age 25 (now 83)

The Couch

1962 6.3

as Terry Ames

Age 25 (now 83)

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960 6.5

as Reenie Flood

Age 24 (now 83)

The Shape of the River

1960

as Susy Clemens

Age 23 (now 83)

Ice Palace

1960 6.3

as Grace Kennedy

Age 23 (now 83)

Five Gates to Hell

1959 5.6

as Sister Maria

Age 23 (now 83)