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Shirley Knight

Born 1936-07-05
Goessel, Kansas, USA

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

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021 · Movie

Periphery

2018 · Movie

6.0

The Missing Girl

2015 · Movie

5.2

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015 · Movie

5.1

Mercy

2014 · Movie

5.9

Redwood Highway

2013 · Movie

4.9

Elevator

2013 · Movie

6.1

Our Idiot Brother

2011 · Movie

7.1

Listen to Your Heart

2010 · Movie

7.2

Hot in Cleveland

2010 · TV Show

7.7

Drop Dead Diva

2009 · TV Show

5.9

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009 · Movie

5.5

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009 · Movie

Not Fade Away

2008 · Movie

4.2

The Other Side of the Tracks

2008 · Movie

5.4

Open Window

2006 · Movie

3.8

Love and Debate

2006 · Movie

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

2006 · Movie

7.4

The Unit

2006 · TV Show

6.5

Grandma's Boy

2006 · Movie

4.9

Sexual Life

2005 · Movie

8.6

House

2004 · TV Show

7.9

Desperate Housewives

2004 · TV Show

5.7

Sudbury

2004 · Movie

9.0

A House on a Hill

2003 · Movie

5.6

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

2003 · Movie

7.7

Cold Case

2003 · TV Show

6.7

Fly Cherry

2003 · Movie

4.5

Shadow Realm

2002 · Movie

6.0

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002 · Movie

4.4

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

2002 · Movie

6.6

The Salton Sea

2002 · Movie

7.2

Crossing Jordan

2001 · TV Show

6.1

Angel Eyes

2001 · Movie

6.4

My Louisiana Sky

2001 · Movie

7.0

75 Degrees in July

2000 · Movie

8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · TV Show

5.8

A Marriage of Convenience

1998 · Movie

8.5

Maggie Winters

1998 · TV Show

6.0

Little Boy Blue

1998 · Movie

7.6

A Father for Brittany

1998 · Movie

7.0

Significant Others

1998 · TV Show

8.2

The Wedding

1998 · Movie

7.4

As Good as It Gets

1997 · Movie

6.7

Convictions

1997 · Movie

6.5

Ally McBeal

1997 · TV Show

5.5

Somebody Is Waiting

1996 · Movie

7.1

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

1996 · Movie

6.8

Mary & Tim

1996 · Movie

5.5

The Uninvited

1996 · Movie

6.8

If These Walls Could Talk

1996 · Movie

5.5

Diabolique

1996 · Movie

7.1

A Promise to Carolyn

1996 · Movie

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

1996 · Movie

6.9

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995 · Movie

5.2

Stuart Saves His Family

1995 · Movie

6.7

VR.5

1995 · TV Show

7.1

Children of the Dust

1995 · TV Show

6.0

Cybill

1995 · TV Show

6.4

Dad, the Angel & Me

1995 · Movie

5.1

Death in Venice, CA

1994 · Movie

7.8

1994 · TV Show

5.8

Color of Night

1994 · Movie

9.0

A Part of the Family

1994 · Movie

6.2

The Yarn Princess

1994 · Movie

6.5

Baby Brokers

1994 · Movie

9.0

Benders

1994 · Movie

7.0

The Secret Life of Houses

1994 · Movie

10.0

Hoggs' Heaven

1994 · Movie

5.1

A Mother's Revenge

1993 · Movie

7.1

NYPD Blue

1993 · TV Show

8.0

Angel Falls

1993 · TV Show

3.2

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

1993 · Movie

6.5

To Save a Child

1991 · Movie

6.0

Shadow of a Doubt

1991 · Movie

5.9

Bump in the Night

1991 · Movie

7.3

Law & Order

1990 · TV Show

6.3

thirtysomething

1987 · TV Show

7.0

L.A. Law

1986 · TV Show

7.0

Matlock

1986 · TV Show

7.2

The Equalizer

1985 · TV Show

8.0

The Sweet Scent of Death

1984 · Movie

6.5

With Intent to Kill

1984 · Movie

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · TV Show

6.5

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984 · TV Show

5.6

The Sender

1982 · Movie

Kennedy's Children

1982 · Movie

5.7

Endless Love

1981 · Movie

7.5

Nurse

1981 · TV Show

6.9

Playing for Time

1980 · Movie

5.0

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979 · Movie

6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · TV Show

6.7

Champions: A Love Story

1979 · Movie

6.0

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978 · Movie

6.3

21 Hours at Munich

1976 · Movie

10.0

Return to Earth

1976 · Movie

5.0

Medical Story

1975 · TV Show

7.0

Medical Story

1975 · Movie

7.5

Friendly Persuasion

1975 · Movie

Please Stand by for Murder

1975 · Movie

Full Filmography

100 titles, newest first

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021 · Movie

Periphery

2018 · Movie

6.0

The Missing Girl

2015 · Movie

5.2

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015 · Movie

5.1

Mercy

2014 · Movie

5.9

Redwood Highway

2013 · Movie

4.9

Elevator

2013 · Movie

6.1

Our Idiot Brother

2011 · Movie