
Cast
Shirley Knight
Acting
Cast
Shirley Knight
Known for
Acting
Born
1936-07-05
From
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Died
2020-04-22
Also known as Shirley Enola 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.

Color of Night
as Edith Niedelmeyer

Endless Love
as Ann

Angel Eyes
as Elanora Davis

As Good as It Gets
as Beverly Connelly

Grandma's Boy
as Bea

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
as Mom

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Mom

Diabolique
as Edie Danziger

Juggernaut
as Barbara Banister

The Wedding
as Gram (Miss Caroline)

Mercy
as Mercy

If These Walls Could Talk
as Mary Donnelly

Petulia
as Polo

Our Idiot Brother
as Ilene Rochlin

Elevator
as Jane Redding

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Necie

Little Boy Blue
as Doris Knight

Sexual Life
as Joanne

The Group
as Polly

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Hannah Meredith

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Dot Nadeau

The Outsider
as Peggy Leydon

Sweet Bird of Youth
as Heavenly Finley

Stuart Saves His Family
as Mom

The Salton Sea
as Nancy Plummer

Convictions
as Margaret

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self

The Rain People
as Natalie Ravenna

Open Window
as Ann

Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Peggy Buckey

Medical Story
as Phyllis Lenahan

A Mother's Revenge
as Bess Warden

Benders
as Donna

Playing for Time
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Periphery
as Leanne Cross

Somebody Is Waiting
as Irma

Sudbury
as Aunt Jet

Shadow Realm
as Mrs. Finch

The Yarn Princess
as Esther

The Missing Girl
as Mrs. Colvins

Ice Palace
as Grace Kennedy

The Uninvited
as Delia

Dutchman
as Lula

21 Hours at Munich
as Anneliese Graes

Flight from Ashiya
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

Shadow of a Doubt
as Helen Potter

The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Genna Kudirka

Return to Earth
as Joan Aldrin

The Counterfeit Killer
as Angie Peterson

A Marriage of Convenience
as Harriet Winslow

Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited)

Dad, the Angel & Me
as Betty

Bump in the Night
as Katie Leonard

The Lie
as Anna

A Part of the Family
as Martha

Redwood Highway
as Marie

Love and Debate
as Lea

The Sweet Scent of Death
as Ann Fairfax Denver

My Louisiana Sky
as Jewel Ramsey

Mary & Tim
as Esther

The Sender
as Jerolyn

Secrets
as Beatrice

Shadow Over Elveron
as Joanne Tregaskis

To Save a Child
as Rinda Larson

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

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Reenie Flood

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
as Edna Larson

With Intent to Kill
as Edna Reinecker

A House on a Hill
as Mercedes Mayfield

The Other Side of the Tracks
as Helen

A Father for Brittany
as Donna Minkowitz

Five Gates to Hell
as Sister Maria

House of Women
as Erica Hayden

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Mrs. Ashboro

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Sally Ann

A Promise to Carolyn
as Jolene Maggart

Kennedy's Children
as Carla

Champions: A Love Story
as Barbara Harlich

Baby Brokers
as Sylvia

Friendly Persuasion
as Eliza Birdwell

75 Degrees in July
as Jo Beth Anderson

Listen to Your Heart
as Grandma Sam

The Country Girl
as Georgie Elgin

The Couch
as Terry Ames

Fly Cherry
as Miss Christina

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
as Self

The Secret Life of Houses
as Aunt Fergie

Please Stand by for Murder

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
as Aunt Claire

Not Fade Away
as Diane

That Quiet Earth
as The Woman

Death in Venice, CA
as Mona Dickens

Hoggs' Heaven
as Mom

The Shape of the River
as Susy Clemens