Birthday
1936/07/05
Day of death
2020/04/22 (83 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Also know as
Shirley Enola Knight
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.
(2002) Shadow Realm
as Mrs. Finch
(1997) As Good as It Gets
as Beverly Connelly
(2006) Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
as Self
(1997) Little Boy Blue
as Doris Knight
(2009) The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Dot Nadeau
(1996) Diabolique
as Edie Danziger
(2006) Open Window
as Ann
(2001) Angel Eyes
as Elanora Davis
(2002) The Salton Sea
as Nancy Plummer
(1979) Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Hannah Meredith
(1962) Sweet Bird of Youth
as Heavenly Finley
(2002) Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Necie Kelleher
(2006) Grandma's Boy
as Bea
(1995) Stuart Saves His Family
as Mom
(1996) If These Walls Could Talk
as Mary Donnelly
(1974) Juggernaut
as Barbara Banister
(2009) Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Mom
(1968) Petulia
as Polo
(2003) Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Mrs. Ashboro
(2002) P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
as Aunt Claire
(1960) Ice Palace
as Grace Kennedy
(1966) Dutchman
as Lula
(2010) Listen to Your Heart
as Grandma Sam
(1981) Endless Love
as Ann
(1982) The Sender
as Jerolyn
(2008) The Other Side of the Tracks
as Helen
(1994) The Secret Life of Houses
as Aunt Fergie
(1976) 21 Hours at Munich
as Anneliese Graes
(1966) The Group
as Polly
(2001) My Louisiana Sky
as Jewel Ramsey
(2013) Elevator
as Jane Redding
(1969) The Rain People
as Natalie Ravenna
(1982) Kennedy's Children
as Carla
(1994) Benders
as Donna
(2004) Sudbury
as Aunt Jet
(1962) The Couch
as Terry Ames
(1996) The Uninvited
as Delia
(1960) The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Reenie Flood
(1964) Flight from Ashiya
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
(1962) House of Women
as Erica Hayden
(2008) Not Fade Away
as Diane
(2000) 75 Degrees in July
as Jo Beth Anderson
(1998) A Father for Brittany
as Donna Minkowitz
(2014) Mercy
as Gramma
(1968) The Counterfeit Killer
as Angie Peterson
(1975) Medical Story
as Phyllis Lenahan
(1971) Secrets
as Beatrice
(1978) The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Genna Kudirka
(2013) Redwood Highway
as Marie
(1979) Champions: A Love Story
as Barbara Harlich
(2011) Our Idiot Brother
as Ilene Rochlin
(1959) Five Gates to Hell
as Sister Maria
(1994) Color of Night
as Edith Niedelmeyer
(1993) A Mother's Revenge
as Bess Warden
(2015) Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
as Mom
(1991) Shadow of a Doubt
as Helen Potter
(1991) Bump in the Night
as Katie Leonard
(2015) The Missing Girl
as Mrs. Colvins
(1991) To Save a Child
as Rinda Larson
(1968) Shadow Over Elveron
as Joanne Tregaskis
(1995) Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Peggy Buckey
(1967) The Outsider
as Peggy Leydon
(1994) A Part of the Family
as Martha
(1996) Somebody Is Waiting
as Irma
(2003) A House on a Hill
as Mercedes Mayfield
(1994) Baby Brokers
as Sylvia
(1997) Convictions
as Margaret
(1993) When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
as Edna Larson
(1996) A Promise to Carolyn
as Jolene Maggart
(1975) Friendly Persuasion
as Eliza Birdwell
(1996) Mary & Tim
as Esther
(1973) The Lie
as Anna
(1968) Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited)
(1994) Death in Venice, CA
as Mona Dickens
(2003) Fly Cherry
as Miss Christina
(1976) Return to Earth
as Joan Aldrin
(1980) Playing for Time
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
(2018) Periphery
as Leanne Cross
(1994) The Yarn Princess
as Esther
(1996) Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
as Joan Hart
(1998) The Wedding
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
(1998) A Marriage of Convenience
as Harriet Winslow
(1995) Dad, the Angel & Me
as Betty
(1996) Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Sally Ann
(2006) Love and Debate
as Lea
(1974) The Country Girl
as Georgie Elgin
(1984) With Intent to Kill
as Edna Reinecker
(2021) Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
(1984) The Sweet Scent of Death
as Ann Fairfax Denver
(1990) Law & Order
as Melanie Cullen
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as ---
(1987) thirtysomething
as ---
(2004) Desperate Housewives
as Phyllis Van De Kamp
(1997) Ally McBeal
as Helen Apple
(1986) L.A. Law
as Belinda Collins
(1986) Matlock
as ---
(2006) The Unit
as ---
(2003) Cold Case
as Dottie
(1995) VR.5
as Dr. Hearst
(2001) Crossing Jordan
as Frances Littleton
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1995) Cybill
as ---
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Kathy Meigs
(1960) Surfside 6
as ---
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1985) The Equalizer
as Kay
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as ---
(1959) Johnny Staccato
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Georgie Elgin
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Jane Washburn
(1959) Rawhide
as Jennie Cooper
(1963) The Fugitive
as Mona Ross
(1962) The Virginian
as Susan Morrow
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1958) The Texan
as ---
(1958) Buckskin
as Mrs. Newcomb
(1974) The Manhunter
as ---
(1998) Significant Others
as ---
(1984) Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Ann Denver
(1993) Angel Falls
as Edie Wren Cox
(1963) The Outer Limits
as Noelle Anderson
(1961) The Defenders
as Bethany Windell
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1981) Nurse
as Sylvia Dennis
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Wharton
(1972) Ghost Story
as Beth
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rose Granville
(1963) The Fugitive
as Janice Pruitt
(1998) Maggie Winters
as Estelle Winters
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
(1994) ER
as Mrs. Burke
(2004) House
as Georgia Adams
(1962) The Virginian
as Clara Malone
(2009) Drop Dead Diva
as Millie Carlson
(1995) Children of the Dust
as Aunt Bertha
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Potter
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as Rhoda Waggner
(1993) NYPD Blue
as Agnes Cantwell
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Kay Lewiston
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Mari Ellen Taylor
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self
(1967) The Invaders
as Margaret Cook
(2010) Hot in Cleveland
as Loretta
(1958) Lawman
as Tendis Weston
(1957) The Restless Gun
as Heide Ritter
(1969) The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Marci Boyle
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Grace Fenton
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Elizabeth Bourdon
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
(1975) Medical Story
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as Nancy Powers