Kelly Bishop
Birthday
1944/02/28 (81 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Also know as
Carole Bishop, کلی بیشاپ
Biography
Carole "Kelly" Bishop is an American actress, who is best known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls, and for her role as Jennifer Grey's mother in the film Dirty Dancing. She is also well remembered for her Tony-winning performance as Sheila in A Chorus Line.
Acting
(1987) Dirty Dancing
as Marjorie Houseman
(1997) Private Parts
as Ray Stern
(1978) An Unmarried Woman
as Elaine Liebowitz
(2012) Friends with Kids
as Marcy Fryman
(1988) Me and Him
as Mrs. Aramis
(1993) Six Degrees of Separation
as Adele
(2000) Wonder Boys
as Amanda Leer
(2017) Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
(2011) A Novel Romance
as Lily Sparks
(1981) Advice to the Lovelorn
as Rita Borden
(1999) My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
as Sylvia Weinstein
(2017) Saint Janet
as Janet
(1991) Queens Logic
as Maria
(1982) O'Hara's Wife
as Beth Douglas
(1995) Miami Rhapsody
as Zelda
(2019) Art of Falling in Love
as Iris
(2018) The Salzburg Story
as ---
(2021) Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
(1985) The Recovery Room
as Kaye
(1986) Solarbabies
as Tutore Nover
(2025) Gilmore Girls: Celebrating 25 Years
as Emily Gilmore
(1997) Cafe Society
as Mrs. Jelke
(2025) Broadway’s Leading Ladies
as ---
(1990) Law & Order
as Marian Borland
(1984) Kate & Allie
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Char
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Julia Zimmer
(2007) Army Wives
as ---
(2000) Gilmore Girls
as Emily Gilmore
(2021) Halston
as Eleanor Lambert
(2009) Mercy
as ---
(1995) My Wildest Dreams
as ---
(1988) The Thorns
as Ginger Thorn
(2017) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Benedetta
(1982) Cassie & Co.
as ---
(2012) Bunheads
as Fanny Flowers
(2016) Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Emily Gilmore
(2023) The Watchful Eye
as Mrs. Ivey
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Registrar
(2009) The Good Wife
as Bea Wilson
(1982) The New Odd Couple
as Charity Morningstar
(2023) Shrinking
as Susan