Actor

Shirley Knight

Birthday: July 5, 1936

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021) as Self
Age: 85
Periphery (2018) as Leanne Cross
Age: 81
The Missing Girl (2015) as Mrs. Colvins
Age: 79
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) as Mom
Age: 78
Mercy (2014) as Gramma
Age: 78
Redwood Highway (2013) as Marie
Age: 76
Elevator (2013) as Jane Redding
Age: 76
Our Idiot Brother (2011) as Ilene Rochlin
Age: 75
Listen to Your Heart (2010) as Grandma Sam
Age: 74
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) as Dot Nadeau
Age: 73
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) as Mom
Age: 72
Not Fade Away (2008) as Diane
Age: 71
The Other Side of the Tracks (2008) as Helen
Age: 71
Open Window (2006) as Ann
Age: 70
Love and Debate (2006) as Lea
Age: 69
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time (2006) as Self
Age: 69
Grandma's Boy (2006) as Bea
Age: 69
Sexual Life (2005) as Joanne
Age: 68
Sudbury (2004) as Aunt Jet
Age: 67
A House on a Hill (2003) as Mercedes Mayfield
Age: 67
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat (2003) as Mrs. Ashboro
Age: 67
Fly Cherry (2003) as Miss Christina
Age: 66
Shadow Realm (2002) as Mrs. Finch
Age: 66
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) as Necie Kelleher
Age: 65
P.S. Your Cat is Dead! (2002) as Aunt Claire
Age: 65
The Salton Sea (2002) as Nancy Plummer
Age: 65
Angel Eyes (2001) as Elanora Davis
Age: 64
My Louisiana Sky (2001) as Jewel Ramsey
Age: 64
75 Degrees in July (2000) as Jo Beth Anderson
Age: 63
A Marriage of Convenience (1998) as Harriet Winslow
Age: 62
A Father for Brittany (1998) as Donna Minkowitz
Age: 61
The Wedding (1998) as Gram (Miss Caroline)
Age: 61
As Good as It Gets (1997) as Beverly Connelly
Age: 61
Convictions (1997) as Margaret
Age: 61
Little Boy Blue (1997) as Doris Knight
Age: 60
Somebody Is Waiting (1996) as Irma
Age: 60
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (1996) as Joan Hart
Age: 60
Mary & Tim (1996) as Esther
Age: 60
The Uninvited (1996) as Delia
Age: 60
If These Walls Could Talk (1996) as Mary Donnelly
Age: 60
Diabolique (1996) as Edie Danziger
Age: 59
A Promise to Carolyn (1996) as Jolene Maggart
Age: 59
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (1996) as Sally Ann
Age: 59
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) as Peggy Buckey
Age: 58
Stuart Saves His Family (1995) as Mom
Age: 58
Dad, the Angel & Me (1995) as Betty
Age: 58
Death in Venice, CA (1994) as Mona Dickens
Age: 58
Color of Night (1994) as Edith Niedelmeyer
Age: 58
A Part of the Family (1994) as Martha
Age: 58
The Yarn Princess (1994) as Esther
Age: 57
Baby Brokers (1994) as Sylvia
Age: 57
Benders (1994) as Donna
Age: 57
The Secret Life of Houses (1994) as Aunt Fergie
Age: 57
Hoggs' Heaven (1994) as Mom
Age: 57
A Mother's Revenge (1993) as Bess Warden
Age: 57
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn (1993) as Edna Larson
Age: 56
To Save a Child (1991) as Rinda Larson
Age: 55
Shadow of a Doubt (1991) as Helen Potter
Age: 54
Bump in the Night (1991) as Katie Leonard
Age: 54
The Sweet Scent of Death (1984) as Ann Fairfax Denver
Age: 48
With Intent to Kill (1984) as Edna Reinecker
Age: 48
The Sender (1982) as Jerolyn
Age: 46
Kennedy's Children (1982) as Carla
Age: 45
Endless Love (1981) as Ann
Age: 45
Playing for Time (1980) as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Age: 44
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) as Hannah Meredith
Age: 42
Champions: A Love Story (1979) as Barbara Harlich
Age: 42
The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978) as Genna Kudirka
Age: 41
21 Hours at Munich (1976) as Anneliese Graes
Age: 40
Return to Earth (1976) as Joan Aldrin
Age: 39
Medical Story (1975) as Phyllis Lenahan
Age: 39
Friendly Persuasion (1975) as Eliza Birdwell
Age: 38
Please Stand by for Murder (1975)
Age: 38
Juggernaut (1974) as Barbara Banister
Age: 38
The Country Girl (1974) as Georgie Elgin
Age: 37
The Lie (1973) as Anna
Age: 36
That Quiet Earth (1972) as The Woman
Age: 35
Secrets (1971) as Beatrice
Age: 35
The Rain People (1969) as Natalie Ravenna
Age: 33
Filmmaker (1968) as Self (uncredited)
Age: 32
Petulia (1968) as Polo
Age: 31
The Counterfeit Killer (1968) as Angie Peterson
Age: 31
Shadow Over Elveron (1968) as Joanne Tregaskis
Age: 31
The Outsider (1967) as Peggy Leydon
Age: 31
Dutchman (1966) as Lula
Age: 30
The Group (1966) as Polly
Age: 29
Flight from Ashiya (1964) as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Age: 27
House of Women (1962) as Erica Hayden
Age: 25
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) as Heavenly Finley
Age: 25
The Couch (1962) as Terry Ames
Age: 25
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) as Reenie Flood
Age: 24
Ice Palace (1960) as Grace Kennedy
Age: 23
Five Gates to Hell (1959) as Sister Maria
Age: 23