Actor

Shirley Knight

July 5, 1936 · 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.

Notable work

8.6
House (2004)
as Georgia Adams
8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Dr. Wharton and as Rose Granville
7.4
As Good as It Gets (1997)
as Beverly Connelly
5.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
as Mom
7.9
Desperate Housewives (2004)
as Phyllis Van De Kamp
5.2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
as Mom
6.1
Our Idiot Brother (2011)
as Ilene Rochlin
7.8
ER (1994)
as Mrs. Burke
6.5
Grandma's Boy (2006)
as Bea
7.3
Law & Order (1990)
as Melanie Cullen
5.8
Color of Night (1994)
as Edith Niedelmeyer
6
Angel Eyes (2001)
as Elanora Davis

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