Shirley Knight
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Shadow Realm
2002
As Good as It Gets
1997
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
Little Boy Blue
1997
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
Diabolique
1996
Open Window
2006
Angel Eyes
2001
The Salton Sea
2002
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
Grandma's Boy
2006
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
Juggernaut
1974
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
Petulia
1968
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
Ice Palace
1960
Dutchman
1966
Listen to Your Heart
2010
Endless Love
1981
The Sender
1982
The Other Side of the Tracks
2008
The Secret Life of Houses
1994
21 Hours at Munich
1976
The Group
1966
My Louisiana Sky
2001
Elevator
2013
The Rain People
1969
Kennedy's Children
1982
Benders
1994
Sudbury
2004
The Couch
1962
The Uninvited
1996
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
Flight from Ashiya
1964
House of Women
1962
Not Fade Away
2008
75 Degrees in July
2000
A Father for Brittany
1998
Mercy
2014
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
Medical Story
1975
Secrets
1971
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
Redwood Highway
2013
Champions: A Love Story
1979
Our Idiot Brother
2011
Five Gates to Hell
1959
Color of Night
1994
A Mother's Revenge
1993
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
Bump in the Night
1991
The Missing Girl
2015
To Save a Child
1991
Shadow Over Elveron
1968
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
The Outsider
1967
A Part of the Family
1994
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
A House on a Hill
2003
Baby Brokers
1994
Convictions
1997
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
A Promise to Carolyn
1996
Friendly Persuasion
1975
Mary & Tim
1996
The Lie
1973
Filmmaker
1968
Death in Venice, CA
1994
Fly Cherry
2003
Return to Earth
1976
Playing for Time
1980
Periphery
2018
The Yarn Princess
1994
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
The Wedding
1998
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996
Dad, the Angel & Me
1995
Love and Debate
2006
The Country Girl
1974
With Intent to Kill
1984
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
The Sweet Scent of Death
1984
Please Stand by for Murder
1975
Sexual Life
2005
That Quiet Earth
1972
Hoggs' Heaven
1994
The Shape of the River
1960
Law & Order
1990
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
thirtysomething
1987
Desperate Housewives
2004
Ally McBeal
1997
L.A. Law
1986
Matlock
1986
The Unit
2006
Cold Case
2003
VR.5
1995
Crossing Jordan
2001
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Cybill
1995
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Naked City
1958
Surfside 6
1960
Medical Center
1969
The Equalizer
1985
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Fugitive
1963
Rawhide
1959
The Fugitive
1963
The Virginian
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Bronco
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
The Texan
1958
Buckskin
1958
The Manhunter
1974
Significant Others
1998
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
Angel Falls
1993
The Defenders
1961
The Outer Limits
1963
The Oscars
1953
The Roaring 20's
1960
Nurse
1981
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Ghost Story
1972
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Fugitive
1963
Maggie Winters
1998
ER
1994
House
2004
The Virginian
1962
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Children of the Dust
1995
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Arrest and Trial
1963
NYPD Blue
1993
Barnaby Jones
1973
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Bob Hope Show
1950
The Invaders
1967
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Lawman
1958
The Restless Gun
1957
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Medical Story
1975
Maverick
1957
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Jazz Age
1968
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956