Shirley Knight
Acting

Shirley Knight

Born 5 July 1936 · Goessel, Kansas, USA · Died 22 April 2020

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

House
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As Good as It Gets
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Desperate Housewives
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Our Idiot Brother
ER
Grandma's Boy
Law & Order
Color of Night
Angel Eyes
Periphery
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
The Missing Girl
Mercy
Elevator
Redwood Highway
Our Idiot Brother
Listen to Your Heart
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
The Other Side of the Tracks
Not Fade Away
2008
Open Window
Grandma's Boy
Love and Debate
Sexual Life
Sudbury
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
A House on a Hill
Fly Cherry
Shadow Realm
The Salton Sea
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Angel Eyes
My Louisiana Sky
75 Degrees in July
Little Boy Blue
A Father for Brittany
The Wedding
A Marriage of Convenience
As Good as It Gets
Convictions
Diabolique
If These Walls Could Talk
The Uninvited
Somebody Is Waiting
A Promise to Carolyn
Mary & Tim
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Stuart Saves His Family
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Dad, the Angel & Me
The Secret Life of Houses
1994
Benders
1994
Color of Night
A Part of the Family
Baby Brokers
Death in Venice, CA
The Yarn Princess
Hoggs' Heaven
A Mother's Revenge
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
Bump in the Night
To Save a Child
With Intent to Kill
The Sweet Scent of Death
The Sender
Kennedy's Children
Endless Love
Playing for Time
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Champions: A Love Story
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
21 Hours at Munich
Return to Earth
Medical Story
Friendly Persuasion
Please Stand by for Murder
Juggernaut
The Country Girl
The Lie
That Quiet Earth
1972
Secrets
The Rain People
Petulia
The Counterfeit Killer
Shadow Over Elveron
The Outsider
Dutchman
The Group
Flight from Ashiya
Sweet Bird of Youth
The Couch
House of Women
Ice Palace
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
The Shape of the River
1960
Five Gates to Hell
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