Acting
Shirley Knight
EN, FR, EL cinema · 94 credits
Born
5 July 1936
Died
22 April 2020 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Also known as Shirley Enola Knight
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
Filmography
Periphery
as Leanne Cross
The Missing Girl
as Mrs. Colvins
Mercy
as Mercy
Elevator
as Jane Redding
Redwood Highway
as Marie
Our Idiot Brother
as Ilene Rochlin
Listen to Your Heart
as Grandma Sam
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Dot Nadeau
Open Window
as Ann
Sexual Life
as Joanne
Sudbury
as Aunt Jet
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Mrs. Ashboro
A House on a Hill
as Mercedes Mayfield
Fly Cherry
as Miss Christina
Shadow Realm
as Mrs. Finch
The Salton Sea
as Nancy Plummer
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
as Aunt Claire
Angel Eyes
as Elanora Davis
My Louisiana Sky
as Jewel Ramsey
75 Degrees in July
as Jo Beth Anderson
Little Boy Blue
as Doris Knight
A Father for Brittany
as Donna Minkowitz
The Wedding
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
A Marriage of Convenience
as Harriet Winslow
As Good as It Gets
as Beverly Connelly
Convictions
as Margaret
Diabolique
as Edie Danziger
If These Walls Could Talk
as Mary Donnelly
The Uninvited
as Delia
A Promise to Carolyn
as Jolene Maggart
Mary & Tim
as Esther
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Peggy Buckey
Dad, the Angel & Me
as Betty
Benders
1994
Benders
as Donna
Color of Night
as Edith Niedelmeyer
A Part of the Family
as Martha
Baby Brokers
as Sylvia
Death in Venice, CA
as Mona Dickens
The Yarn Princess
as Esther
A Mother's Revenge
as Bess Warden
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
as Edna Larson
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
Shadow of a Doubt
as Helen Potter
Bump in the Night
as Katie Leonard
To Save a Child
as Rinda Larson
With Intent to Kill
as Edna Reinecker
The Sweet Scent of Death
as Ann Fairfax Denver
The Sender
as Jerolyn
Endless Love
as Ann
Playing for Time
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Hannah Meredith
Champions: A Love Story
as Barbara Harlich
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Genna Kudirka
21 Hours at Munich
as Anneliese Graes
Return to Earth
as Joan Aldrin
Medical Story
as Phyllis Lenahan
Friendly Persuasion
as Eliza Birdwell
Juggernaut
as Barbara Banister
The Country Girl
as Georgie Elgin
The Lie
as Anna
Secrets
as Beatrice
The Rain People
as Natalie Ravenna
Petulia
as Polo
The Counterfeit Killer
as Angie Peterson
Shadow Over Elveron
as Joanne Tregaskis
Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited)
The Outsider
as Peggy Leydon
Dutchman
as Lula
The Group
as Polly
Flight from Ashiya
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Heavenly Finley
The Couch
as Terry Ames
House of Women
as Erica Hayden
Ice Palace
as Grace Kennedy
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Reenie Flood
Five Gates to Hell
as Sister Maria