Personal Info
Birthday
July 5, 1936
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Known For
Acting
Shirley Knight
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.
Acting Filmography (150)
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie2021
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Periphery
Movie2018
6.0
The Missing Girl
Movie2015
5.2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Movie2015
5.2
Mercy
Movie2014
5.9
Redwood Highway
Movie2013
4.9
Elevator
Movie2013
6.1
Our Idiot Brother
Movie2011
7.1
Listen to Your Heart
Movie2010
7.2
Hot in Cleveland
TV Series2010
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
TV Series2009
5.9
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Movie2009
5.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Movie2009
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4.2
The Other Side of the Tracks
Movie2008
5.4
Open Window
Movie2006
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3.8
Love and Debate
Movie2006
7.3
The Unit
TV Series2006
6.5
Grandma's Boy
Movie2006
4.9
Sexual Life
Movie2005
8.6
House
TV Series2004
7.9
Desperate Housewives
TV Series2004
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5.7
Sudbury
Movie2004
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9.0
A House on a Hill
Movie2003
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5.6
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Movie2003
7.8
Cold Case
TV Series2003
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6.7
Fly Cherry
Movie2003
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5.3
Shadow Realm
Movie2002
6.1
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Movie2002
4.4
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Movie2002
6.6
The Salton Sea
Movie2002
7.2
Crossing Jordan
TV Series2001
6.0
Angel Eyes
Movie2001
6.4
My Louisiana Sky
Movie2001
7.0
75 Degrees in July
Movie2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
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5.8
A Marriage of Convenience
Movie1998
7.6
A Father for Brittany
Movie1998
7.0
Significant Others
TV Series1998
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8.3
The Wedding
Movie1998
7.4
As Good as It Gets
Movie1997
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6.7
Convictions
Movie1997
6.5
Ally McBeal
TV Series1997
6.0
Little Boy Blue
Movie1997
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5.5
Somebody Is Waiting
Movie1996
7.1
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Movie1996
6.8
Mary & Tim
Movie1996
5.4
The Uninvited
Movie1996
6.7
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie1996
5.5
Diabolique
Movie1996
7.1
A Promise to Carolyn
Movie1996
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Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Movie1996
7.0
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Movie1995
5.3
Stuart Saves His Family
Movie1995
6.7
VR.5
TV Series1995
7.1
Children of the Dust
TV Series1995
5.9
Cybill
TV Series1995
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6.4
Dad, the Angel & Me
Movie1995
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4.9
Death in Venice, CA
Movie1994
7.8
ER
TV Series1994
5.8
Color of Night
Movie1994
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9.0
A Part of the Family
Movie1994
6.3
The Yarn Princess
Movie1994
6.5
Baby Brokers
Movie1994
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10.0
Hoggs' Heaven
Movie1994
5.1
A Mother's Revenge
Movie1993
7.0
NYPD Blue
TV Series1993
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3.3
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Movie1993
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6.5
To Save a Child
Movie1991
6.0
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie1991
5.9
Bump in the Night
Movie1991
7.3
Law & Order
TV Series1990
6.3
thirtysomething
TV Series1987
7.1
L.A. Law
TV Series1986
7.1
Matlock
TV Series1986
7.1
The Equalizer
TV Series1985
8.0
The Sweet Scent of Death
Movie1984
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6.5
With Intent to Kill
Movie1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
TV Series1984
6.5
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV Series1984
5.6
The Sender
Movie1982
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Kennedy's Children
Movie1982
5.7
Endless Love
Movie1981
7.5
Nurse
TV Series1981
6.9
Playing for Time
Movie1980
5.1
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Movie1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
TV Series1979
6.7
Champions: A Love Story
Movie1979
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6.0
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Movie1978
6.3
21 Hours at Munich
Movie1976
10.0
Return to Earth
Movie1976
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7.0
Medical Story
Movie1975
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5.0
Medical Story
TV Series1975
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7.5
Friendly Persuasion
Movie1975
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Please Stand by for Murder
Movie1975
6.3
Juggernaut
Movie1974
7.0
The Manhunter
TV Series1974
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10.0
The Country Girl
Movie1974
6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV Series1973
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6.0
The Lie
Movie1973
7.0
Barnaby Jones
TV Series1973
7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
TV Series1972
7.4
Ghost Story
TV Series1972
4.5
Secrets
Movie1971
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
TV Series1971
6.4
Medical Center
TV Series1969
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4.8
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV Series1969
6.6
The Rain People
Movie1969
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7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV Series1969
7.3
Filmmaker
Movie1968
6.0
Petulia
Movie1968
8.0
The Counterfeit Killer
Movie1968
6.6
Shadow Over Elveron
Movie1968
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8.0
The Outsider
Movie1967
6.9
The Invaders
TV Series1967
4.8
Dutchman
Movie1966
5.7
The Group
Movie1966
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4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV Series1965
5.6
Flight from Ashiya
Movie1964
7.3
The Fugitive
TV Series1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
TV Series1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
TV Series1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
6.5
The Virginian
TV Series1962
5.3
House of Women
Movie1962
6.7
Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie1962
6.3
The Couch
Movie1962
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
TV Series1961
6.3
The Defenders
TV Series1961
0.0
The Roaring 20's
TV Series1960
6.3
Surfside 6
TV Series1960
6.5
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Movie1960
6.3
Ice Palace
Movie1960
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
TV Series1959
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
TV Series1959
5.6
Five Gates to Hell
Movie1959
5.3
Johnny Staccato
TV Series1959
7.2
Rawhide
TV Series1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
TV Series1958
5.8
Lawman
TV Series1958
5.7
Naked City
TV Series1958
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6.0
The Texan
TV Series1958
6.0
Bronco
TV Series1958
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4.4
The Restless Gun
TV Series1957
6.9
Maverick
TV Series1957
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Tony Awards
TV Series1956
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5.3
Matinee Theater
TV Series1955
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
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7.0
The Bob Hope Show
TV Series1950
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
TV Series1944