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Shirley Knight

Television Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress / Actress | * 07/05/1936 († 83, 04/22/2020) | Goessel, Kansas (United States of America (USA))
Shirley Knight Hopkins (July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020) was an American actress who appeared in more than 50 feature films, television films, television series, and Broadway and Off-Broadway productions in her career, playing leading and character roles. She was a member of the Actors Studio. Knight was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962). In the 1960s, she had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films such as The Couch (1962), House of Women (1962), The Group (1966), The Counterfeit Killer (1968), and The Rain People (1969). She received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her role in the ... ()
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Shirley Enola Knight 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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life tu ...

As Good as It Gets

PG-13

1997 | 3.7/5 | 2h 19min
Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
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Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But when he gets kicked out of his apart ...

Grandma's Boy

R

2006 | 3.3/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy
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Mild-mannered Paul Blart has always had huge dreams of becoming a State Trooper. Until then, he patrols the local mall as a security guard. With his closely cropped moustache, personal transporter and ...

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

PG

2009 | 2.7/5 | 1h 31min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kids & Family
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Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble wh ...

Sweet Bird of Youth

NR

1962 | 3.5/5 | 2h
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Shirley Knight

2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series 2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
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Movies with Shirley Knight as Actress(82)

as herself2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Leanne Cross2018 Periphery
as Mom2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
as Mrs. Colvins2015 The Missing Girl
as Gramma2014 Mercy
as Marie Vaughn2013 Redwood Highway
as Jane Redding2011 Elevator
as Ilene2011 Our Idiot Brother
as Grandma Sam2010 Listen to Your Heart
as Dot Nadeau2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Mom2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Helen2008 The Other Side of the Tracks
as Diane2008 Not Fade Away
as Ann2006 Open Window
as herself2006 Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
as Bea2006 Grandma's Boy
as Lea2006 Love and Debate
as Mrs. Ashboro2003 Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Mercedes Mayfield2003 A House on a Hill
as Miss Christina2003 Fly Cherry
as Necie Rose Kelleher2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Nancy Plummer2002 The Salton Sea
as Mrs. Finch2002 Shadow Realm
as Aunt Claire2002 P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
as Elanora Davis2001 Angel Eyes
as Jewel Ramsey2001 My Louisiana Sky
as Jo Beth Anderson2000 75 Degrees in July
as Harriet Winslow1998 A Marriage of Convenience
as Gram (Miss Caroline)1998 The Wedding
as Donna Minkowitz1998 A Father for Brittany
as Margaret1997 Convictions
as Doris Knight1997 Little Boy Blue
as Beverly1997 As Good as It Gets
as Delia1996 The Uninvited
as Jolene Maggart1996 A Promise to Carolyn
as Esther1996 Mary & Tim
as Edie Danziger1996 Diabolique
as Irma1996 Somebody Is Waiting
as Joan Hart1996 Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
as Mary Donnelly1996 If These Walls Could Talk
as Mom1995 Stuart Saves His Family
as Peggy Buckey1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial
as Betty1995 Dad, the Angel & Me
as Mona Dickens1994 Death in Venice, CA
as Sylvia1994 Baby Brokers
as Edith Niedelmeyer1994 Color of Night
as Esther1994 The Yarn Princess
as Edna Larson1993 When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
as Bess Warden1993 A Mother's Revenge
as Katie Leonard1991 Bump in the Night
as Helen Potter1991 Shadow of a Doubt
1991 To Save a Child
as Edna Reinecker1984 With Intent to Kill
as Jerolyn1982 The Sender
as Carla1982 Kennedy's Children
as Ann Butterfield1981 Endless Love
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel1980 Playing for Time
as Barbara Harlich1979 Champions: A Love Story
as Hannah Meredith1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Genna Kudirka1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka
as Anneliese Graes1976 21 Hours at Munich
as Joan Aldrin1976 Return to Earth
as Eliza Birdwell1975 Friendly Persuasion
as Phyllis Lenahan1975 Medical Story
as Barbara Banister1974 Juggernaut
as Georgie Elgin1974 The Country Girl
as Beatrice1971 Secrets
as Natalie Ravenna1969 The Rain People
as Joanne Tregaskis1968 Shadow Over Elveron
as Polo1968 Petulia
as herself1968 Filmmaker
as Angie Peterson1968 The Counterfeit Killer
as Peggy Leydon1967 The Outsider
as Lula1967 Dutchman
as Polly1966 The Group
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson1964 Flight from Ashiya
as Terry Ames1962 The Couch
as Erica Hayden1962 House of Women
as Heavenly Finley1962 Sweet Bird of Youth
as Grace Kennedy1960 Ice Palace
as Reenie Flood1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Sister Maria1959 Five Gates to Hell

TV Shows/Series with Shirley Knight as Actress(57)

as Loretta2010 Hot in Cleveland
as Millie Carlson2009 Drop Dead Diva
2006 The Unit
2004 Desperate Housewives
as Georgia Adams2004 House
as Dottie2003 Cold Case
as Mrs. Finch2001 Night Visions
as Frances Littleton2001 Crossing Jordan
as Dr. Wharton1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rose Granville1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1998 Significant Others
as Estelle Winters1998 Maggie Winters
1997 Ally McBeal
1995 Cybill
1995 VR.5
as Aunt Bertha1995 Children of the Dust
as Mrs. Burke1994 ER
as Edie Wren Cox1993 Angel Falls
as Melanie Cullen1990 Law & Order
1987 thirtysomething
as Belinda Collins1986 L.A. Law
1986 Matlock
as Kay1985 The Equalizer
as Sylvia Dennis1981 Nurse
as Elizabeth Bourdon1979 Tales of the Unexpected
1974 The Manhunter
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
as Beth1972 Ghost Story
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
1969 Medical Center
1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Margaret Cook1967 The Invaders
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Mona Ross1963 The Fugitive
as Jane Washburn1963 The Fugitive
as Janice Pruitt1963 The Fugitive
1963 Arrest and Trial
as Noelle Anderson1963 The Outer Limits
as Susan Morrow1962 The Virginian
as Clara Malone1962 The Virginian
1961 Target: The Corruptors!
as Bethany Windell1961 The Defenders
1960 Surfside 6
1959 Bourbon Street Beat
as Jennie Cooper1959 Rawhide
1959 Hawaiian Eye
1959 Johnny Staccato
as Kathy Meigs1958 Naked City
1958 The Texan
1958 77 Sunset Strip
as Mrs. Newcomb1958 Buckskin
1958 Bronco
1957 Maverick
as Heide Ritter1957 The Restless Gun
1955 Matinee Theater
as Georgie Elgin1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Potter1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.shirleyknight.net
Full Name: Shirley Knight
Born: Sunday, 07/05 1936 (July) in Goessel, Kansas (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 04/22 2020 (April) in San Marcos (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Wichita State University, HB Studio
Spouses (current/former): John Hopkins, Gene Persson
Children: Kaitlin Hopkins
Other names for Shirley Knight (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Shirley Enola Knight"
Shirley Knight frequently works together with these people:
Don Barry (22x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (21x, Actor)
Russ Conway (19x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (19x, Actor)
Ford Rainey (19x, Actor)
R. G. Armstrong (18x, Actor)
Dabbs Greer (18x, Actor)
Claude Akins (18x, Actor)
John Larch (18x, Actor)
Myron Healey (18x, Actor)
Paul Carr (17x, Actor)
Kevin James (7x, Actor)
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