Kelly Bishop

Actress

Born: February 28, 1944 (82 years old)

Place of birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Biography

Carole "Kelly" Bishop is an American actress, who is best known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls, and for her role as Jennifer Grey's mother in the film Dirty Dancing. She is also well remembered for her Tony-winning performance as Sheila in A Chorus Line.

Filmography (27)

• Dirty Dancing (1987, ★ 7.3)
• Private Parts (1997, ★ 6.5)
• An Unmarried Woman (1978, ★ 6.7)
• Six Degrees of Separation (1993, ★ 6.4)
• Wonder Boys (2000, ★ 6.8)
• A Novel Romance (2011, ★ 7.1)
• Art of Falling in Love (2019, ★ 6.5)
• Law & Order (1990, ★ 7.3)
• Army Wives (2007, ★ 7.5)
• Gilmore Girls (2000, ★ 7.9)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017, ★ 8.1)
• Hawaii Five-O (1968, ★ 7.1)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999, ★ 7.9)
• Halston (2021, ★ 7)
• Bunheads (2012, ★ 7.4)
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016, ★ 7.3)
• The Good Wife (2009, ★ 7.6)
• Shrinking (2023, ★ 7.8)
• Friends with Kids (2012, ★ 6)
• Queens Logic (1991, ★ 5.8)
• Miami Rhapsody (1995, ★ 5.2)
• Solarbabies (1986, ★ 5.3)
• Kate & Allie (1984, ★ 5.9)
• Mercy (2009, ★ 5.8)
• The Watchful Eye (2023, ★ 6.6)
• Cafe Society (1997, ★ 4.7)
• Me and Him (1988, ★ 2.9)