Shirley Knight

Actress

Born: July 5, 1936 (83 years old)

Died: April 22, 2020

Place of birth: Goessel, Kansas, USA

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.

Filmography (99)

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951, ★ 8.6)
• House (2004, ★ 8.6)
• As Good as It Gets (1997, ★ 7.4)
• The Salton Sea (2002, ★ 6.6)
• Sweet Bird of Youth (1962, ★ 6.8)
• Grandma's Boy (2006, ★ 6.5)
• If These Walls Could Talk (1996, ★ 6.6)
• Juggernaut (1974, ★ 6.2)
• Listen to Your Heart (2010, ★ 7.1)
• 21 Hours at Munich (1976, ★ 6.2)
• My Louisiana Sky (2001, ★ 6.2)
• The Rain People (1969, ★ 6.6)
• The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960, ★ 6.4)
• Shadow Over Elveron (1968, ★ 6.5)
• Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995, ★ 7)
• Baby Brokers (1994, ★ 6.2)
• A Promise to Carolyn (1996, ★ 7.1)
• Filmmaker (1968, ★ 7.1)
• Law & Order (1990, ★ 7.3)
• Desperate Housewives (2004, ★ 7.9)
• The Unit (2006, ★ 7.3)
• Cold Case (2003, ★ 7.8)
• The Outer Limits (1963, ★ 7.8)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999, ★ 7.9)
• ER (1994, ★ 7.8)
• Hot in Cleveland (2010, ★ 7.3)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984, ★ 7.5)
• Little Boy Blue (1997, ★ 6)
• Playing for Time (1980, ★ 6.8)
• Drop Dead Diva (2009, ★ 7.7)