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Shirley Knight

Shirley Enola Knight appeared in more than 180 feature films, television movies, television series, and Broadway productions in her career playing leading and character roles.


Aliases
  • Shirley Knight Hopkins
English

As Good as It Gets

1997
as Beverly Connelly

Endless Love

1981
as Ann Butterfield

Petulia

1968
as Polo

A Father for Brittany

1998
as Donna Minkowitz

Stuart Saves His Family

1995
as Mom - The Smalley Family

Color of Night

1994
as Edith Niedelmeyer

The Sender

1982
as Jerolyn

Shadow Realm

2002
as Mrs. Finch

Juggernaut

1974
as Barbara Banister

Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion

2002
as Tibetan Voiceovers

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962
as Heavenly Finley

Champions: A Love Story

1979
as Barbara Harlich

With Intent to Kill

1984
as Edna Reinecker

Open Window

2006
as Ann

My Louisiana Sky

2001
as Jewel Ramsey

Friendly Persuasion

1975
as Eliza Birdwell

Elevator

2011
as Jane Redding

The Salton Sea

2002
as Nancy Plummer

Baby Brokers

1994
as Sylvia

Listen to Your Heart

2010
as Grandma Sam

The Counterfeit Killer

1968
as Angie Peterson

Shadow Over Elveron

1968
as Joanne Tregaskis

A Promise to Carolyn

1996
as Jolene Maggart

Somebody Is Waiting

1996
as Irma Gill

To Save a Child

1991
as Rinda Larson

Little Boy Blue

1997
as Doris Knight

Our Idiot Brother

2011
as Ilene Rochlin

21 Hours at Munich

1976
as Anneliese Graes

Flight from Ashiya

1964
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

Dutchman

1966
as Lula

75 Degrees in July

2000
as Jo Beth Anderson

House of Women

1962
as Erica Hayden

Mercy

2014
as Gramma

Death in Venice, CA

1994
as Mona Dickens

Filmmaker

1968
as Herself

The Group

1966
as Polly

Convictions

1997
as Margaret

Angel Eyes

2001
as Elanora Davis

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979
as Hannah Meredith

A House on a Hill

2001
as Mercedes Mayfield

Redwood Highway

2013
as Marie Vaughn

P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!

2002
as Aunt Claire

The Uninvited

1996
as Delia

The Couch

1962
as Terry Ames

Ice Palace

1960
as Grace Kennedy

Bump in the Night

1991
as Katie Leonard

Fly Cherry

2003
as Miss Christina

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

2003
as Mrs. Ashboro

White Cannibal Queen

1980
as Barbara Shelton

The Rain People

1969
as Natalie Ravenna

If These Walls Could Talk

1996
as Mary Donnelly

Diabolique

1996
as Edie Danziger

Producer

Movie Dutchman 1966

Guest Star

Episode Significant Others (1998)
Matters of Gravity
1970
Episode The Texan
Showdown At Abilene
1959
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
The Ten Days That Shook Kid Curry
1972
Episode Thirtysomething
Arizona
1990
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Always a Thief
1990
Episode House
Poison
2005
Episode The Restless Gun
Better Than A Cannon
1959
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Smooth Operators
1989
Episode Hawaiian Eye
Fatal Cruise
1960
Episode Bronco
The Invaders
1961
Episode Law & Order
The Wages of Love
1991
Episode Desperate Housewives
You'll Never Get Away from Me
2005
Episode SurfSide 6
Elegy for a Bookkeeper
1962
Episode Naked City
Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring
1962
Episode NYPD Blue
Large Mouth Bass
1995
Episode Hawaiian Eye
The Kahuna Curtain
1960
Episode The Virginian
The Man from the Sea
1962
Episode SurfSide 6
Power of Suggestion
1960
Episode SurfSide 6
Little Star Lost
1961
Episode The Unit
The Water is Wide
2007
Episode Thirtysomething
The Parents Are Coming, the Parents Are Coming
1987
Episode Rawhide
Incident in No Man's Land
1959
Episode Matlock
The Mother
1990
Episode Jigsaw
Girl on the Run
1973
Episode Bronco
The Baron of Broken Lance
1959
Episode Johnny Staccato
Parents
1959
Episode The Streets of San Francisco
A Room with a View
1973
Episode L.A. Law
Hello and Goodbye
1993
Episode Lawman
The Trial
1961
Episode Cybill
Romancing the Crone
1996
Episode The Fugitive
The Homecoming
1964
Episode Hot in Cleveland
Meet the Parents
2010
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
Episode ER
Insurrection
2002
Episode Ally McBeal
Homecoming
2002
Episode VR.5
Facing the Fire
1995
Episode Barnaby Jones
Fantasy of Fear
1975
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tragedy
2003
Episode Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense
The Sweet Scent of Death
1986
Episode Spenser: For Hire
The Heart of the Matter
1987
Episode Maverick
The Ice Man
1961
Episode Cold Case
Factory Girls
2004
Episode Significant Others (1998)
My Left Kidney
1970
Episode The Texan
Stampede
1959
Episode Manhunter
Web Of Fear
1975
Episode Desperate Housewives
Next
2005
Episode Crossing Jordan
Most Likely
2004
Episode The Fugitive
A.P.B.
1965
Episode The Fugitive
Echo of a Nightmare
1966
Episode The Equalizer
Time Present, Time Past
1989
Episode Desperate Housewives
If There's Anything I Can't Stand
2007
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Repression
2001
Episode Hawaiian Eye
A Dime a Dozen
1959
Episode Desperate Housewives
Art Isn't Easy
2007
Episode The Invaders
The Watchers
1967
Episode Bourbon Street Beat
Key to the City
1960
Episode The Outer Limits
The Man Who Was Never Born
1963
Episode Desperate Housewives
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
2005
Episode Tales of the Unexpected
A Woman's Help
1981
Episode 77 Sunset Strip
Fraternity of Fear
1960