Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 5, 1936
Place of Birth
Goessel, Kansas, USA
Also Known As
- Shirley Enola Knight
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.
Known For - Movies
As Good as It Gets
as Beverly Connelly
Grandma's Boy
as Bea
Angel Eyes
as Elanora Davis
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Dot Nadeau
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
as Mom
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Necie Kelleher
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Mom
Our Idiot Brother
as Ilene Rochlin
The Salton Sea
as Nancy Plummer
If These Walls Could Talk
as Mary Donnelly
Known For - TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Wharton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rose Granville
Law & Order
as Melanie Cullen
House
as Georgia Adams
Desperate Housewives
as Phyllis Van De Kamp
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
ER
as Mrs. Burke
Murder, She Wrote
as Grace Fenton
Cold Case
as Dottie