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Actress (173 titles)

????/I The Hunt (pre-production)
Mrs. Hodge (rumored)

2014 Mercy (post-production)
Gramma

2013 Redwood Highway
Marie Vaughn

2012 The Mob Doctor (TV series)
Ann Wilson

– Turf War (2012) … Ann Wilson

2011/I Elevator
Jane Redding

2011 The Melancholy Fantastic
Mor

2011 Our Idiot Brother
Ilene

2010 Listen to Your Heart
Grandma Sam

2010 Hot in Cleveland (TV series)
Loretta

– Meet the Parents (2010) … Loretta

2009 Drop Dead Diva (TV series)
Millie Carlson

– Dead Model Walking (2009) … Millie Carlson

2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Dot Nadeau

2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Mom

2008 Not Fade Away
Diane

2008 The Other Side of the Tracks
Helen

2005-2007 Desperate Housewives (TV series)
Phyllis Van De Kamp

– Art Isn't Easy (2007) … Phyllis Van De Kamp

– If There's Anything I Can't Stand (2007) … Phyllis Van De Kamp

– You'll Never Get Away from Me (2005) … Phyllis Van De Kamp

– You Could Drive a Person Crazy (2005) … Phyllis Van De Kamp

– Next (2005) … Phyllis Van De Kamp

2007 The Unit (TV series)
Mrs. Gaffney

– The Water Is Wide (2007) … Mrs. Gaffney

2006 Love and Debate
Lea

2006 Open Window
Dr. Ann Monohan

2006 Grandma's Boy
Bea

2005 Locked In (short)
Marianne

2005 To Lie in Green Pastures (short)
Peggy

2005 Sexual Life
Joanna

2005 House M.D. (TV series)
Georgia Adams

– Poison (2005) … Georgia Adams

2004 Mrs. Ashboro's Cat (TV movie)
Mrs. Ashboro

2004 Cold Case (TV series)
Dottie

– Factory Girls (2004) … Dottie

2004 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
Frances Littleton

– Most Likely (2004) … Frances Littleton

2004 Sudbury (TV movie)

2003 A House on a Hill
Mercedes Mayfield

2001-2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Dr. Wharton / Rose Granville

– Tragedy (2003) … Rose Granville

– Repression (2001) … Dr. Wharton

2003 Fly Cherry (short)
Miss Christina

2003 The Dan Show (TV movie)
Kitty Kennedy

2002 ER (TV series)
Mrs. Burke

– Insurrection (2002) … Mrs. Burke

2002 Night Visions (TV series)
Mrs. Finch

– Harmony (2002) … Mrs. Finch

2002 Shadow Realm (TV movie)
Mrs. Finch

2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Necie Rose Kelleher

2002 Ally McBeal (TV series)
Helen Apple

– Homecoming (2002) … Helen Apple

2002 P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
Aunt Claire

2002 The Salton Sea
Nancy Plummer

2001 Angel Eyes
Elanora Davis

2001 My Louisiana Sky (TV movie)
Jewel Ramsey

2001 The Center of the World (uncredited)

2001 The Fugitive (TV series)
Delores Dalkowski

– Past Perfect (2001) … Delores Dalkowski

2001 Loomis (TV movie)

2000 75 Degrees in July
Jo Beth Anderson

1999 Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV series)

– The Seed Jar (1999)

1998-1999 Maggie Winters (TV series)
Estelle Winters

– Girls Night Out (1999) … Estelle Winters

– Suffering Estelle (1999) … Estelle Winters

– Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut (1999) … Estelle Winters

– Working Robin (1999) … Estelle Winters

– You'll Never Walk Alone in This Town Again (1999) … Estelle Winters

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1998 A Marriage of Convenience (TV movie)
Harriet Winslow

1998 A Father for Brittany (TV movie)
Donna Minkowitz

1998 Significant Others (TV series)
Mrs. Callaway

– Matters of Gravity … Mrs. Callaway

– My Left Kidney … Mrs. Callaway

1998 The Wedding (TV movie)
Gram (Miss Caroline)

1998 The Man Who Counted (short)
Grace Postlewait

1997 As Good as It Gets
Beverly

1997 Convictions (TV movie)
Margaret

1997 Little Boy Blue
Doris Knight

1996 Somebody Is Waiting
Irma Cill

1996 Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (TV movie)
Joan Hart

1996 Mary & Tim (TV movie)
Esther Melville

1996 The Uninvited (TV movie)
Delia

1996 If These Walls Could Talk (TV movie)
Mary Donnelly (segment "1952")

1996 Diabolique
Edie Danziger

1996 Cybill (TV series)
Loretta

– Romancing the Crone (1996) … Loretta

1996 A Promise to Carolyn (TV movie)
Jolene Maggart

1996 Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (TV movie)
Sally Ann

1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial (TV movie)
Peggy Buckey

1995 VR.5 (TV series)
Dr.Hearst

– Facing the Fire (1995) … Dr.Hearst

1995 Stuart Saves His Family
Mom

1995 Children of the Dust (TV movie)
Aunt Bertha

1995 NYPD Blue (TV series)
Agnes Cantwell

– Large Mouth Bass (1995) … Agnes Cantwell

1995 Fudge (TV series)
Mrs. A

– Fudge-a-mania (1995) … Mrs. A

1995 Dad, the Angel & Me (TV movie)
Betty

1994 Death in Venice, CA (short)
Mona Dickens

1994 Color of Night
Edith Niedelmeyer

1994 A Part of the Family (TV movie)
Martha

1994 The Yarn Princess (TV movie)
Esther

1994 Baby Brokers (TV movie)
Sylvia

1994 Benders
Donna

1994 Hoggs' Heaven (TV short)
Mom

1994 The Secret Life of Houses
Aunt Fergie

1993 A Mother's Revenge (TV movie)
Bess Warden

1993 Angel Falls (TV series)
Edie Wren Cox

1993 When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn (TV movie)
Edna Larson

1993 L.A. Law (TV series)
Belinda Collins

– Hello and Goodbye (1993) … Belinda Collins

1991 Law & Order (TV series)
Melanie Cullen

– The Wages of Love (1991) … Melanie Cullen

1991 To Save a Child (TV movie)
Rinda Larson

1991 Shadow of a Doubt (TV movie)
Mrs. Potter

1991 Bump in the Night (TV movie)
Katie Leonard

1990 Matlock (TV series)
Phyllis Todd

– The Mother (1990) … Phyllis Todd

1987-1990 thirtysomething (TV series)
Ruth Murdoch

– Arizona (1990) … Ruth Murdoch

– The Parents Are Coming (1987) … Ruth Murdoch

1989-1990 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Grace Fenton / Grace Lambert

– Always a Thief (1990) … Grace Lambert

– Smooth Operators (1989) … Grace Fenton

1989 The Equalizer (TV series)
Kay

– Time Present, Time Past (1989) … Kay

1987 Billionaire Boys Club (TV movie)
Joe Hunt's Mother (uncredited)

1985-1987 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
Katie Quirk

– Heart of the Matter (1987) … Katie Quirk

– Internal Affairs (1985) … Katie Quirk

1984 With Intent to Kill (TV movie)
Edna Reinecker

1984 Fox Mystery Theater (TV series)
Ann Fairfax Denver

– The Sweet Scent of Death (1984) … Ann Fairfax Denver

1982 The Sender
Jerolyn

1982 Nurse (TV series)
Sylvia Dennis

– Euthanasia (1982) … Sylvia Dennis

1982 Kennedy's Children (TV movie)
Carla

1981 Endless Love
Ann Butterfield

1981 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Elizabeth Bourdon

– A Woman's Help (1981) … Elizabeth Bourdon (as Shirley Knight-Hopkins)

1981 Prisoners
Virginia

1980 Playing for Time (TV movie)
Frau Lagerfuhrerin Maria Mandel

1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Hannah Meredith

1979 Champions: A Love Story (TV movie)
Barbara Harlich

1978 The Defection of Simas Kudirka (TV movie)
Genna Kudirka

1976 The Wide World of Mystery (TV series)

– Please Stand by for Murder (1976)

1976 21 Hours at Munich (TV movie)
Anneliese Graes

1976 Return to Earth (TV movie)
Joan Aldrin

1975 Medical Story (TV movie)
Phyllis Lenahan

1975 Friendly Persuasion (TV movie)
Eliza Birdwell

1975 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Kay Lewiston

– Fantasy of Fear (1975) … Kay Lewiston

1975 The Manhunter (TV series)

– Web of Fear (1975)

1974 Nakia (TV series)
Faye Arnold

– Pete (1974) … Faye Arnold

1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)

– Hell Is Upstairs (1974)

1974 Medical Center (TV series)
Amy Calloway

– Tainted Lady (1974) … Amy Calloway

1974 Juggernaut
Barbara Bannister

1974 The Country Girl (TV movie)
Georgie Elgin

1973 Great Mysteries (TV series)
Margot Brenner

– The Power of Fear (1973) … Margot Brenner

1973 Jigsaw (TV series)

– Girl on the Run (1973)

1973 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Mary Rae Dortmunder

– A Room with a View (1973) … Mary Rae Dortmunder (as Shirley Knight Hopkins)

1973 Circle of Fear (TV series)
Beth

– Legion of Demons (1973) … Beth (as Shirley Knight Hopkins)

1973 The Lie (TV movie)

1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Amy Martin

– The Ten Days That Shook Kid Curry (1972) … Amy Martin

1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
Marci Boyle

– A Standard of Manhood (1972) … Marci Boyle (as Shirley Knight Hopkins)

1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
The woman

– That Quiet Earth (1972) … The woman (as Shirley Knight Hopkins)

1971 Secrets
Beatrice

1971 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Barbara

– Some Distant Shadow (1971) … Barbara (as Shirley Knight-Hopkins)

1969 The Rain People
Natalie Ravenna

1968 The Jazz Age (TV series)
Emily

– Majesty (1968) … Emily

1968 Petulia
Polo

1968 The Counterfeit Killer
Angie Peterson

1968 Shadow Over Elveron (TV movie)
Joanne Tregaskis

1967 The Outsider (TV movie)
Peggy Leydon

1967 The Invaders (TV series)
Margaret Cook

– The Watchers (1967) … Margaret Cook

1967 Dutchman
Lula

1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Angie Peterson

– The Faceless Man (1966) … Angie Peterson

1966 The Group
Polly

1964-1966 The Fugitive (TV series)
Jane Washburn / Janice Pruitt / Mona Ross

– Echo of a Nightmare (1966) … Jane Washburn

– A.P.B. (1965) … Mona Ross

– The Homecoming (1964) … Janice Pruitt

1962-1965 The Virginian (TV series)
Clara Malone / Susan Morrow

– Lost Yesterday (1965) … Clara Malone

– The Man from the Sea (1962) … Susan Morrow

1965 Mark Dolphin (TV movie)

1964 The Defenders (TV series)
Bethany Windell

– A Voice Loud and Clear (1964) … Bethany Windell

1964 The Reporter (TV series)
Sandy the Phone Operator

– Extension Seven (1964) … Sandy the Phone Operator

1964 Flight from Ashiya
Caroline Gordon/Stevenson

1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Rhoda Waggner

– Run, Little Man, Run (1963) … Rhoda Waggner

1963 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Noel Anderson

– The Man Who Was Never Born (1963) … Noel Anderson

1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Anne

– And God Created Vanity (1963) … Anne

1963 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Charmian Scott

– The Takers (1963) … Charmian Scott

1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Hilary

– The Broken Year (1963) … Hilary

1962-1963 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)

– Fair Young Ghost (1963)

– You Can't Escape (1962)

1962 Naked City (TV series)
Kathy Meigs

– Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring (1962) … Kathy Meigs

1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Phyllis

– A Book of Faces (1962) … Phyllis

1962 House of Women
Erica Hayden

1960-1962 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Jan Coates / Linda Lord / Miriam

– Elegy for a Bookkeeper (1962) … Jan Coates

– Little Star Lost (1961) … Linda Lord

– Power of Suggestion (1960) … Miriam

1962 Sweet Bird of Youth
Heavenly Finley

1962 The Couch
Terry Ames

1961 Lawman (TV series)
Tendis Weston

– The Trial (1961) … Tendis Weston

1961 Maverick (TV series)
Nancy Powers

– The Ice Man (1961) … Nancy Powers

1959-1961 Bronco (TV series)
Kathy / Molly Durrock

– The Invaders (1961) … Molly Durrock

– The Baron of Broken Lance (1959) … Kathy

1961 The Roaring 20's (TV series)
Ellie Hollis

– Big Town Blues (1961) … Ellie Hollis

1959-1960 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Ginger Martin / Jennifer Morgan / Lynn

– The Kahuna Curtain (1960) … Jennifer Morgan

– Fatal Cruise (1960) … Ginger Martin

– A Dime a Dozen (1959) … Lynn

1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Reenie Flood

1960 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Mari Ellen

– Fraternity of Fear (1960) … Mari Ellen

1958-1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Betty / Susy

– The Shape of the River (1960) … Susy

– The Long March (1958) … Betty

1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Vera

– Key to the City (1960) … Vera

1960 Ice Palace
Grace Kennedy, Age 16

1959 The Texan (TV series)
Lilly Atkins / Lily Akins

– Showdown at Abilene (1959) … Lilly Atkins

– Stampede (1959) … Lily Akins

1959 Johnny Staccato (TV series)
Shirley

– The Parents (1959) … Shirley

1959 Five Gates to Hell
Sister Maria

1959 Rawhide (TV series)
Jennie Cooper

– Incident in No Man's Land (1959) … Jennie Cooper

1959 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Heide

– Better Than a Cannon (1959) … Heide

1958-1959 Buckskin (TV series)
Mrs. Newcomb

– The Greatest Man in History (1959) … Mrs. Newcomb

– The Bullnappers (1958) … Mrs. Newcomb

– A Man from the Mountains (1958) … Mrs. Newcomb

– A Permanent Juliet (1958) … Mrs. Newcomb

– Miss Pringle (1958) … Mrs. Newcomb

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1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Abbie

– The Castaway (1958) … Abbie

1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)

– The Weak and the Strong (1957)

1955 Picnic
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	STARmeter SEE RANK Down 83 this week View rank on IMDbPro » Shirley Knight (I) Actress \| Soundtrack \| Producer Trivia: Won Broadway's 1976 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Kennedy's Children." She was also nominated in 1997 as Best Actress (Play) for "The Young Man from Atlanta." See more trivia » Born: Shirley Enola Knight July 5, 1936 in Goessel, Kansas, USA
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