Kelly Bishop
Acting Born Feb 28, 1944 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Julia Zimmer
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Registrar
- Law & Order (1990) as Marian Borland
- The Good Wife (2009) as Bea Wilson
- Gilmore Girls (2000) as Emily Gilmore
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Char
- Shrinking (2023) as Susan
- Army Wives (2007) as Jean Calhoun
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) as Benedetta
- Kate & Allie (1984)
- Dirty Dancing (1987) as Marjorie Houseman
- Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) as Emily Gilmore
- Mercy (2009)
- Halston (2021) as Eleanor Lambert
- Bunheads (2012) as Fanny Flowers
- Cassie & Co. (1982) as Irene French
- The Watchful Eye (2023) as Mrs. Ivey
- The New Odd Couple (1982) as Charity Morningstar
- Private Parts (1997) as Ray Stern
- Wonder Boys (2000) as Amanda Leer
- Friends with Kids (2012) as Marcy Fryman
- Six Degrees of Separation (1993) as Adele
- Miami Rhapsody (1995) as Zelda
- Solarbabies (1986) as Tutore Nover