Shirley Knight: movies and TV shows
Shirley Knight has 169 credits in the archive: 94 films and 75 TV series, from 1944 to 2021. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2021 · busiest year: 1994 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | Film | — | 84 |
| 2018 | Periphery | Leanne Cross | Film | — | 81 |
| 2015 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | Mom | Film | 5.2 | 78 |
| 2015 | The Missing Girl | Mrs. Colvins | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2014 | Mercy | Mercy | Film | 5.2 | 77 |
| 2013 | Elevator | Jane Redding | Film | 4.9 | 76 |
| 2013 | Redwood Highway | Marie | Film | 5.9 | 76 |
| 2011 | Our Idiot Brother | Ilene Rochlin | Film | 6.1 | 74 |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland | Loretta | TV | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2010 | Listen to Your Heart | Grandma Sam | Film | 7.1 | 73 |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Millie Carlson | TV | 7.7 | 72 |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Mom | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Dot Nadeau | Film | 5.9 | 72 |
| 2008 | Not Fade Away | Diane | Film | — | 71 |
| 2008 | The Other Side of the Tracks | Helen | Film | 4.2 | 71 |
| 2006 | The Unit | Mrs. Gaffney | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2006 | Grandma's Boy | Bea | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 2006 | Open Window | Ann | Film | 5.4 | 69 |
| 2006 | Love and Debate | Lea | Film | 3.8 | 69 |
| 2006 | Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2005 | Sexual Life | Joanne | Film | 4.9 | 68 |
| 2004 | House | Georgia Adams | TV | 8.6 | 67 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Phyllis Van De Kamp | TV | 7.9 | 67 |
| 2004 | Sudbury | Aunt Jet | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Dottie | TV | 7.8 | 66 |
| 2003 | Mrs. Ashboro's Cat | Mrs. Ashboro | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 2003 | A House on a Hill | Mercedes Mayfield | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 2003 | Fly Cherry | Miss Christina | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 2002 | The Salton Sea | Nancy Plummer | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Necie | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2002 | P.S. Your Cat is Dead! | Aunt Claire | Film | 4.4 | 65 |
| 2002 | Shadow Realm | Mrs. Finch | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Frances Littleton | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 2001 | Angel Eyes | Elanora Davis | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2001 | My Louisiana Sky | Jewel Ramsey | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2000 | 75 Degrees in July | Jo Beth Anderson | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Wharton | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rose Granville | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1998 | Maggie Winters | Estelle Winters | TV | 8.5 | 61 |
| 1998 | Significant Others | TV | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 1998 | A Father for Brittany | Donna Minkowitz | Film | 7.6 | 61 |
| 1998 | A Marriage of Convenience | Harriet Winslow | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1998 | The Wedding | Gram (Miss Caroline) | Film | 8.3 | 61 |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Helen Apple | TV | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Beverly Connelly | Film | 7.4 | 60 |
| 1997 | Little Boy Blue | Doris Knight | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1997 | Convictions | Margaret | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Mary Donnelly | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1996 | Diabolique | Edie Danziger | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 1996 | Somebody Is Waiting | Irma | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 1996 | The Uninvited | Delia | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1996 | A Promise to Carolyn | Jolene Maggart | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1996 | Mary & Tim | Esther | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1996 | Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story | Joan Hart | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1996 | Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden | Sally Ann | Film | — | 59 |
| 1995 | Cybill | Loretta Bennett | TV | 5.9 | 58 |
| 1995 | Children of the Dust | Aunt Bertha | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1995 | Stuart Saves His Family | Mom | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1995 | VR.5 | Dr. Hearst | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Peggy Buckey | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1995 | Dad, the Angel & Me | Betty | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1994 | ER | Mrs. Burke | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 1994 | Color of Night | Edith Niedelmeyer | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1994 | Hoggs' Heaven | Mom | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1994 | A Part of the Family | Martha | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1994 | The Yarn Princess | Esther | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1994 | Death in Venice, CA | Mona Dickens | Film | 4.9 | 57 |
| 1994 | Baby Brokers | Sylvia | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1994 | The Secret Life of Houses | Aunt Fergie | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1994 | Benders | Donna | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Agnes Cantwell | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1993 | Angel Falls | Edie Wren Cox | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1993 | A Mother's Revenge | Bess Warden | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1993 | When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn | Edna Larson | Film | 3.3 | 56 |
| 1991 | Shadow of a Doubt | Helen Potter | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1991 | Bump in the Night | Katie Leonard | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1991 | To Save a Child | Rinda Larson | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Melanie Cullen | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1987 | thirtysomething | TV | 6.3 | 50 | |
| 1986 | Matlock | Phyllis Todd | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Belinda Collins | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Kay | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Grace Fenton | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Ann Denver | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1984 | The Sweet Scent of Death | Ann Fairfax Denver | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1984 | With Intent to Kill | Edna Reinecker | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1982 | The Sender | Jerolyn | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1982 | Kennedy's Children | Carla | Film | — | 45 |
| 1981 | Nurse | Sylvia Dennis | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1981 | Endless Love | Ann | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1980 | Playing for Time | Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Elizabeth Bourdon | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Hannah Meredith | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1979 | Champions: A Love Story | Barbara Harlich | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1978 | The Defection of Simas Kudirka | Genna Kudirka | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1976 | 21 Hours at Munich | Anneliese Graes | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1976 | Return to Earth | Joan Aldrin | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1975 | Medical Story | Phyllis Lenahan | TV | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1975 | Medical Story | Phyllis Lenahan | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1975 | Friendly Persuasion | Eliza Birdwell | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1975 | Please Stand by for Murder | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | TV | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1974 | Juggernaut | Barbara Banister | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1974 | The Country Girl | Georgie Elgin | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Kay Lewiston | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Margot Brenner | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1973 | The Lie | Anna | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | TV | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1972 | Ghost Story | Beth | TV | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1972 | That Quiet Earth | The Woman | Film | — | 35 |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1971 | Secrets | Beatrice | Film | 4.5 | 34 |
| 1969 | Medical Center | TV | 6.4 | 32 | |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Barbara | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Marci Boyle | TV | 4.8 | 32 |
| 1969 | The Rain People | Natalie Ravenna | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1968 | The Jazz Age | Emily Castleton | TV | — | 31 |
| 1968 | Petulia | Polo | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1968 | The Counterfeit Killer | Angie Peterson | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1968 | Filmmaker | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 31 |
| 1968 | Shadow Over Elveron | Joanne Tregaskis | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Margaret Cook | TV | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1967 | The Outsider | Peggy Leydon | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1966 | The Group | Polly | Film | 5.7 | 29 |
| 1966 | Dutchman | Lula | Film | 4.8 | 29 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | The Woman - Joyce | TV | 4.2 | 28 |
| 1964 | Flight from Ashiya | Caroline Gordon / Stevenson | Film | 5.6 | 27 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Jane Washburn | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Mona Ross | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Janice Pruitt | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | TV | 5.9 | 26 | |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Noelle Anderson | TV | 7.8 | 26 |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Rhoda Waggner | TV | 8.3 | 26 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 25 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Susan Morrow | TV | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Clara Malone | TV | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Heavenly Finley | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1962 | House of Women | Erica Hayden | Film | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1962 | The Couch | Terry Ames | Film | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Bethany Windell | TV | 6.3 | 24 |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | TV | 5.7 | 24 | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | TV | 6.3 | 23 | |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's | TV | — | 23 | |
| 1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Reenie Flood | Film | 6.5 | 23 |
| 1960 | The Shape of the River | Susy Clemens | Film | — | 23 |
| 1960 | Ice Palace | Grace Kennedy | Film | 6.3 | 23 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Jennie Cooper | TV | 7.2 | 22 |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | TV | 5.6 | 22 | |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | TV | 5.3 | 22 | |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | TV | 6.0 | 22 | |
| 1959 | Five Gates to Hell | Sister Maria | Film | 5.6 | 22 |
| 1958 | Lawman | Tendis Weston | TV | 5.8 | 21 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Kathy Meigs | TV | 5.7 | 21 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Mari Ellen Taylor | TV | 7.2 | 21 |
| 1958 | The Texan | TV | 6.0 | 21 | |
| 1958 | Bronco | TV | 6.0 | 21 | |
| 1958 | Bronco | Molly Durrock | TV | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1958 | Buckskin | Mrs. Newcomb | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1957 | Maverick | Nancy Powers | TV | 6.9 | 20 |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Heide Ritter | TV | 4.4 | 20 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV | — | 19 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 19 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 19 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 18 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 16 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Georgie Elgin | TV | 8.8 | 14 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mrs. Potter | TV | 8.8 | 14 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 13 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 7 |