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.
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series · 1995
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series · 1988
- Volpi Cup — Best Actress
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1997 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Supporting Actress · 1982 · nominated
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- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1963 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1961 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
House
Desperate Housewives
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Cold Case
ER
The Outer Limits
Drop Dead Diva
A Father for Brittany
Murder, She Wrote
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
As Good as It Gets
The Unit
Law & Order
The Fugitive
Hot in Cleveland
Crossing Jordan
Rawhide
Listen to Your Heart
NYPD Blue
L.A. Law
Matlock
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Barnaby Jones
The Streets of San Francisco
Maverick
Mary & Tim
Tales of the Unexpected
Sweet Bird of Youth
If These Walls Could Talk
The Salton Sea
The Rain People
Grandma's Boy
Ally McBeal
The Virginian
My Louisiana Sky
21 Hours at Munich
Juggernaut
Our Idiot Brother
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Angel Eyes
Petulia
The Texan
Redwood Highway
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Cybill
Bump in the Night
A Marriage of Convenience
Color of Night
Sudbury
The Sender