Person Details

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Aliases: Shirley Enola Knight

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Goessel, Kansas, USA

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Movie Involvements: 75

TV Involvements: 39


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Rose Granville
House
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9

House

(2004) Georgia Adams
Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Melanie Cullen
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Mrs. Burke
Crossing Jordan
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7

Crossing Jordan

(2001) Frances Littleton
NYPD Blue
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7

NYPD Blue

(1993) Agnes Cantwell
Tales of the Unexpected
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7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Elizabeth Bourdon
Cold Case
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8

Cold Case

(2003) Dottie

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self
2018 Leanne Cross
2015 Mrs. Colvins
Gramma
Mom
2013 Marie
Jane Redding
2011 Ilene Rochlin
2010 Grandma Sam
Loretta
2009 Millie Carlson
Dot Nadeau
Mom
2008 Diane
Helen
2006 Ann
Lea
Self
N/A
Bea
2004 Georgia Adams
Phyllis Van De Kamp
Aunt Jet
2003 Mercedes Mayfield
Mrs. Ashboro
Dottie
Miss Christina
2002 Mrs. Finch
Necie Kelleher
Aunt Claire
Nancy Plummer
2001 Frances Littleton
Mrs. Finch
Elanora Davis
Jewel Ramsey
2000 Jo Beth Anderson
1999 Dr. Wharton
Rose Granville
1998 Harriet Winslow
Estelle Winters
Donna Minkowitz
N/A
Gram (Miss Caroline)
1997 Beverly Connelly
Margaret
N/A
Doris Knight
1996 Irma
Joan Hart
Esther
Delia
Mary Donnelly
Edie Danziger
Jolene Maggart
Sally Ann
1995 Peggy Buckey
Mom
N/A
Aunt Bertha
N/A
Betty
1994 Mona Dickens
Mrs. Burke
Edith Niedelmeyer
Martha
Esther
Sylvia
Donna
Aunt Fergie
1993 Bess Warden
Agnes Cantwell
Edie Wren Cox
Edna Larson
1991 Rinda Larson
Helen Potter
Katie Leonard
1990 Melanie Cullen
1987 N/A
1986 Belinda Collins
N/A
1985 Kay
1984 Edna Reinecker
N/A
1982 Jerolyn
Carla
1981 Ann
Sylvia Dennis
1980 Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
1979 Hannah Meredith
Elizabeth Bourdon
Barbara Harlich
1978 Genna Kudirka
1976 Anneliese Graes
Joan Aldrin
1975 Phyllis Lenahan
Eliza Birdwell
1974 Barbara Banister
N/A
Georgie Elgin
1973 Anna
Kay Lewiston
1972 N/A
Beth
1971 Beatrice
N/A
1969 N/A
Marci Boyle
Natalie Ravenna
1968 Self (uncredited)
Polo
Angie Peterson
Joanne Tregaskis
1967 Peggy Leydon
Margaret Cook
1966 Lula
Polly
1964 Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
1963 N/A
Mona Ross
Jane Washburn
Janice Pruitt
Noelle Anderson
Rhoda Waggner
1962 Susan Morrow
Clara Malone
Erica Hayden
Heavenly Finley
Terry Ames
1961 N/A
Bethany Windell
1960 N/A
N/A
Reenie Flood
Grace Kennedy
1959 N/A
N/A
Sister Maria
N/A
Jennie Cooper
1958 Mari Ellen Taylor
Tendis Weston
Kathy Meigs
N/A
N/A
Mrs. Newcomb
1957 Heide Ritter
N/A
1956 Self - Nominee
Self - Presenter
Self - Winner
1955 N/A
1953 Self
1951 Georgie Elgin
Mrs. Potter
1950 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

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