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Acting

Shirley Knight

Career: Active from 1958 to 2018, busiest in 1996 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 34
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Petulia
77/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
1995 · Won · 47th Primetime Emmy Awards
NYPD Blue
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
1988 · Won · 40th Primetime Emmy Awards
Thirtysomething
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role
1963 · Nominated · 35th Academy Awards
Sweet Bird of Youth
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role
1961 · Nominated · 33rd Academy Awards
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters Shirley Knight played, best-known titles first.

Shirley Knight as Hannah Meredith

Shirley Knight as Natalie Ravenna

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Shirley Knight Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7
Wonder
2.4, average 3.4
Violence
3.2, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Psychological Drama 7
Social Commentary 6
Psychological Thriller 4
Character Study 4
Melancholic 3
Gentle Pacing 2
Dialogue-Heavy 2
Character-Driven Humor 2
Cringe Comedy 2
Forbidden Love 2
Family Secrets 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

152

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

9 titles · average score 53

Periphery

as Leanne Cross

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

24

as Mom

The Missing Girl

as Mrs. Colvins

Mercy

42

as Mercy

Redwood Highway

66

as Marie

Elevator

42

as Jane Redding

Our Idiot Brother

62

as Ilene Rochlin

Hot in Cleveland

68

TV show · as Loretta

Listen to Your Heart

70

as Grandma Sam

2000s

25 titles · average score 57

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

43

as Mom

Drop Dead Diva

71

TV show · as Millie Carlson

Grandma's Boy

47

as Bea

The Unit

75

TV show · as Mrs. Gaffney

House

80

TV show · as Georgia Adams

Desperate Housewives

76

TV show · as Phyllis Van De Kamp

Cold Case

73

TV show · as Dottie

A House on a Hill

as Mercedes Mayfield

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

53

as Necie

My Louisiana Sky

63

as Jewel Ramsey

Crossing Jordan

69

TV show · as Frances Littleton

75 Degrees in July

as Jo Beth Anderson

1990s

41 titles · average score 62

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Rose Granville / Dr. Wharton

As Good as It Gets

70

as Beverly Connelly

Ally McBeal

69

TV show · as Helen Apple

Diabolique

37

as Edie Danziger

Mary & Tim

70

as Esther

If These Walls Could Talk

77

as Mary Donnelly

A Promise to Carolyn

75

as Jolene Maggart

The Uninvited

51

as Delia

Death in Venice, CA

58

as Mona Dickens

Hoggs' Heaven

as Mom

A Mother's Revenge

54

as Bess Warden

Law & Order

73

TV show · as Melanie Cullen

1980s

13 titles · average score 63

thirtysomething

46

TV show

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Belinda Collins

Matlock

54

TV show · as Phyllis Todd

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Kay

The Sweet Scent of Death

68

as Ann Fairfax Denver

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Grace Fenton

With Intent to Kill

as Edna Reinecker

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

68

TV show · as Ann Denver

The Sender

68

as Jerolyn

Endless Love

40

as Ann

Nurse

TV show · as Sylvia Dennis

Playing for Time

72

as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

1970s

20 titles · average score 60

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

28

as Hannah Meredith

Champions: A Love Story

70

as Barbara Harlich

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Elizabeth Bourdon

21 Hours at Munich

62

as Anneliese Graes

Return to Earth

as Joan Aldrin

Friendly Persuasion

as Eliza Birdwell

Juggernaut

73

as Barbara Banister

The Lie

as Anna

Barnaby Jones

70

TV show · as Kay Lewiston

The Streets of San Francisco

47

TV show

Secrets

48

as Beatrice

Alias Smith and Jones

48

TV show

1960s

29 titles · average score 65

The Rain People

72

as Natalie Ravenna

Petulia

77

as Polo

The Counterfeit Killer

as Angie Peterson

Shadow Over Elveron

as Joanne Tregaskis

Dutchman

63

as Lula

The Group

68

as Polly

Flight from Ashiya

46

as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Mona Ross / Janice Pruitt

Sweet Bird of Youth

59

as Heavenly Finley

House of Women

45

as Erica Hayden

The Couch

62

as Terry Ames

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Susan Morrow / Clara Malone

1950s

15 titles · average score 65

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Jennie Cooper

Hawaiian Eye

66

TV show · as Jennifer Morgan

Johnny Staccato

65

TV show

TV show · as Mrs. Newcomb

Naked City

69

TV show · as Kathy Meigs

77 Sunset Strip

74

TV show · as Mari Ellen Taylor

Lawman

70

TV show · as Tendis Weston

The Texan

68

TV show

Bronco

66

TV show · as Molly Durrock

Maverick

75

TV show · as Nancy Powers

The Restless Gun

39

TV show · as Heide Ritter

Matinee Theater

TV show