Portrait of Kelly Bishop

Acting

Kelly Bishop

Career

Active from 1978 to 2025, with a break from 2000 to 2010, busiest in 1988 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bunheads
Bunheads
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kelly Bishop Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Tension
    4.7, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Relationship Dynamics 3
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Character Study 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • 90s Nostalgia 2
  • Feel-Good 2
  • Comfort Watch 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 69
Standby
Standby (2025)

as Glenna

The Watchful Eye
The Watchful Eye (2023)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Mrs. Ivey

Shrinking
Shrinking (2023)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Susan

Halston
Halston (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Eleanor Lambert

2010s

7 titles ยท average score 65
Art of Falling in Love
Art of Falling in Love (2019)
GoodWatch score 63

as Iris

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Benedetta

Saint Janet
Saint Janet (2017)

as Janet

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Emily Gilmore

Bunheads
Bunheads (2012)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Fanny Flowers

Friends with Kids
Friends with Kids (2012)
GoodWatch score 58

as Marcy Fryman

A Novel Romance
A Novel Romance (2011)
GoodWatch score 24

as Lily Sparks

2000s

6 titles ยท average score 65
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Bea Wilson

Mercy
Mercy (2009)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show

Army Wives
Army Wives (2007)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Jean Calhoun

Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls (2000)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Emily Gilmore

Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys (2000)
GoodWatch score 73

as Amanda Leer

Blue Moon
Blue Moon (2000)
GoodWatch score 36

as Peggy's Mother

1990s

10 titles ยท average score 61
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Julia Zimmer / Registrar

My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception (1999)

as Sylvia Weinstein

Private Parts
Private Parts (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ray Stern

Cafe Society
Cafe Society (1997)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mrs. Jelke

My Wildest Dreams
My Wildest Dreams (1995)

TV show

Miami Rhapsody
Miami Rhapsody (1995)
GoodWatch score 46

as Zelda

Six Degrees of Separation
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
GoodWatch score 73

as Adele

First Impressions
First Impressions (1992)

as Roxanne Holden

Queens Logic
Queens Logic (1991)
GoodWatch score 39

as Maria

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Marian Borland

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 45
Me and Him
Me and Him (1988)
GoodWatch score 39

as Mrs. Aramis

The Thorns
The Thorns (1988)

TV show ยท as Ginger Thorn

Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing (1987)
GoodWatch score 68

as Marjorie Houseman

Solarbabies
Solarbabies (1986)
GoodWatch score 24

as Tutore Nover

The Recovery Room
The Recovery Room (1985)

as Kaye

Kate & Allie
Kate & Allie (1984)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

The New Odd Couple
The New Odd Couple (1982)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Charity Morningstar

Cassie & Co.
Cassie & Co. (1982)

TV show ยท as Irene French

O'Hara's Wife
O'Hara's Wife (1982)
GoodWatch score 44

as Beth Douglas

Advice to the Lovelorn
Advice to the Lovelorn (1981)

as Rita Borden

1970s

1 title ยท average score 77
An Unmarried Woman
An Unmarried Woman (1978)
GoodWatch score 77

as Elaine Liebowitz

1960s

1 title ยท average score 48
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O (1969)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Char