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.
Shadow Realm
Mrs. Finch
As Good as It Gets
Beverly Connelly
Little Boy Blue
Doris Knight
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Dot Nadeau
Diabolique
Edie Danziger
Open Window
Ann
Angel Eyes
Elanora Davis
The Salton Sea
Nancy Plummer
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Hannah Meredith
Sweet Bird of Youth
Heavenly Finley
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Necie Kelleher
Grandma's Boy
Bea
Stuart Saves His Family
Mom
If These Walls Could Talk
Mary Donnelly
Juggernaut
Barbara Banister
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Mom
Petulia
Polo
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Mrs. Ashboro
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Aunt Claire
Ice Palace
Grace Kennedy
Dutchman
Lula
Listen to Your Heart
Grandma Sam
Endless Love
Ann
The Sender
Jerolyn
The Other Side of the Tracks
Helen
21 Hours at Munich
Anneliese Graes
The Group
Polly
My Louisiana Sky
Jewel Ramsey
Elevator
Jane Redding
The Rain People
Natalie Ravenna
Kennedy's Children
Carla
Sudbury
Aunt Jet
The Couch
Terry Ames
The Uninvited
Delia
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Reenie Flood
Flight from Ashiya
Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
House of Women
Erica Hayden
A Father for Brittany
Donna Minkowitz
75 Degrees in July
Jo Beth Anderson
Mercy
Gramma
The Counterfeit Killer
Angie Peterson
Medical Story
Phyllis Lenahan
Secrets
Beatrice
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Genna Kudirka
Redwood Highway
Marie
Champions: A Love Story
Barbara Harlich
Our Idiot Brother
Ilene Rochlin
Five Gates to Hell
Sister Maria
Color of Night
Edith Niedelmeyer
A Mother's Revenge
Bess Warden
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Mom
Shadow of a Doubt
Helen Potter
Bump in the Night
Katie Leonard
The Missing Girl
Mrs. Colvins
To Save a Child
Rinda Larson
Shadow Over Elveron
Joanne Tregaskis
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Peggy Buckey
The Outsider
Peggy Leydon
A Part of the Family
Martha
Somebody Is Waiting
Irma
A House on a Hill
Mercedes Mayfield
Baby Brokers
Sylvia
Convictions
Margaret
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Edna Larson
A Promise to Carolyn
Jolene Maggart
Friendly Persuasion
Eliza Birdwell
Mary & Tim
Esther
The Lie
Anna
Filmmaker
Self (uncredited)
Death in Venice, CA
Mona Dickens
Fly Cherry
Miss Christina
Return to Earth
Joan Aldrin
Playing for Time
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Periphery
Leanne Cross
The Yarn Princess
Esther
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Joan Hart
The Wedding
Gram (Miss Caroline)
A Marriage of Convenience
Harriet Winslow
Dad, the Angel & Me
Betty
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Sally Ann
Love and Debate
Lea
The Country Girl
Georgie Elgin
With Intent to Kill
Edna Reinecker
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
The Sweet Scent of Death
Ann Fairfax Denver
Please Stand by for Murder
Sexual Life
Joanne
Hoggs' Heaven
Mom