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Shirley Knight
Born: 1936-07-05 in Goessel, Kansas, USA
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.
Rated Filmography (82)
Sorted by Score10.0
Return to Earth
1976
10.0
The Country Girl
1974
10.0
Hoggs' Heaven
1994
9.0
A Part of the Family
1994
9.0
A House on a Hill
2003
8.3
The Wedding
1998
8.0
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
8.0
The Outsider
1967
8.0
The Sweet Scent of Death
1984
7.6
A Father for Brittany
1998
7.5
Friendly Persuasion
1975
7.4
As Good as It Gets
1997
7.3
Filmmaker
1968
7.1
A Promise to Carolyn
1996
7.1
Listen to Your Heart
2010
7.1
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
7.0
75 Degrees in July
2000
7.0
Medical Story
1975
6.9
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
6.9
Playing for Time
1980
6.8
Mary & Tim
1996
6.7
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
6.7
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
6.7
Champions: A Love Story
1979
6.7
Convictions
1997
6.7
Fly Cherry
2003
6.6
The Rain People
1969
6.6
The Salton Sea
2002
6.6
Shadow Over Elveron
1968
6.5
Grandma's Boy
2006
6.5
To Save a Child
1991
6.5
Baby Brokers
1994
6.5
With Intent to Kill
1984
6.5
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
6.4
Dad, the Angel & Me
1995
6.4
My Louisiana Sky
2001
6.3
Ice Palace
1960
6.3
21 Hours at Munich
1976
6.3
Juggernaut
1974
6.3
The Couch
1962
6.3
The Yarn Princess
1994
6.1
Our Idiot Brother
2011
6.1
Angel Eyes
2001
6.0
Little Boy Blue
1998
6.0
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
6.0
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
6.0
The Missing Girl
2015
6.0
The Lie
1973
6.0
Petulia
1968
5.9
Bump in the Night
1991
5.9
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
5.9
Redwood Highway
2013
5.8
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
5.8
Color of Night
1994
5.7
The Group
1966
5.7
Sudbury
2004
5.7
Endless Love
1981
5.6
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
5.6
The Sender
1982
5.6
Flight from Ashiya
1964
5.6
Five Gates to Hell
1959
5.5
Diabolique
1996
5.5
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
5.5
The Uninvited
1996
5.5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
5.4
Open Window
2006
5.3
House of Women
1962
5.2
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
5.2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
5.2
Mercy
2014
5.1
A Mother's Revenge
1993
5.1
Death in Venice, CA
1994
5.0
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
4.9
Elevator
2013
4.9
Sexual Life
2005
4.8
Dutchman
1966
4.5
Secrets
1971
4.5
Shadow Realm
2002
4.4
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
4.2
The Other Side of the Tracks
2008
3.8
Love and Debate
2006
3.3
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993