Shirley Knight
Known For
Acting
Born
1936-07-05 in Goessel, Kansas, USA
Died
2020-04-22
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 Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Wharton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rose Granville
Law & Order
as Melanie Cullen
House
as Georgia Adams
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Desperate Housewives
as Phyllis Van De Kamp
ER
as Mrs. Burke
Murder, She Wrote
as Grace Fenton
Crossing Jordan
as Frances Littleton
Cold Case
as Dottie
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
The Fugitive
as Jane Washburn
The Fugitive
as Mona Ross
The Fugitive
as Janice Pruitt
NYPD Blue
as Agnes Cantwell
The Equalizer
as Kay
Maverick
as Nancy Powers
Matlock
as Phyllis Todd
L.A. Law
as Belinda Collins
The Virginian
as Susan Morrow