8.3
8.3
The Wedding
1998
as Gram (Miss Caroline)
Shirley Knight
Also known as: Shirley Knight Hopkins
Acting
Nationality:United States
Education:Wichita State University, HB Studio
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Shirley Knight Hopkins (July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020) was an American actress who appeared in more than 50 feature films, television films, television series, and Broadway and Off-Broadway productions in her career, playing leading and character roles. She was a member of the Actors Studio. Knight was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962). In the 1960s, she had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films such as The Couch (1962), House of Women (1962), The Group (1966), The Counterfeit Killer (1968), and The Rain People (1969). She received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her role in the British film Dutchman (1966). In 1976, Knight won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Kennedy's Children, a play by Robert Patrick. In later years, she played supporting roles in many films, including Endless Love (1981), As Good as It Gets (1997), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), and Grandma's Boy (2006). For her performances on television, Knight was nominated eight times for a Primetime Emmy Award (winning three), and she received a Golden Globe Award.
Filmography (91 movies)
7.5
7.5
A Father for Brittany
1998
as Donna Minkowitz
7.4
7.4
As Good as It Gets
1997
as Beverly Connelly
7.2
7.2
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
as Joan Hart
7.2
7.2
Listen to Your Heart
2010
as Grandma Sam
7.1
7.1
Filmmaker
1968
as Self (uncredited)
7.1
7.1
A Promise to Carolyn
1996
as Jolene Maggart
7.0
7.0
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
as Peggy Buckey
6.8
6.8
Playing for Time
1980
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
6.8
6.8
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Heavenly Finley
6.6
6.6
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Mary Donnelly
6.5
6.5
The Salton Sea
2002
as Nancy Plummer
6.5
6.5
Shadow Over Elveron
1968
as Joanne Tregaskis
6.5
6.5
Grandma's Boy
2006
as Bea
6.5
6.5
The Rain People
1969
as Natalie Ravenna
6.4
6.4
The Yarn Princess
1994
as Esther
6.3
6.3
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Reenie Flood
6.2
6.2
Dad, the Angel & Me
1995
as Betty
6.2
6.2
Baby Brokers
1994
as Sylvia
6.2
6.2
Juggernaut
1974
as Barbara Banister
6.2
6.2
My Louisiana Sky
2001
as Jewel Ramsey
6.1
6.1
Our Idiot Brother
2011
as Ilene Rochlin
6.1
6.1
21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Anneliese Graes
6.1
6.1
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
as Necie Kelleher
6.1
6.1
The Couch
1962
as Terry Ames
6.1
6.1
Angel Eyes
2001
as Elanora Davis
6.0
6.0
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978
as Genna Kudirka
6.0
6.0
75 Degrees in July
2000
as Jo Beth Anderson
6.0
6.0
The Missing Girl
2015
as Mrs. Colvins
6.0
6.0
The Outsider
1967
as Peggy Leydon
6.0
6.0
Convictions
1997
as Margaret
6.0
6.0
The Lie
1973
as Anna
6.0
6.0
The Sweet Scent of Death
1984
as Ann Fairfax Denver
6.0
6.0
Little Boy Blue
1997
as Doris Knight
5.9
5.9
Redwood Highway
2013
as Marie
5.9
5.9
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Dot Nadeau
5.8
5.8
Petulia
1968
as Polo
5.8
5.8
Bump in the Night
1991
as Katie Leonard
5.8
5.8
Champions: A Love Story
1979
as Barbara Harlich
5.8
5.8
Ice Palace
1960
as Grace Kennedy
5.7
5.7
Color of Night
1994
as Edith Niedelmeyer
5.7
5.7
Endless Love
1981
as Ann
5.7
5.7
Sudbury
2004
as Aunt Jet
5.6
5.6
The Sender
1982
as Jerolyn
5.6
5.6
The Group
1966
as Polly
5.5
5.5
Mary & Tim
1996
as Esther
5.5
5.5
Diabolique
1996
as Edie Danziger
5.5
5.5
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
as Harriet Winslow
5.5
5.5
Fly Cherry
2003
as Miss Christina
5.4
5.4
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
as Mom
5.4
5.4
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
as Mrs. Ashboro
5.3
5.3
Open Window
2006
as Ann
5.3
5.3
The Uninvited
1996
as Delia
5.2
5.2
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
as Helen Potter
5.2
5.2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
as Mom
5.2
5.2
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
as Mom
5.1
5.1
Mercy
2014
as Gramma
5.1
5.1
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Hannah Meredith
5.0
5.0
Flight from Ashiya
1964
as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
4.9
4.9
Elevator
2013
as Jane Redding
4.9
4.9
House of Women
1962
as Erica Hayden
4.8
4.8
Five Gates to Hell
1959
as Sister Maria
4.6
4.6
Sexual Life
2005
as Joanne
4.6
4.6
Dutchman
1966
as Lula
4.3
4.3
A Mother's Revenge
1993
as Bess Warden
4.3
4.3
Secrets
1971
as Beatrice
4.3
4.3
Death in Venice, CA
1994
as Mona Dickens
4.2
4.2
The Other Side of the Tracks
2008
as Helen
4.0
4.0
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
as Aunt Claire
3.5
3.5
Shadow Realm
2002
as Mrs. Finch
3.3
3.3
Love and Debate
2006
as Lea
3.0
3.0
To Save a Child
1991
as Rinda Larson
3.0
3.0
With Intent to Kill
1984
as Edna Reinecker
2.0
2.0
Somebody Is Waiting
1996
as Irma
1.0
1.0
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
as Edna Larson
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996
as Sally Ann
Periphery
2018
as Leanne Cross
The Country Girl
1974
as Georgie Elgin
Kennedy's Children
1982
as Carla
Medical Story
1975
as Phyllis Lenahan
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
as Self
The Secret Life of Houses
1994
as Aunt Fergie
Benders
1994
as Donna
A House on a Hill
2003
as Mercedes Mayfield
A Part of the Family
1994
as Martha
Please Stand by for Murder
1975
Friendly Persuasion
1975
as Eliza Birdwell
That Quiet Earth
1972
as The Woman
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
as Angie Peterson
Not Fade Away
2008
as Diane
Return to Earth
1976
as Joan Aldrin
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