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Best Shirley Knight Movies Ranked

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Shirley Knight Acting Filmography (94)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021·Self
Periphery
2018·Leanne Cross
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015·Mom
The Missing Girl
2015·Mrs. Colvins
Mercy
2014·Mercy
Elevator
2013·Jane Redding
Redwood Highway
2013·Marie
Our Idiot Brother
2011·Ilene Rochlin
Listen to Your Heart
2010·Grandma Sam
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009·Dot Nadeau
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009·Mom
The Other Side of the Tracks
2008·Helen
Not Fade Away
2008·Diane
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006·Self
Open Window
2006·Ann
Grandma's Boy
2006·Bea
Love and Debate
2006·Lea
Sexual Life
2005·Joanne
Sudbury
2004·Aunt Jet
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003·Mrs. Ashboro
A House on a Hill
2003·Mercedes Mayfield
Fly Cherry
2003·Miss Christina
Shadow Realm
2002·Mrs. Finch
The Salton Sea
2002·Nancy Plummer
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002·Necie Kelleher
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002·Aunt Claire
Angel Eyes
2001·Elanora Davis
My Louisiana Sky
2001·Jewel Ramsey
75 Degrees in July
2000·Jo Beth Anderson
A Father for Brittany
1998·Donna Minkowitz
The Wedding
1998·Gram (Miss Caroline)
A Marriage of Convenience
1998·Harriet Winslow
As Good as It Gets
1997·Beverly Connelly
Little Boy Blue
1997·Doris Knight
Convictions
1997·Margaret
Diabolique
1996·Edie Danziger
If These Walls Could Talk
1996·Mary Donnelly
The Uninvited
1996·Delia
Somebody Is Waiting
1996·Irma
A Promise to Carolyn
1996·Jolene Maggart
Mary & Tim
1996·Esther
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996·Joan Hart
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996·Sally Ann
Stuart Saves His Family
1995·Mom
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995·Peggy Buckey
Dad, the Angel & Me
1995·Betty
The Secret Life of Houses
1994·Aunt Fergie
Benders
1994·Donna
Color of Night
1994·Edith Niedelmeyer
A Part of the Family
1994·Martha
Baby Brokers
1994·Sylvia
Death in Venice, CA
1994·Mona Dickens
The Yarn Princess
1994·Esther
Hoggs' Heaven
1994·Mom
A Mother's Revenge
1993·Bess Warden
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993·Edna Larson
Shadow of a Doubt
1991·Helen Potter
Bump in the Night
1991·Katie Leonard
To Save a Child
1991·Rinda Larson
With Intent to Kill
1984·Edna Reinecker
The Sweet Scent of Death
1984·Ann Fairfax Denver
The Sender
1982·Jerolyn
Kennedy's Children
1982·Carla
Endless Love
1981·Ann
Playing for Time
1980·Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979·Hannah Meredith
Champions: A Love Story
1979·Barbara Harlich
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978·Genna Kudirka
21 Hours at Munich
1976·Anneliese Graes
Return to Earth
1976·Joan Aldrin
Medical Story
1975·Phyllis Lenahan
Friendly Persuasion
1975·Eliza Birdwell
Please Stand by for Murder
1975
Juggernaut
1974·Barbara Banister
The Country Girl
1974·Georgie Elgin
The Lie
1973·Anna
That Quiet Earth
1972·The Woman
Secrets
1971·Beatrice
The Rain People
1969·Natalie Ravenna
Petulia
1968·Polo
The Counterfeit Killer
1968·Angie Peterson
Shadow Over Elveron
1968·Joanne Tregaskis
Filmmaker
1968·Self (uncredited)
The Outsider
1967·Peggy Leydon
Dutchman
1966·Lula
The Group
1966·Polly
Flight from Ashiya
1964·Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962·Heavenly Finley
The Couch
1962·Terry Ames
House of Women
1962·Erica Hayden
Ice Palace
1960·Grace Kennedy
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960·Reenie Flood
The Shape of the River
1960·Susy Clemens
Five Gates to Hell
1959·Sister Maria