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Shirley Knight

Actor

Shirley Knight

Acting
1962 — 2015 · 21 films
Lived
5 July 1936 — d. 2020
From
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.

Career Signature

How Shirley Knight’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

heavy emotional
bittersweet
family dynamics
emotionally devastating
anxious dread

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Tonal kin

Anne BancroftAnne Bancroft40 filmsBarbara HersheyBarbara Hershey34 filmsAmy IrvingAmy Irving15 filmsKyra SedgwickKyra Sedgwick26 filmsPatricia ClarksonPatricia Clarkson40 filmsRichard JenkinsRichard Jenkins56 filmsBeth GrantBeth Grant24 filmsLaura DernLaura Dern45 films

Filmography

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2015

Mercy

2014

Listen to Your Heart

2010

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

2009

Grandma's Boy

2006

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

Angel Eyes

2001

As Good as It Gets

1997

Diabolique

1996

If These Walls Could Talk

1996

Stuart Saves His Family

1995

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995

The Sender

1982

Endless Love

1981

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979

Juggernaut

1974

The Rain People

1969

Petulia

1968

Dutchman

1966

The Group

1966

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962