Shirley Knight

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.

Known For

House

as Georgia Adams

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Wharton

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Rose Granville

As Good as It Gets

as Beverly Connelly

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

as Mom

Desperate Housewives

as Phyllis Van De Kamp

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

as Mom

Our Idiot Brother

as Ilene Rochlin

ER

as Mrs. Burke

Grandma's Boy

as Bea