Shirley Knight

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RECENT CREDITS

Desperate Housewives (TV) Oct. 28, 2007

House (TV) Jan. 25, 2005

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV) Sep. 23, 2003

Ally McBeal (TV) Feb. 25, 2002

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HIGHLIGHTS

2006 Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for "Desperate Housewives"

2001 Had featured role in "Angel Eyes"

2001 Acted in Hartford Stage production of "Necessary Targets"

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21 Hours at Munich

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A Father for Brittany -Donna Minkiewicz

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A Marriage of Convenience -Harriet Winslow

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A Part of the Family -Martha

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A Promise to Carolyn -Jolene Maggart

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Ally McBeal -Helen Apple

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Homecoming (2002) -Helen Apple

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TV Episode

Baby Brokers -Sylvia

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Champions: A Love Story

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Dad, the Angel & Me -Betty

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Desperate Housewives 2005-2007 -Phyllis Van De Kamp

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Art Isn't Easy (2007) -Phyllis Van De Kamp

Actor

TV Episode

If There's Anything I Can't Stand (2007) -Phyllis Van De Kamp

Actor

TV Episode

You'll Never Get Away From Me (2005) -Phyllis Van De Kamp

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TV Episode

You Could Drive a Person Crazy (2005) -Phyllis Van De Kamp

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TV Episode

Next (2005) -Phyllis Van De Kamp

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TV Episode

Desperate Justice -Bess Jordan

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Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story -Joan Hart

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Except for Me and Thee

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House -Georgia

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Poison (2005) -Georgia

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TV Episode

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2001-2003 -Eileen Wharton, Rose Granville

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Tragedy (2003) -Rose Granville

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TV Episode

Repression (2001) -Eileen Wharton

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TV Episode

Maggie Winters -Estelle Winters

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Mary & Tim -Esther Melville

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My Louisiana Sky -Jewel

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Playing for Time -Maria Mandel

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Shadow over Elveron

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Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden -Sally Ann

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The Craft

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The Defection of Simas Kudirka

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The Yarn Princess -Esther

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Victim of the Haunt -Delia

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Highlights

2006 Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for "Desperate Housewives"

2001 Had featured role in "Angel Eyes"

2001 Acted in Hartford Stage production of "Necessary Targets"

1998 Appeared as Gram, the Caucasian matriarch of a biracial family in "The Wedding" (ABC)

1997 Returned to Broadway as co-star with Rip Torn in Horton Foote's Pulitzer-winning "The Young Man From Atlanta"; received Tony nomination

1997 Portrayed Helen Hunt's mother in "As Good As It Gets"

1996 Co-starred with Mary Tyler Moore and Linda Lavin in the Family Channel TV-movie "Stolen Memories: Secrets From the Rose Garden"

1995 Won second Emmy as the mother of a murder victim in an episode of "NYPD Blue"

1995 Played Peggy Buckley, a real-life pre-school owner accused of child molestation, in the acclaimed HBO movie "Indictment: The McMartin Trial"; received third Emmy Award

1995 Played Al Franken's mother in "Stuart Saves His Family"

1993 TV series debut as regular in the short-lived CBS series "Angel Falls"

1993 Returned to films in "The Secret Life of Houses"

1990 Reprised her award-winning role of Hope's mother in another episode of "thirtysomething"

1987 Won first Emmy Award playing Hope's mother in an episode of the ABC drama "thirtysomething"

1983 Last film appearance for a decade "Sweet Scene of Death"

1981 Cast as Brooke Shields' mother in "Endless Love"

1980 Offered a strong supporting turn as a concentration camp inmate in "Playing for Time" (CBS)

1978 Co-starred alongside Alan Arkin in the CBS movie "The Defection of Simas Kudirka"

1976 Earned a Tony Award as Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in "Kennedy's Children"

1974 Played Georgie Elgin in a the NBC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "The Country Girl"

1974 Returned to films after a five year absence in "Juggernaut"

1970 - 1975 Lived in England

1970 British stage debut in "A Touch of the Poet"

1969 Had starring role in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Rain People"

1967 TV-movie debut "The Outsider" (NBC)

1966 Co-starred in "The Group"

1964 Broadway debut in "Three Sisters" alongside Geraldine Page and Kim Stanley; replaced in film version by Sandy Dennis

1963 Off-Broadway debut in "Journey to the Day"

1962 Earned second Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for "Sweet Bird of Youth"

1961 Early TV credit, a guest appearance on "Maverick"

1960 Received first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"

1959 Made TV acting debut

1959 Signed contract with Warner Bros.

1959 Film debut "Five Gates to Hell"

1958 Joined Pasadena Playhouse and made stage debut in "Look Back in Anger"

Raised in Kansas

While in college, spent one summer singing in the chorus of operas in Center City, Colorado

While making the 1960 film "Ice Palace", tutored in Shakespeare by Richard Burton

Offered role of Ophelia opposite Richard Burton's "Hamlet" and role of Irina in Actors Studio production of Chekhov's "Three Sisters"

Returned to series TV as Estelle, the mother of Faith Ford's "Maggie Winters" (CBS)

Recently Worked With...

Felicity Huffman

Desperate Housewives

Aired: Oct. 28, 2007

Hugh Laurie

House

Aired: Jan. 25, 2005

Christopher Meloni

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Aired: Sep. 23, 2003

Calista Flockhart

Ally McBeal

Aired: Feb. 25, 2002

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