Shirley Knight

Born: 1936-07-05

Shirley Enola Knight 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.


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Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

as Mom
Released: 2015-04-16

Security guard Paul Blart is headed to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his...

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Color of Night

as Edith Niedelmeyer
Released: 1994-08-19

A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered...

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Endless Love

as Ann
Released: 1981-07-17

Parental disapproval of two teenagers wrapped up in a passionate love affair causes a confusion...

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As Good as It Gets

as Beverly Connelly
Released: 1997-12-19

Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to...

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Grandma's Boy

as Bea
Released: 2006-01-06

Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video...

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as Mom
Released: 2009-01-15

Mild-mannered Paul Blart has always had huge dreams of becoming a State Trooper. Until then, he...

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Juggernaut

as Barbara Banister
Released: 1974-09-25

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs...

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Our Idiot Brother

as Ilene Rochlin
Released: 2011-08-26

Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to...

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Diabolique

as Edie Danziger
Released: 1996-03-22

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed...

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

as Dot Nadeau
Released: 2009-07-07

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages...

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Mercy

as Gramma
Released: 2015-06-15

A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.

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Sweet Bird of Youth

as Heavenly Finley
Released: 1962-03-21

Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town as the companion of a faded movie star,...

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The Salton Sea

as Nancy Plummer
Released: 2002-02-02

After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world...

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Angel Eyes

as Elanora Davis
Released: 2001-05-18

A story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances...

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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

as Hannah Meredith
Released: 1979-05-18

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship...

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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

as Necie Kelleher
Released: 2002-06-07

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the...

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Indictment: The McMartin Trial

as Peggy Buckey
Released: 1995-05-20

The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child...

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Elevator

as Jane Redding
Released: 2013-02-18

Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The...

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If These Walls Could Talk

as Mary Donnelly
Released: 1996-09-11

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who...

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The Rain People

as Natalie Ravenna
Released: 1969-08-27

When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to...

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Playing for Time

as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Released: 1980-09-30

When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other...

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The Group

as Polly
Released: 1966-03-04

It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private...

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21 Hours at Munich

as Anneliese Graes
Released: 1976-12-25

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in...

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Stuart Saves His Family

as Mom
Released: 1995-04-12

A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.

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The Wedding

as Gram (Miss Caroline)
Released: 1998-02-22

Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but...

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Shadow Realm

as Mrs. Finch
Released: 2002-07-27

Shadow Realm is a compilation of four episodes of the short-lived Fox Network television series...

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The Uninvited

as Delia
Released: 1996-10-29

A family, trying to pull themselves together after losing their infant son, moves into a new...

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Petulia

as Polo
Released: 1968-06-10

An unhappily married socialite finds solace in the company of a recently divorced doctor.

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Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

as Mrs. Ashboro
Released: 2003-01-01

Wes Merritt and his daughter Natalie (14) get more than they bargained for when they buy an old...

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Open Window

as Ann
Released: 2006-09-01

The engagment between a struggling photographer and an assistant professor is marred by an act...

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The Outsider

as Peggy Leydon
Released: 1967-11-21

Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A...

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Redwood Highway

as Marie
Released: 2013-04-05

Marie, a reluctant resident of a retirement community in Southern Oregon, decides to walk 80...

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Listen to Your Heart

as Grandma Sam
Released: 2010-08-14

Danny Foster doesn't have much: an apartment as small as his paychecks, no family, and a...

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A Promise to Carolyn

as Jolene Maggart
Released: 1996-01-16

When two sisters can no longer go on living with the painful memory of their baby sister being...

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Little Boy Blue

as Doris Knight
Released: 1997-06-01

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound...

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

as Self
Released: 2021-08-14

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s...

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The Sender

as Jerolyn
Released: 1982-10-22

A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the...

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Friendly Persuasion

as Eliza Birdwell
Released: 1975-05-18

During the Civil War, a Quaker couple risks their lives by helping runaway slaves.

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The Couch

as Terry Ames
Released: 1962-02-21

A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.

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Bump in the Night

as Katie Leonard
Released: 1991-01-06

Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her...

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A Mother's Revenge

as Bess Warden
Released: 1993-11-14

A girl is beaten and raped by someone from the school, but he doesn't go to prison because there...

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Flight from Ashiya

as Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Released: 1964-03-25

Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US...

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Ice Palace

as Grace Kennedy
Released: 1960-01-02

Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers,...

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The Other Side of the Tracks

as Helen
Released: 2008-03-28

A depressed young man struggles to move on and escape haunting memories of his girlfriend,...

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Medical Story

as Phyllis Lenahan
Released: 1975-09-04

A young intern goes up against three older surgeons as to whether or not a young actress should...

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My Louisiana Sky

as Jewel Ramsey
Released: 2001-05-12

A girl comes to terms with her mentally challenged parents.

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House of Women

as Erica Hayden
Released: 1962-04-11

An innocent, pregnant prison inmate (Shirley Knight) becomes the bad warden's (Andrew Duggan)...

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A Marriage of Convenience

as Harriet Winslow
Released: 1998-10-18

Succesful business woman gives up her career and raises the son of her deceased sister. His...

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With Intent to Kill

as Edna Reinecker
Released: 1984-10-24

A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder...

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The Defection of Simas Kudirka

as Genna Kudirka
Released: 1978-01-23

Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking...

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Periphery

as Leanne Cross
Released: 2018-03-26

A dying woman wishes to see her family through the good times and the bad times she will miss.

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The Lie

as Anna
Released: 1973-04-24

An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as...

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Secrets

as Beatrice
Released: 1971-09-21

A woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital...

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Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

as Joan Hart
Released: 1996-11-24

Story about a runner whose bulimia and anorexia threatens both her dream of competing in the...

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A Father for Brittany

as Donna Minkowitz
Released: 1998-03-15

Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster...

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Dutchman

as Lula
Released: 1966-12-28

A young conservative black man, minding his own business, rides a nearly empty subway car. The...

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Shadow Over Elveron

as Joanne Tregaskis
Released: 1968-03-05

A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go...

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Champions: A Love Story

as Barbara Harlich
Released: 1979-01-13

Two teens become romantically involved as they train for a skating championship.

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Convictions

as Margaret
Released: 1997-11-10

It has been nine years since Bancroft's character shot Brown's son. She goes to the prison to...

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Love and Debate

as Lea
Released: 2006-06-13

A girl goes to Harvard and joins the debate team. She has to deal with a ton of issues, from...

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The Counterfeit Killer

as Angie Peterson
Released: 1968-05-01

A Secret Service agent poses as a waterfront hit man to infiltrate a global ring of counterfeiters.

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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

as Reenie Flood
Released: 1960-09-28

In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company...

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Filmmaker

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1968-12-01

A behind-the-scenes documentary by George Lucas about 29-year-old Francis Ford Coppola and his...

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Return to Earth

as Joan Aldrin
Released: 1976-05-14

The story of Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to walk on the moon, and the problems he had...

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The Country Girl

as Georgie Elgin
Released: 1974-02-05

Frank Elgin's career in the theater is all washed up — but his friend Bernie thinks he can make...

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Fly Cherry

as Miss Christina
Released: 2003-01-12

A young girl dreams of flying, to get away from her neglectful mother, and forms a bond with her...

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Shadow of a Doubt

as Helen Potter
Released: 1991-04-27

Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for...

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Five Gates to Hell

as Sister Maria
Released: 1959-09-23

A group of nurses, doctors and nuns are taken hostage in Vietnam and sent up river to a castle...

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When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

as Edna Larson
Released: 1993-05-18

A woman places an ad in the "Soldier of Fortune" magazine to hire a contract killer.

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Mary & Tim

as Esther
Released: 1996-11-03

Another adaptation of the novel "Tim", about the love that develops between a mentally...

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The Missing Girl

as Mrs. Colvins
Released: 2015-09-13

THE MISSING GIRL tells the story of Mort, the lonely and disillusioned owner of a comic book...

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Baby Brokers

as Sylvia
Released: 1994-02-21

A woman (Cybill Shepherd) financially supports the natural parents in hope of adopting their...

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The Yarn Princess

as Esther
Released: 1994-03-27

Margaret, who has certain mental disabilities, struggles when her husband, Jake, is diagnosed...

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A House on a Hill

as Mercedes Mayfield
Released: 2003-11-14

A once-successful architect (Philip Baker Hall) has become a grumpy loner, but a young couple...

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P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!

as Aunt Claire
Released: 2002-02-22

With his life already in shambles -- his girlfriend just dumped him, he's lost his acting gig,...

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Death in Venice, CA

as Mona Dickens
Released: 1994-10-01

A stressed out writer's getaway is complicated by advances from a lascivious 17-year-old relative.

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Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

as Sally Ann
Released: 1996-01-07

A young boy goes to spend the summer with his aunts in the South. He finds himself drawn to...

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Dad, the Angel & Me

as Betty
Released: 1995-01-01

A divorced doctor finds himself in real trouble living with his daughter alone now. But...

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75 Degrees in July

as Jo Beth Anderson
Released: 2000-01-01

Sibling rivalry and other conflicts are revealed as one daughter, now a successful modern artist...

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Kennedy's Children

as Carla
Released: 1982-02-11

In 1974, five former activists from the 1960s meet in a bar, but do not relate. Each is lost in...

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To Save a Child

as Rinda Larson
Released: 1991-09-08

A doctor and his pregnant young wife move into a small New Mexico town. At first the locals are...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Wharton
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Rose Granville
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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L.A. Law

as Belinda Collins
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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House

as Georgia Adams
First aired: 2004-11-16

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of...

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Drop Dead Diva

as Millie Carlson
First aired: 2009-07-12

A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a...

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Hot in Cleveland

as Loretta
First aired: 2010-06-16

Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever...

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NYPD Blue

as Agnes Cantwell
First aired: 1993-09-21

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Elizabeth Bourdon
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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The Bob Hope Show

as Self
First aired: 1950-04-09

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...

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Law & Order

as Melanie Cullen
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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The Outer Limits

as Noelle Anderson
First aired: 1963-09-16

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes...

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Ally McBeal

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-09-08

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and...

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The Fugitive

as Mona Ross
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Fugitive

as Jane Washburn
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Fugitive

as Janice Pruitt
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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Matlock

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-03-03

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...

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Alias Smith and Jones

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-05

Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to...

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Desperate Housewives

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-10-03

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Mari Ellen Taylor
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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The Roaring 20's

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-15

The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.

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The Streets of San Francisco

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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Target: The Corruptors!

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-29

Target: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired...

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Arrest and Trial

as Rhoda Waggner
First aired: 1963-09-15

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...

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Ghost Story

as Beth
First aired: 1972-09-15

Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from...

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Bourbon Street Beat

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-05

"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which...

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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-14

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Cold Case

as Dottie
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Crossing Jordan

as Frances Littleton
First aired: 2001-09-24

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan...

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Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-05

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer...

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The Restless Gun

as Heide Ritter
First aired: 1957-09-23

The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and...

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The Equalizer

as Kay
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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ER

as Mrs. Burke
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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Maverick

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-22

Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins....

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The Virginian

as Susan Morrow
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Clara Malone
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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thirtysomething

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-29

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late...

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Naked City

as Kathy Meigs
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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The Unit

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-03-07

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the...

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The Defenders

as Bethany Windell
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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The Invaders

as Margaret Cook
First aired: 1967-01-10

The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to...

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Lawman

as Tendis Weston
First aired: 1958-10-05

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962...

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Barnaby Jones

as Kay Lewiston
First aired: 1973-01-28

Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as...

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Hawaiian Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-07

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...

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Surfside 6

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-06

Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Night Visions

as Mrs. Finch
First aired: 2001-07-12

Horror anthology series, with each episode comprising two half-hour stories dealing with themes...

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Cybill

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-01-02

Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January...

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Rawhide

as Jennie Cooper
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Bronco

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-23

Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United...

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The Texan

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-29

The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Georgie Elgin
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Potter
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Children of the Dust

as Aunt Bertha
First aired: 1995-02-26

Gypsy Smith, is a gunfighter and a bounty hunter. When he leads the US army into a Cheyenne camp...

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Johnny Staccato

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-10

Johnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from...

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The Manhunter

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-11

The Manhunter is an American crime drama that was part of CBS' lineup for the 1974–1975...

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VR.5

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-03-10

VR.5 is an American television program originally broadcast on the Fox network from March 10,...

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Nurse

as Sylvia Dennis
First aired: 1981-04-02

Nurse is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from April 2, 1981 to May 1982. Series star...

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Significant Others

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-03-11

Significant Others is an American drama series that aired on the Fox Network from March 11, 1998...

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Angel Falls

as Edie Wren Cox
First aired: 1993-08-26

Angel Falls is a drama series that aired from August 26, 1993 to September 30, 1993. The premise...

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