Shirley Knight Hopkins (July 5, 1939 – April 22, 2020) was an American actress best known for Paul Blart: Mall Cop, As Good as It Gets, and Grandma's Boy (2006).
She was married to Gene Persson and John Hopkins, and had two children, including Kaitlin Hopkins.
Knight died in 2020 at the age of 83 from natural causes.
Filmography:
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Film roles
- Five Gates To Hell as Sister Maria
- Ice Palace as Grace Kennedy, age 16
- The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs as Reenie Flood
- The Couch as Terry Ames
- Sweet Bird Of Youth as Heavenly Finley
- House Of Women as Erica Hayden
- Flight From Ashiya as Caroline Gordon//Stevenson
- The Group as Polly
- Dutchman as Lula
- The Counterfeit Killer as Angie Peterson
- Petulia as Polo
- The Rain People as Natalie
- Secrets as Beatrice
- Juggernaut as Barbara Bannister
- Beyond The Poseidon Adventure as Hannah Meredith
- Endless Love as Ann
- The Sender as Jerolyn
- A Mothers Revenge as Bess Warden (TV Movie)
- Color of Night as Edith Niedelmeyer
- Stuart Saves His Family as Mom
- Incdictment The Mc Martin Trial as Peggy Buckey (TV Movie)
- Diabolique as Edie Danziger
- Somebody Is Waiting as Irma Gill
- Little Boy Blue as Doris Knight
- As Good as It Gets as Beverly
- A Father For Brittany as Donna Minkowitz (TV Movie)
- A Marriage Of Convenience as Harriet Winslow (TV Movie)
- Seventy Five Degrees In July as Jo Beth Anderson
- A House On A Hill as Mercedes Mayfield
- Angel Eyes as Elanora Davis
- The Salton Sea as Nancy Plummer
- PS Your Cat Is Dead as Aunt Claire
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood as Necie
- Sexual Life as Joanne
- Grandma's Boy (2006) as Bea
- Open Window as Dr. Ann Monohan
- Love And Debate as Lea
- The Other Side Of The Tracks as Helen
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop as Mom
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 as Mom
- The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee as Dot Nadeau
- Listen to Your Heart as Grandma Sam
- Our Idiot Brother as Ilene
- Elevator as Jane Redding
- Redwood Highway as Marie
- Mercy as Mercy
- The Missing Girl as Mrs. Colvins
Television roles
- Playbill as Julia (2 episodes)
- Buckskin as Mrs. Newcomb (7 episodes)
- The Restless Gun as Heide Ritter (1 episode)
- Rawhide as Jennie Cooper (1 episode)
- Johnny Staccato as Shirley Gardner Darrow (1 episode)
- Hawaiian Eye as various (3 episodes)
- The Texan as lily Atkins (2 episodes)
- 77 Sunset Strip as Mari Ellen Taylor (1 episode)
- Bronco as various (2 episodes)
- Maverick as Nancy Powers (1 episode)
- Lawman as Tendis Weston (1 episode)
- Naked City as Kathy Meigs (1 episode)
- Eleventh Hour as Anne (1 episode)
- The Outer Limits (1963) as Noelle Anderson (1 episode)
- Arrest And Trial as Rhoda Waggner (1 episode)
- The Virginian as Clara Malone/Susan Morrow (2 episodes)
- The Fugitive as various (3 episodes)
- The Reporter as Sandy the Phone Operator (1 episode)
- The Defenders (1961) as Bethany Windell (1 episode)
- The Invaders (1967) as Margaret Cook (1 episode)
- Alias Smith and Jones as Amy Martin (1 episode)
- Circle Of Fear as Beth (1 episode)
- The Streets of San Francisco as Mary Rae Dortmunder (1 episode)
- Medical Center as Amy Calloway (1 episode)
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Angie Ferra (1 episode)
- The Manhunter as Melva Tice (1 episode)
- Barnaby Jones as Kay Lewiston (1 episode)
- Tales of the Unexpected as Elizabeth Bourdon (1 episode)
- Nurse as Sylvia Dennis (1 episode)
- Spenser For Hire as Katie Quirk (2 episodes)
- One Life to Live as Claire (1 episode)
- Billionaire Boys Club as Joe Hunt's Mother (Uncredited Role)
- thirtysomething as Ruth Murdoch (2 episodes)
- The Equalizer as Kay (1 episode)
- Murder, She Wrote as Grace Lambert/Grace Fenton (2 episodes)
- Matlock as Phyllis Todd (1 episode)
- Law & Order as Melanie Cullen (1 episode)
- L.A. Law as Belinda Collins (1 episode)
- Angel Falls as Eddie Wren Cox (1 episode)
- Fudge as Mrs. A (1 episode)
- NYPD Blue as Agnes Cantwell (1 episode)
- Children Of The Dust as Aunt Bertha
- Cybill as Loretta (1 episode)
- Maggie Winters as Estelle Winters
- The Fugitive as Delores Dalkowski (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Rose Granville/Dr. Wharton (2 episodes)
- Ally McBeal as Helen Apple (1 episode)
- Night Visions as Mrs. Finch (1 episode)
- ER as Mrs. Burke (1 episode)
- Crossing Jordan as Frances Littleton (1 episode)
- Cold Case as Dottie (1 episode)
- House as Georgia Adams (1 episode)
- Desperate Housewives as Phyllis Van De Kamp (5 episodes)
- The Unit as Mrs. Gaffney (1 episode)
- Drop Dead Diva as Millie Carlson (1 episode)
- Hot in Cleveland as Loretta (1 episode)
- The Mob Doctor as Ann Wilson (1 episode)
