Kelly Bishop
Highest Rated: 90% An Unmarried Woman (1978)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Feb 28, 1944
Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
A highly talented performer of musical theater who has made some inroads moving into character roles in straight comedy and drama, Kelly Bishop is one of those performers whose abilities are heralded by show business insiders, but whose star does not glisten as much as it should. A "gypsy" (chorus dancer) from her teen years, she is best recalled by theatergoers for her Tony-winning performance as Sheila, the aging, sarcastic hoofer, in the original Broadway company of "A Chorus Line" (1975). In films, Bishop may be remembered as Jill Clayburgh's best friend and confidante in "An Unmarried Woman" (1978) and as the mother of Jennifer Grey in "Dirty Dancing" (1987).
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Art of Falling in Love | Iris (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saint Janet | Janet (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 0% | 24% | A Novel Romance | Lily Sparks (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception | Sylvia Wienstein (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 73% | 68% | Private Parts | Ray Stern (Character) | $41.2M | 1997 |
| 45% | 26% | Miami Rhapsody | Zelda (Character) | $5.2M | 1995 |
| 30% | 35% | Queens Logic | Maria (Character) | $301.6K | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Me & Him | Eleanor Aramis (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 72% | 90% | Dirty Dancing | Marjorie Houseman (Character) | $486.3K | 1987 |
| 90% | 73% | An Unmarried Woman | Elaine (Character) | - | 1978 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80% | 78% | The Watchful Eye | Mrs. Ivey (Character) | 2023 |
| 67% | 80% | Halston | Eleanor Lambert (Character) | 2021 |
| 86% | 86% | Gilmore Girls | Emily Gilmore (Character) | 2000-2007 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Emily Gilmore (Character) | 2016 |
| 93% | 91% | The Good Wife | Bea Wilson (Guest Star) | 2015-2016 |
| 61% | 89% | Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll | Elizabeth (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 100% | 93% | Bunheads | Fanny (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 |
| 25% | 75% | Mercy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Army Wives | Jean Calhoun (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 78% | 84% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Julia Zimmer (Guest Star) | 2000 2009 |
| 25% | No Score Yet | Talk to Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate & Allie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Odd Couple | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |