Kelly Bishop
February 28, 1944 (82 years old) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Kelly Bishop (born Carole Jane Bishop; on February 28, 1944) is an American actress, who is best known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls, and for her role as Jennifer Grey's mother in the film Dirty Dancing. She is also well remembered for her Tony-winning performance as Sheila in A Chorus Line.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · "Dirty Dancing", comédie romantique engagée as Self
- 2025 · Broadway's Leading Ladies as Self
- 2025 · Standby as Glenna
- 2023 · The Watchful Eye as Mrs. Ivey
- 2023 · Shrinking as Susan
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021 · Halston as Eleanor Lambert
- 2019 · Art of Falling in Love as Iris
- 2018 · The Salzburg Story as
- 2017 · Saint Janet as Janet
- 2017 · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Benedetta
- 2016 · Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as Emily Gilmore
- 2012 · Bunheads as Fanny Flowers
- 2012 · Friends with Kids as Marcy Fryman
- 2011 · A Novel Romance as Lily Sparks
- 2009 · Mercy as
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Bea Wilson
- 2007 · Army Wives as Jean Calhoun
- 2000 · Gilmore Girls as Emily Gilmore
- 2000 · Wonder Boys as Amanda Leer
- 2000 · Blue Moon as Peggy's Mother
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Julia Zimmer
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Registrar
- 1999 · My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception as Sylvia Weinstein
- 1997 · Cafe Society as Mrs. Jelke
- 1997 · Private Parts as Ray Stern
- 1995 · My Wildest Dreams as
- 1995 · Miami Rhapsody as Zelda
- 1993 · Six Degrees of Separation as Adele
- 1992 · First Impressions as Roxanne Holden
- 1991 · Queens Logic as Maria
- 1990 · Law & Order as Marian Borland
- 1988 · Me and Him as Mrs. Aramis
- 1988 · The Thorns as Ginger Thorn
- 1987 · Dirty Dancing as Marjorie Houseman
- 1986 · Solarbabies as Tutore Nover
- 1985 · The Recovery Room as Kaye
- 1984 · Kate & Allie as
- 1982 · The New Odd Couple as Charity Morningstar
- 1982 · Cassie & Co. as Irene French
- 1982 · O'Hara's Wife as Beth Douglas
- 1981 · Advice to the Lovelorn as Rita Borden
- 1978 · An Unmarried Woman as Elaine Liebowitz
- 1969 · Hawaii Five-O as Char
- Future · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- Future · Searching for Stars Hollow as Self