Kelly Bishop

Kelly Bishop is an American actress born February 28, 1944. She is best known for her role as Emily Gilmore on the WB series, Gilmore Girls. Bishop is also well known for her role as Marjorie Houseman on the hit classic, Dirty Dancing.

Movies and TV[edit | edit source]

Movies[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role
1966 Step Out of Your Mind Missy Linden
1978 An Unmarried Woman Elaine Liebowitz
1982 O'Hara's Wife Beth Douglas
1986 Solarbabies Tutor Nover
1987 Dirty Dancing Marjorie Houseman
1988 Me and Him Eleanor Aramis
1991 Queens Logic Maria
1993 Six Degrees of Separation Adele
1995 Miami Rhapsody Zelda
1995 Cafe Society Mrs. Jelke
1997 Private Part Ray Stern
1999 My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception Sylvia Wienstein
2000 Blue Moon Peggy's Mother
2000 Wonder Boys Amanda Leer
2011 Friends with Kids Marcy Fryman
2011 A Novel Romance Lily Sparks
2014 Saint Janet Janet Turner

Television[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role
1976 Hawaii Five-0 Char
1981 Advice to the Lovelorn Rita Borden
1982 Hart to Hart Laura
1983 The New Odd Couple Charity
1984 Kate & Allie Paulette
1985 The Recovery Room Kaye Brenner
1987 As the World Turns Grace Wescott Andrews
1988 The Thorns Ginger Thorn
1989 One Life to Live Serena Wyman
1990 The Baby-Sitters Club Flora
1992 ABC Afterschool Special Roxanne Holden
1992 Law & Order Marian Borland
1992 Murphy Brown Connie Silverberg
1995 All My Children Freida Landau
1995 My Wildest Dreams Gloria James
1996 One Life to Live Dr. Robbins
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Registrar
2000–2007 Gilmore Girls Emily Gilmore
2008–2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Julia Zimmer
2009 Army Wives Jean Calhoun
2010 Mercy Lauren Kempton
2010 The Good Wife Mrs. Kent (voice)
2012–2013 Bunheads Fanny Flowers
2015 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Elizabeth
2015 Flesh and Bone Mrs. Hawthorn
2015–2016 The Good Wife Bea Wilson
2016 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Emily Gilmore
2021 Halston Eleanor Lambert
2022 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Benedetta

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