Kelly Bishop

Kelly Bishop

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday28 February 1944 (82 years old)
Place of birthColorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Known credits45

Biography

Carole "Kelly" Bishop 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.

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