Actor
Kelly Bishop
82 years · Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA · 24 films
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.
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Filmography 23
"Dirty Dancing", comédie romantique engagée
2026 · Self
Broadway's Leading Ladies
2025 · Self
Standby
2025 · Glenna
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Self
Art of Falling in Love
2019 · Iris
On Plex
The Salzburg Story
2018 · Actor
On Tubi TV
Saint Janet
2017 · Janet
On Tubi TV
Friends with Kids
2012 · Marcy Fryman
On Plex
A Novel Romance
2011 · Lily Sparks
On Amazon MX Player
Wonder Boys
2000 · Amanda Leer
On Kanopy
Blue Moon
2000 · Peggy's Mother
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
1999 · Sylvia Weinstein
On Plex
Cafe Society
1997 · Mrs. Jelke
On The Roku Channel
Private Parts
1997 · Ray Stern
On Hoopla
Miami Rhapsody
1995 · Zelda
On Hoopla
Six Degrees of Separation
1993 · Adele
On Hoopla
Queens Logic
1991 · Maria
On Tubi TV
Me and Him
1988 · Mrs. Aramis
Dirty Dancing
1987 · Marjorie Houseman
On Pluto TV
Solarbabies
1986 · Tutore Nover
On Philo
O'Hara's Wife
1982 · Beth Douglas
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981 · Rita Borden
An Unmarried Woman
1978 · Elaine Liebowitz