Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 28, 1944
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Credits
44 titles
Kelly Bishop
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.
Known For
Filmography
Broadway's Leading Ladies
Self
Standby
Glenna
The Watchful Eye
Mrs. Ivey
Shrinking
Susan
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Halston
Eleanor Lambert
Art of Falling in Love
Iris
The Salzburg Story
Saint Janet
Janet
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Benedetta
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Emily Gilmore
Bunheads
Fanny Flowers
Friends with Kids
Marcy Fryman
A Novel Romance
Lily Sparks
Mercy
The Good Wife
Bea Wilson
Army Wives
Jean Calhoun
Gilmore Girls
Emily Gilmore
Wonder Boys
Amanda Leer
Blue Moon
Peggy's Mother
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Julia Zimmer
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
Sylvia Weinstein
Cafe Society
Mrs. Jelke
Private Parts
Ray Stern
My Wildest Dreams
Miami Rhapsody
Zelda
Six Degrees of Separation
Adele
First Impressions
Roxanne Holden
Queens Logic
Maria
Law & Order
Marian Borland
Me and Him
Mrs. Aramis
The Thorns
Ginger Thorn
Dirty Dancing
Marjorie Houseman
Solarbabies
Tutore Nover
The Recovery Room
Kaye
Kate & Allie
The New Odd Couple
Charity Morningstar
Cassie & Co.
Irene French
O'Hara's Wife
Beth Douglas
Advice to the Lovelorn
Rita Borden
An Unmarried Woman
Elaine Liebowitz
Hawaii Five-O
Char
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Searching for Stars Hollow
Self