Acting credits
40
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Kelly Bishop
Acting
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1.0
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Movies: 24Series: 16
TMDB ID: 728
IMDb ID: nm0084105
Known for: Acting
Born: February 28, 1944
Age: 81
Place of birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2025
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.82
Wikidata: Q237247
Also known as
Carole Bishop • کلی بیشاپ
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kelly Bishop.
Broadway's Leading Ladies
as Self
2025 Movie
Standby
2025 Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021 Movie
6.5
Art of Falling in Love
as Iris
2019 Movie
5.0
The Salzburg Story
2018 Movie
10.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017 Movie
6.0
Saint Janet
as Janet
2017 Movie
6.0
Friends with Kids
as Marcy Fryman
2012 Movie
7.6
A Novel Romance
as Lily Sparks
2011 Movie
6.8
Wonder Boys
as Amanda Leer
2000 Movie
5.0
Blue Moon
as Peggy's Mother
2000 Movie
3.0
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
as Sylvia Weinstein
1999 Movie
4.7
Cafe Society
as Mrs. Jelke
1997 Movie
6.5
Private Parts
as Ray Stern
1997 Movie
5.2
Miami Rhapsody
as Zelda
1995 Movie
6.4
Six Degrees of Separation
as Adele
1993 Movie
5.8
Queens Logic
as Maria
1991 Movie
2.9
Me and Him
as Mrs. Aramis
1988 Movie
7.3
Dirty Dancing
as Marjorie Houseman
1987 Movie
5.3
Solarbabies
as Tutore Nover
1986 Movie
3.5
O'Hara's Wife
as Beth Douglas
1982 Movie
5.0
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Rita Borden
1981 Movie
6.7
An Unmarried Woman
as Elaine Liebowitz
1978 Movie
Searching for Stars Hollow
as Self
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kelly Bishop.
6.6
The Watchful Eye
as Mrs. Ivey • 10 eps
2023 Series
7.8
Shrinking
as Susan • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.0
Halston
as Eleanor Lambert • 1 eps
2021 Series
8.0
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Benedetta • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.3
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Emily Gilmore • 4 eps
2016 Series
7.4
Bunheads
as Fanny Flowers • 18 eps
2012 Series
5.7
Mercy
3 eps
2009 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Bea Wilson • 2 eps
2009 Series
7.5
Army Wives
as Jean Calhoun • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.9
Gilmore Girls
as Emily Gilmore • 153 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Julia Zimmer • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Marian Borland • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.9
Kate & Allie
1 eps
1984 Series
5.0
The New Odd Couple
as Charity Morningstar • 1 eps
1982 Series
4.5
Cassie & Co.
as Irene French • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Char • 1 eps
1968 Series