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.
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Filmography
Acting (45)
Movies (27)
Standby
2025
Broadway's Leading Ladies
2025as Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021as Self
Art of Falling in Love
2019as Iris
The Salzburg Story
2018
Saint Janet
2017as Janet
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017as Self
Dangerous Liaisons
2014as Lucille Julien
Friends with Kids
2012as Marcy Fryman
A Novel Romance
2011as Lily Sparks
Wonder Boys
2000as Amanda Leer
Blue Moon
2000as Peggy's Mother
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
1999as Sylvia Weinstein
Private Parts
1997as Ray Stern
Cafe Society
1997as Mrs. Jelke
Miami Rhapsody
1995as Zelda
Six Degrees of Separation
1993as Adele
First Impressions
1992as Roxanne Holden
Queens Logic
1991as Maria
Me and Him
1988as Mrs. Aramis
Dirty Dancing
1987as Marjorie Houseman
Solarbabies
1986as Tutore Nover
The Recovery Room
1985as Kaye
O'Hara's Wife
1982as Beth Douglas
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981as Rita Borden
An Unmarried Woman
1978as Elaine Liebowitz
Searching for Stars Hollow
as Self
Television (18)
Shrinking
2023as Susan
The Watchful Eye
2023as Mrs. Ivey
Halston
2021as Eleanor Lambert
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017as Benedetta
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016as Emily Gilmore
Bunheads
2012as Fanny Flowers
The Good Wife
2009as Bea Wilson
Mercy
2009
Army Wives
2007as Jean Calhoun
Gilmore Girls
2000as Emily Gilmore
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Registrar
My Wildest Dreams
1995
Law & Order
1990as Marian Borland
The Thorns
1988as Ginger Thorn
Kate & Allie
1984
The New Odd Couple
1982as Charity Morningstar
Cassie & Co.
1982
Hawaii Five-O
1968as Char
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