Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight (1936 - 2020)
a.k.a. Shirley Knight Hopkins (before divorce)
==Film Deaths==
*Five Gates to Hell (1959) [Sister Maria]: Shot to death by Neville Brand. (Thanks to Big O)
*Ice Palace (1960) [Grace Kennedy]: Dies in childbirth, with Richard Burton and Carolyn Jones by her side.
*Flight from Ashiya (1964) [Caroline Gordon Stevenson]: Dies of a fever/infection following a miscarriage, with Richard Widmark by her bedside.
*Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) [Hannah Meredith]: Drowned when she falls from a ladder into the flooded chamber, her death is confirmed when Michael Caine tells Jack Warden. (Thanks to Eugene)
*Elevator (2011) [Jane Redding]: Dies of a heart attack while trapped in the elevator. (Thanks to Dignan)
*Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) [Blart's Mother]: Run over by a milk truck, as she collects her newspaper from the road in front of her house. (Played for comic effect.)
== TV Deaths==
*Ally McBeal: Homecoming (2002) [Helen Apple]: Dies (off-screen) of a stroke. (Thanks to Alex)
*Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Tragedy (2003) [Rose Granville]: Executed for plotting the kidnapping and murder of Karen Goberman.
==Noteworthy Connections==
*Ex-Mrs. John Hopkins (director)
*Ex-Mrs. Eugene Persson
*Mother of Kaitlin Hopkins
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