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Kelly Bishop

Date of birth: 1944-02-28

Place of birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Carole Bishop, کلی بیشاپ

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.

Movie Credits

Dirty Dancing
3.7

Dirty Dancing

1987-08-21

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old F

Private Parts
3.2

Private Parts

1997-03-07

The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to

An Unmarried Woman
3.4

An Unmarried Woman

1978-05-24

A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sex

Friends with Kids
3

Friends with Kids

2012-03-09

In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide

Me and Him
1.4

Me and Him

1988-09-14

A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing

Six Degrees of Separation
3.2

Six Degrees of Separation

1993-12-08

The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly man

Wonder Boys
3.4

Wonder Boys

2000-02-22

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his

Broadway: The Next Generation
0

Broadway: The Next Generation

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

A Novel Romance
3.6

A Novel Romance

2011-11-11

Nate Shepherd, late 40's, and Jenny Sparks, early 30's, meet in a fancy New York eatery. Complete st

Advice to the Lovelorn
2.5

Advice to the Lovelorn

1981-11-30

A failed pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the

My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
1.5

My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception

1999-01-09

This brutally honest comedy depicts the Jewish-Italian wedding reception of Lisa Weinstein (Deborah

Saint Janet
3

Saint Janet

2017-03-28

When Janet Turner comes to believe God has given her the power to heal, her two grown children wrest

Queens Logic
2.9

Queens Logic

1991-02-01

When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not hap

O'Hara's Wife
1.8

O'Hara's Wife

1982-01-01

Workaholic attorney Bob O'Hara is devastated when his wife dies suddenly. However, she returns to ha

Miami Rhapsody
2.6

Miami Rhapsody

1995-01-27

Even though Gwyn Marcus is engaged to her boyfriend, Matt, she is still afraid of commitment. While

Art of Falling in Love
3.3

Art of Falling in Love

2019-08-10

A spirited artist with a mysterious bucket list gets a commission to paint a mural on a new hospital

The Salzburg Story
2.3

The Salzburg Story

2018-08-24

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
0

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021-08-14

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as

The Recovery Room
0

The Recovery Room

1985-07-13

A failed sitcom about a "Cheers"-type bar located across the street from a bustling urban hospital,

Solarbabies
2.6

Solarbabies

1986-11-26

In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly

Cafe Society
2.4

Cafe Society

1997-07-18

New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting

Broadway's Leading Ladies
0

Broadway's Leading Ladies

2025-11-28

Join an extraordinary lineup of talent and the American Pops Orchestra to pay tribute to the women w

Dangerous Liaisons
0

Dangerous Liaisons

2014-01-01

Blue Moon
2.5

Blue Moon

2000-01-16

Hoping to revitalize their marriage, an elderly couple from New York (Gazzara, Moreno) go on vacatio

First Impressions
0

First Impressions

1992-03-19

Summer Stories: The Mall - Part 1 A girl is torn whether to meet her birth mother.

Searching for Stars Hollow
0

Searching for Stars Hollow

For the 25th anniversary of the beloved American dramedy television series Gilmore Girls, this docum

Standby
0

Standby

2025-09-28

Jerry, a quiet and dispirited middle-aged gay actor, works as a standby for the hit off-Broadway sho