Kelly Bishop
Acting
1944-02-28Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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
tv
7.9
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · tv
tv
7.3
1990
Law & Order
1990 · tv
tv
7.9
2000
Gilmore Girls
2000 · tv
tv
7.6
2009
The Good Wife
2009 · tv
tv
7.2
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · tv
tv
7.5
2007
Army Wives
2007 · tv
tv
7.8
2023
Shrinking
2023 · tv
tv
8.1
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 · tv
tv
6.0
1984
Kate & Allie
1984 · tv
movie
7.3
1987
Dirty Dancing
1987 · movie
tv
7.3
2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016 · tv
tv
5.8
2009
Mercy
2009 · tv
tv
7.4
2012
Bunheads
2012 · tv
tv
7.0
2021
Halston
2021 · tv
tv
5.3
1982
Cassie & Co.
1982 · tv
tv
5.8
1982
The New Odd Couple
1982 · tv
movie
6.0
2012
Friends with Kids
2012 · movie
tv
6.6
2023
The Watchful Eye
2023 · tv
movie
6.8
2000
Wonder Boys
2000 · movie
movie
5.3
1995
Miami Rhapsody
1995 · movie
movie
4.9
1997
Cafe Society
1997 · movie
movie
6.5
1997
Private Parts
1997 · movie
movie
6.4
1993
Six Degrees of Separation
1993 · movie
movie
6.7
1978
An Unmarried Woman
1978 · movie
movie
5.3
1986
Solarbabies
1986 · movie
movie
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · movie
movie
7.1
2011
A Novel Romance
2011 · movie
movie
2025
Broadway's Leading Ladies
2025 · movie
movie
5.8
1991
Queens Logic
1991 · movie
movie
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Broadway: The Next Generation
— · movie