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Kelly Bishop
Acting
🎂 February 28, 1944 · 82📍 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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.
BODY OF WORK
Kelly Bishop's Filmography
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"Dirty Dancing", comédie romantique engagée
2026⭐ 7.5
as Self
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Broadway's Leading Ladies
2025
as Self
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Standby
2025
as Glenna
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
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Art of Falling in Love
2019⭐ 6.5
as Iris
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The Salzburg Story
2018⭐ 4.7
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Saint Janet
2017⭐ 6.0
as Janet
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Friends with Kids
2012⭐ 5.9
as Marcy Fryman
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A Novel Romance
2011⭐ 6.9
as Lily Sparks
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Wonder Boys
2000⭐ 6.8
as Amanda Leer
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Blue Moon
2000⭐ 7.5
as Peggy's Mother
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My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
1999⭐ 5.3
as Sylvia Weinstein
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Cafe Society
1997⭐ 4.9
as Mrs. Jelke
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Private Parts
1997⭐ 6.5
as Ray Stern
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Miami Rhapsody
1995⭐ 5.3
as Zelda
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Six Degrees of Separation
1993⭐ 6.4
as Adele
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No Poster
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First Impressions
1992
as Roxanne Holden
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Queens Logic
1991⭐ 5.8
as Maria
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Me and Him
1988⭐ 3.6
as Mrs. Aramis
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Dirty Dancing
1987⭐ 7.3
as Marjorie Houseman
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Solarbabies
1986⭐ 5.3
as Tutore Nover
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No Poster
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The Recovery Room
1985⭐ 7.0
as Kaye
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O'Hara's Wife
1982⭐ 5.7
as Beth Douglas
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Advice to the Lovelorn
1981⭐ 5.0
as Rita Borden
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An Unmarried Woman
1978⭐ 6.8
as Elaine Liebowitz
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Broadway: The Next Generation
TBA
as Self
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Searching for Stars Hollow
TBA
as Self