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BornFebruary 28, 1944 (age 82)
Place of birthColorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Film credits27
Kelly Bishop
AliveKnown for Acting
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.
Filmography
"Dirty Dancing", comédie romantique engagée
2026
as Self
Broadway's Leading Ladies
2025
as Self
Standby
2025
as Glenna
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Art of Falling in Love
2019
as Iris
The Salzburg Story
2018
Saint Janet
2017
as Janet
Friends with Kids
2012
as Marcy Fryman
A Novel Romance
2011
as Lily Sparks
Wonder Boys
2000
as Amanda Leer
Blue Moon
2000
as Peggy's Mother
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
1999
as Sylvia Weinstein
Cafe Society
1997
as Mrs. Jelke
Private Parts
1997
as Ray Stern
Miami Rhapsody
1995
as Zelda
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Adele
- No poster
First Impressions
1992
as Roxanne Holden
Queens Logic
1991
as Maria
Me and Him
1988
as Mrs. Aramis
Dirty Dancing
1987
as Marjorie Houseman
Solarbabies
1986
as Tutore Nover
- No poster
The Recovery Room
1985
as Kaye
O'Hara's Wife
1982
as Beth Douglas
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Rita Borden