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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 28, 1944
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Also Known As
- Carole Bishop
- کلی بیشاپ
Kelly Bishop
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Broadway’s Leading Ladies
2025
6.7
Mrs. Ivey
The Watchful Eye
2023
7.7
Susan
Shrinking
2023
0.0
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
7.1
Eleanor Lambert
Halston
2021
6.3
Iris
Art of Falling in Love
2019
5.0
The Salzburg Story
2018
10.0
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
6.0
Janet
Saint Janet
2017
8.1
Benedetta
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
Credits
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Broadway’s Leading Ladies
2025
0.0
The Watchful Eye
as Mrs. Ivey
2023
6.7
Shrinking
as Susan
2023
7.7
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
0.0
Halston
as Eleanor Lambert
2021
7.1
Art of Falling in Love
as Iris
2019
6.3
The Salzburg Story
2018
5.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017
10.0
Saint Janet
as Janet
2017
6.0
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Benedetta
2017
8.1
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Emily Gilmore
2016
7.3
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Dangerous Liaisons
as Lucille Julien
2014
0.0
Bunheads
as Fanny Flowers
2012
7.3
Friends with Kids
as Marcy Fryman
2012
6.0
A Novel Romance
as Lily Sparks
2011
7.6
Mercy
2009
5.9
The Good Wife
as Bea Wilson
2009
7.6
Army Wives
2007
7.4
Gilmore Girls
as Emily Gilmore
2000
7.9
Wonder Boys
as Amanda Leer
2000
6.8
Blue Moon
as Peggy's Mother
2000
5.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Julia Zimmer
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Registrar
1999
7.9
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
as Sylvia Weinstein
1999
3.0
Cafe Society
as Mrs. Jelke
1997
5.0
Private Parts
as Ray Stern
1997
6.5
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My Wildest Dreams
1995
0.0
Miami Rhapsody
as Zelda
1995
5.4
Six Degrees of Separation
as Adele
1993
6.4
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First Impressions
as Roxanne Holden
1992
0.0
Queens Logic
as Maria
1991
5.8
Law & Order
as Marian Borland
1990
7.4
Me and Him
as Mrs. Aramis
1988
3.1
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The Thorns
as Ginger Thorn
1988
6.0
Dirty Dancing
as Marjorie Houseman
1987
7.3
Solarbabies
as Tutore Nover
1986
5.3
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The Recovery Room
as Kaye
1985
0.0
Kate & Allie
1984
5.9
The New Odd Couple
as Charity Morningstar
1982
5.0
Cassie & Co.
1982
4.5
O'Hara's Wife
as Beth Douglas
1982
1.0
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Rita Borden
1981
5.0
An Unmarried Woman
as Elaine Liebowitz
1978
6.7
Hawaii Five-O
as Char
1968
7.1