Actor profile

Kelly Bishop

28th February 1944 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Acting

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.

26 Movies 18 TV Shows 44 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Broadway's Leading Ladies poster

Broadway's Leading Ladies 28th November 2025 as Self

Standby poster

Standby 28th September 2025 as Glenna

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 14th August 2021 as Self

Art of Falling in Love poster

Art of Falling in Love 10th August 2019 as Iris

The Salzburg Story poster

The Salzburg Story 24th August 2018

Saint Janet poster

Saint Janet 28th March 2017 as Janet

Friends with Kids poster

Friends with Kids 9th March 2012 as Marcy Fryman

A Novel Romance poster

A Novel Romance 11th November 2011 as Lily Sparks

Wonder Boys poster

Wonder Boys 22nd February 2000 as Amanda Leer

Blue Moon poster

Blue Moon 16th January 2000 as Peggy's Mother

My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception poster

My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception 9th January 1999 as Sylvia Weinstein

Cafe Society poster

Cafe Society 18th July 1997 as Mrs. Jelke

Private Parts poster

Private Parts 7th March 1997 as Ray Stern

Miami Rhapsody poster

Miami Rhapsody 27th January 1995 as Zelda

Six Degrees of Separation poster

Six Degrees of Separation 8th December 1993 as Adele

First Impressions 19th March 1992 as Roxanne Holden

Queens Logic poster

Queens Logic 1st February 1991 as Maria

Me and Him poster

Me and Him 14th September 1988 as Mrs. Aramis

Dirty Dancing poster

Dirty Dancing 21st August 1987 as Marjorie Houseman

Solarbabies poster

Solarbabies 26th November 1986 as Tutore Nover

The Recovery Room 13th July 1985 as Kaye

O'Hara's Wife poster

O'Hara's Wife 1st January 1982 as Beth Douglas

Advice to the Lovelorn poster

Advice to the Lovelorn 30th November 1981 as Rita Borden

An Unmarried Woman poster

An Unmarried Woman 24th May 1978 as Elaine Liebowitz

Broadway: The Next Generation poster

Broadway: The Next Generation as Self

Searching for Stars Hollow as Self

The Watchful Eye poster

The Watchful Eye 30th January 2023 as Mrs. Ivey

Shrinking poster

Shrinking 26th January 2023 as Susan

Halston poster

Halston 14th May 2021 as Eleanor Lambert

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel poster

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 16th March 2017 as Benedetta

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life poster

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life 25th November 2016 as Emily Gilmore

Bunheads poster

Bunheads 11th June 2012 as Fanny Flowers

Mercy poster

Mercy 23rd September 2009

The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife 22nd September 2009 as Bea Wilson

Army Wives poster

Army Wives 3rd June 2007 as Jean Calhoun

Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls 5th October 2000 as Emily Gilmore

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Registrar

My Wildest Dreams 28th May 1995

Law & Order poster

Law & Order 13th September 1990 as Marian Borland

The Thorns 15th January 1988 as Ginger Thorn

Kate & Allie poster

Kate & Allie 19th March 1984

The New Odd Couple poster

The New Odd Couple 29th October 1982 as Charity Morningstar

Cassie & Co. poster

Cassie & Co. 29th January 1982 as Irene French

Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O 20th September 1968 as Char