Kelly Bishop is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls and as Marjorie Houseman, the mother of Jennifer Grey's Frances "Baby" Houseman, in the film Dirty Dancing.
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Dirty Dancing
Wonder Boys
Friends with Kids
Private Parts
Six Degrees of Separation
An Unmarried Woman
Solarbabies
Miami Rhapsody
Queens Logic
Art of Falling in Love
Me and Him
Cafe Society
A Novel Romance
O'Hara's Wife
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception
The Salzburg Story
Blue Moon
Advice to the Lovelorn
Standby
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Saint Janet
Broadway: The Next Generation
Broadway's Leading Ladies45 credits on file
Television 18
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
Gilmore Girls
The Good Wife
Shrinking
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Hawaii Five-O
Army Wives
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Kate & Allie
The Watchful Eye
Halston
Mercy
Bunheads
Cassie & Co.
The New Odd CoupleAwards 2
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About this person
Kelly Bishop is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls and as Marjorie Houseman, the mother of Jennifer Grey's Frances "Baby" Houseman, in the film Dirty Dancing. Bishop originated the role of Sheila in A Chorus Line for which she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2023, she starred as Mrs. Ivey in The Watchful Eye (2023).
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