Kelly Bishop

Acting · Born 1944-02-28 · 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.

Known for

• Broadway's Leading Ladies (2025)
• Standby (2025)
• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
• Art of Falling in Love (2019)
• The Salzburg Story (2018)
• Saint Janet (2017)
• Friends with Kids (2012)
• A Novel Romance (2011)
• Wonder Boys (2000)
• Blue Moon (2000)
• My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception (1999)
• Private Parts (1997)
• Cafe Society (1997)
• Miami Rhapsody (1995)
• Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
• First Impressions (1992)
• Queens Logic (1991)
• Me and Him (1988)
• Dirty Dancing (1987)
• Solarbabies (1986)
• The Recovery Room (1985)
• O'Hara's Wife (1982)
• Advice to the Lovelorn (1981)
• An Unmarried Woman (1978)