Actor

Kelly Bishop

1978–presentb. 1944ComedyDramaRomanceMusic

Comic Visionary

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Known For

24 acting credits

as Marjorie Houseman

Dirty Dancing

as Marjorie Houseman

1987

Dirty Dancing

as Amanda Leer

Wonder Boys

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2000

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Filmography

2025Broadway's Leading LadiesSelf 2025Standby 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf 2019Art of Falling in LoveIris6.5 2018The Salzburg Story4.7 2017Saint JanetJanet6.0 2012Friends with KidsMarcy Fryman

About

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.

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