Kelly Bishop

Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Birthday: February 28, 1944

A highly talented performer of musical theater who has made some inroads moving into character roles in straight comedy and drama, Kelly Bishop is one of those performers whose abilities are heralded by show business insiders, but whose star does not glisten as much as it should. A "gypsy" (chorus dancer) from her teen years, she is best recalled by theatergoers for her Tony-winning performance as Sheila, the aging, sarcastic hoofer, in the original Broadway company of "A Chorus Line" (1975). In films, Bishop may be remember…more

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Actor

Summer Stories: The Mall
Roxanne Holden
The Recovery Room
Kaye Brenner
The Thorns
Ginger Thorn
Advice to the Lovelorn
Rita Borden
My Wildest Dreams
Gloria

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Career Milestones

2000 to 0000
Had regular role as the mother and grandmother of the titular "Gilmore Girls" (The WB)
1998
Replaced Carole Shelley (who in turn had replaced Dana Ivey) in the Tony-winning play "The Last Night of Ballyhoo"
1997
Played mother to Howard Stern in "Private Parts"
1997
Returned to Broadway in the short-lived Neil Simon play "Proposals"
1996
Cast as a doctor on the ABC soap "One Life to Live"