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.

Filmography

• 2025Standby — Glenna
• Shrinking — Susan
• The Watchful Eye — Mrs. Ivey
• Halston — Eleanor Lambert
• 2019Art of Falling in Love — Iris
• 2018The Salzburg Story
• 2017Saint Janet — Janet
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — Benedetta
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life — Emily Gilmore
• Bunheads — Fanny Flowers
• 2012Friends with Kids — Marcy Fryman
• 2011A Novel Romance — Lily Sparks
• Mercy
• The Good Wife — Bea Wilson
• Army Wives — Jean Calhoun
• 2000Blue Moon — Peggy's Mother
• Gilmore Girls — Emily Gilmore
• 2000Wonder Boys — Amanda Leer
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Julia Zimmer, Registrar
• 1999My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception — Sylvia Weinstein
• 1997Cafe Society — Mrs. Jelke
• 1997Private Parts — Ray Stern
• 1995Miami Rhapsody — Zelda
• My Wildest Dreams
• 1993Six Degrees of Separation — Adele
• 1992First Impressions — Roxanne Holden
• 1991Queens Logic — Maria
• Law & Order — Marian Borland
• 1988Me and Him — Mrs. Aramis
• The Thorns — Ginger Thorn
• 1987Dirty Dancing — Marjorie Houseman
• 1986Solarbabies — Tutore Nover
• 1985The Recovery Room — Kaye
• Kate & Allie
• Cassie & Co. — Irene French
• 1982O'Hara's Wife — Beth Douglas
• The New Odd Couple — Charity Morningstar
• 1981Advice to the Lovelorn — Rita Borden
• 1978An Unmarried Woman — Elaine Liebowitz
• Hawaii Five-O — Char

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2026"Dirty Dancing", comédie romantique engagée — Self
• 2025Broadway's Leading Ladies — Self
• 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self
• Broadway: The Next Generation — Self
• Searching for Stars Hollow — Self