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Gladys Knight
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 28, 1944 (81 years)
Gladys Maria Knight, known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and author. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.
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| 2025 | Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan · as Self (archive Footage) |
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| 2024 | A Motown Christmas · as Self |
| 2024 | Luther: Never Too Much · as Self |
| 2023 | The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Performer |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2021 | Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over · as Self |
| 2021 | The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Performer |
| 2021 | DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic: BET Mother's Day Edition · as Self - Performer |
| 2021 | Coming 2 America · as Gladys Knight |
| 2021 | Soul of a Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (TV Series) · as Herself |
| 2020 | VERZUZ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Hitsville: The Making of Motown · as Self |
| 2019 | The Apollo · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Super Bowl LIII · as Self - National Anthem Performer |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Video Message |
| 2018 | American Music Awards 2018 · as Self - Performer |
| 2018 | Mr. Soul! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | George Michael: Freedom · as Self |
| 2017 | Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives · as Self |
| 2016 | Star (TV Series) · as Gladys Knight |
| 2016 | Harry (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Black Girls Rock! · as Self - Honoree |
| 2015 | Super Bowl Gospel Celebration · as Gladys Knight |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) (TV Series) · as Gladys Knight |
| 2014 | The 68th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2014 | Unsung Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | 2013 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2013 | The Queen Latifah Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2013 | The Butler · as Self |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | 44th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | The 2012 Billboard Music Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | 2011 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | Black Girls Rock! 2011 · as Self |
| 2011 | The Chew (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | BET Awards 2011 · as Self |
| 2011 | Why Not? With Shania Twain (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Oprah Presents Master Class (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Co-Hostess |
| 2010 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson Memorial · as Self - Vip Audience |
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| 2008 | Man v. Food (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The BET Honors · as Self - Performer |
| 2007 | BET Awards 2007 · as Self |
| 2007 | 2007 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2006 | CMT Giants (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | 30 Rock (TV Series) · as Gladys Knight |
| 2006 | American Idol Rewind (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2006 | I Love The 70s Volume 2 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TV Series) · as Gladys Knight |
| 2006 | Legends Ball · as Self |
| 2005 | BET Awards 2005 · as Self |
| 2005 | 2005 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
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| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Michael Jackson Story · as Self |
| 2003 | Las Vegas (TV Series) · as Gladys Knight |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
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| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Good Day Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | CNN Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | 15th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1999 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 1999 | 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll · as Self |
| 1998 | Fox and Friends (USA) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Roseanne Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal (TV Series) · as Gladys Knight |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | 1st Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1995 | Soul Music Festival: Part 1 · as Self |
| 1995 | 25th Anniversary Essence Awards · as Self |
| 1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1994 | The Jackson Family Honors · as Self |
| 1994 | 26th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1993 | Michael Jackson Talks to... Oprah Live · as Self |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | The 20th Annual American Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1992 | Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Out All Night (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | 1992 Essence Awards · as Self - Honoree |
| 1992 | The 19th Annual American Music Awards · as Self |
| 1991 | Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music · as Self |
| 1991 | The New WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1991 | The 12th Annual Black Achievement Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1990 | Motown 30: What's Goin' on! · as Self |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Joan Rivers Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | National Memorial Day Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The 10th Annual Black Achievement Awards · as Self |
| 1988 | Family Feud (1988) (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1988 | The 2nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self |
| 1988 | WrestleMania IV · as Self |
| 1988 | Sesame Street, Special · as Self |
| 1987 | A Different World (TV Series) · as Herself |
| 1987 | Win, Lose or Draw (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1987 | Marvin Gaye · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The New Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 · as Self - Presenter |
| 1986 | Women in Rock · as Self |
| 1985 | The $100,000 Pyramid (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1984 | The 11th Annual American Music Awards · as Self |
| 1983 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1983 | The 4th Annual Black Achievement Awards · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Solid Gold (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | A Capitol Fourth (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self - Honoree |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary · as Self - Performer |
| 1977 | The 19th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest Star |
| 1976 | Standing Room Only (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | The $25,000 Pyramid (1982) (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1974 | American Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1973 | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Save the Children · as Self |
| 1973 | The $10,000 Pyramid (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1972 | BBC In Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self - Singer (segment: The Hallelujah Chorus) |
| 1969 | The Andy Williams Show (1962) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |