Bishop, who is best known for her role as the Gilmore family matriarch, wrote her new memoir “The Third Gilmore Girl” after encouragement from the show’s creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, who also wrote the foreword.

Acclaimed actress Kelly Bishop is known for her iconic roles in Broadway’s A Chorus Line, the hit movie Dirty Dancing, and the beloved TV series Gilmore Girls as Emily Gilmore, but she didn’t always plan to grace the silver screen.

Known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore on "Gilmore Girls," Kelly Bishop told "CBS Mornings" she loves to play controversial characters.