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.

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

Long before she ever took on the now-iconic role of Emily Gilmore in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s beloved comedy-drama “Gilmore Girls,” Kelly Bishop had a stunning résumé. From the mid-1960s and on, Bishop appeared in numerous Broadway shows,