Sally Kirkland

Biography

Sally Kirkland (October 31, 1941 — November 11, 2025) was an American film, television and stage actress and producer. A former member of Andy Warhol's The Factory and an active member in 1960s New York avant-garde theater, she has appeared in more than 250 film and television productions during her 60-year career. Kirkland is the daughter of fashion editor of Life magazine and Vogue, Sally Kirkland. Kirkland was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Anna (1987), but lost to Cher, who won for her role in Moonstruck. She won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her role and received awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Independent Spirit Awards. She earned a second Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Haunted (1991). Kirkland was also known for her roles in Cold Feet (1989), Best of the Best (1989), JFK (1991), and Bruce Almighty (2003).

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

The Nanny

Hawaii Five-O

Falcon Crest

Strong Medicine

Lou Grant

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

All Movies (182)

• SEGAL2025 · as Self
• Sallywood2024 · as Self
• Aftermath2024 · as Dr. Jane
• Skeletons in the Closet2024 · as Madam Futura
• Woods Witch2023 · as Charlotte
• Holiday Boyfriend2023 · as Alice
• Lost Explorer2023 · as Annette
• When It Rings2023 · as Lesley Judd
• Altered Perceptions2023 · as Theresa Morgan
• Here We Are2023 · as Sherri
• Bobcat Moretti2023 · as Helene Moretti
• The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine2023 · as Doctor Parker
• The New Hands2023 · as May
• 80 for Brady2023 · as Ida
• Murder, Anyone?2022 · as Nancy
• The Walk2022 · as Mrs. Kelley
• The Magic2021 · as Rose Buchanan
• The Final Code2021 · as Doctor Holly
• The Woman in the Room2021 · as Mother
• Magic Max2021 · as Elaine Hart
• Hope For The Holidays2020 · as Georgia Petros
• A Medicine for the Mind2020 · as Sandra
• Invincible2020 · as Dr. Quade
• Acceleration2019 · as Betty
• Cuck2019 · as Mother
• Sarah Q2018 · as Helena
• Making a Killing2018 · as Dolores
• Paint It Red2018 · as Adele
• Los Angeles Overnight2018 · as Mrs. Chantilly
• The Second Coming of Christ2018 · as Stella
• Feminists: What Were They Thinking?2018 · as Self
• Get Married or Die2018 · as Margaret
• Gnaw2017 · as Claudette Grim
• Price for Freedom2017 · as Francine Wayne
• The Most Hated Woman in America2017 · as Lena Christina
• Extinction2017 · as Rose
• Nerdland2016 · as Older Woman (voice)
• Trash Fire2016 · as Florence
• Buddy Solitaire2016 · as Hanna
• Lights Out2015 · as Rose
• The Code of Cain2015 · as Elisabeth
• Buddy Hutchins2015 · as Bertha
• All I Want for Christmas2014 · as Gwen
• Slut2014 · as Grandma
• Archaeology of a Woman2014 · as Margaret
• Suburban Gothic2014 · as Virginia
• Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger2014 · as Self
• Tom in America2014 · as Betty
• The Bride From Vegas2014
• Jack the Reaper2013 · as Harold's Nana
• Awakened2013 · as Harriet Bendi
• Curse of the Sunset Starlet2013 · as Gigi
• The Visitor from Planet Omicron2013 · as Jen
• Broken Roads2012 · as Mrs. Wallace
• Stars in Shorts2012 · as Madame Ulaila
• The Wishmakers2011 · as Mary
• The Wayshower2011 · as Jeena
• A Bag of Hammers2011 · as Older Jewish Lady
• Not Your Time2010 · as Madame Ulaila
• House Under Siege2010 · as Pat Mazur
• Flexing with Monty2010 · as Lillith
• Urgency2010 · as Mediator
• Spiritual Warriors2008 · as Realtor
• Mollie & Friends2008 · as Elizabeth St. James
• Big Stan2007 · as Madame Foreman
• Resurrection Mary2007 · as Lois
• Richard III2007 · as Queen Margaret
• Hollywood Dreams2007
• Factory Girl2006 · as Grandma Sedgwick (uncredited)
• Off the Black2006 · as Marianne Reynolds
• Coffee Date2006 · as Mrs. Muller
• Fingerprints2006 · as Mary
• A-list2006
• Courts mais Gay : Tome 112006 · as Rachel
• Chandler Hall2005 · as Sally
• What's Up, Scarlet?2005 · as Ruth Zabrinski
• Adam & Steve2005 · as Mary
• Neo Ned2005 · as Shelly Nelson
• Bloodlines2004 · as Joyce
• An Eye for an Eye2004 · as Rachel
• Mango Kiss2004 · as Emilia
• Bruce Almighty2003 · as Anita
• Boxer Shorts2002
• Wish You Were Dead2002 · as Penelope Wilson
• Night of the Wolf2002 · as Rose Handy
• The Rose Technique2002 · as Helen
• Circuit2001 · as Club Cashier
• A Month of Sundays2001 · as Katherine St. Croix
• Out of the Black2001 · as Elizabeth Malby
• Audit2001 · as Raissa
• Thank You, Good Night2001 · as Doreen
• Another Woman's Husband2000 · as Roxie
• The Boys Behind the Desk2000
• EDtv1999 · as Jeanette
• Starry Night1999 · as Detective Brook Murphy
• Wilbur Falls1998 · as Roberta Devereaux
• Paranoia1998 · as Dr. Kurtzwell
• Brave New World1998 · as Linda
• Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs1998 · as Self
• Norma Jean, Jack, and Me1998 · as Marilyn Monroe
• Little Ghost1997 · as Mother Ghost
• The Westing Game1997 · as Sydelle Pulaski
• Excess Baggage1997 · as Louise
• Amnesia1997 · as Charlene Hunt
• Guns & Lipstick1995 · as Danielle Roberts
• Picture Windows: Song of Songs1994 · as Blossom
• Cheatin' Hearts1993 · as Jenny
• Double Deception1993 · as Anita Cortez
• Gunmen1993 · as Bennett
• Eye of the Stranger1993 · as Lori
• The Woman Who Loved Elvis1993 · as Sandee Sloop
• Stranger Than Love1993 · as Laura Frossky
• Double Threat1992 · as Monica Martel
• Double Jeopardy1992 · as Detective Phyllis Camden
• Primary Motive1992 · as Helen Poulas
• Hit the Dutchman1992 · as Emma Flegenheimer
• The Player1992 · as Sally Kirkland
• In the Heat of Passion1992 · as Lee Adams
• The Bulkin Trail1992 · as Selma Bulkin
• Forever1992 · as Angelica
• Stringer1992 · as Joan Pezanasky
• JFK1991 · as Rose Cheramie
• The Haunted1991 · as Janet Smurl
• Grave Images1991 · as Caitlin
• Bullseye!1990 · as Willie
• Heat Wave1990 · as Mrs. Canfield
• Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol1990 · as Self
• Largo Desolato1990 · as Suzana
• Paint It Black1990 · as Marion Easton
• Revenge1990 · as Rock Star
• Two Evil Eyes1990 · as Eleonora
• Best of the Best1989 · as Catherine Wade
• High Stakes1989 · as Melanie Rose
• Cold Feet1989 · as Maureen
• White Hot1989 · as Harriet
• Hello Actors Studio1988 · as Self
• Anna1987 · as Anna
• Talking Walls1987 · as Hooker
• Fatal Games1984 · as Diane Paine
• A Rose for Emily1983 · as Gossip
• Love Letters1983 · as Hippie
• Human Highway1982 · as Kathryn
• Double Exposure1982 · as Hooker
• The Incredible Shrinking Woman1981 · as Cashier
• The Georgia Peaches1980 · as Vivian Stark
• Private Benjamin1980 · as Helga
• The Illegal1979 · as Don Tony's Girlfriend
• Hometown U.S.A.1979 · as Gwen
• Flush1977 · as Janet
• Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?1977 · as Della Bianco
• A Star Is Born1976 · as Photographer
• Tracks1976 · as Train Passenger
• Pipe Dreams1976 · as Two-Street Betty
• Griffin and Phoenix1976 · as Jody
• Breakheart Pass1975 · as Jane-Marie
• Bite the Bullet1975 · as Honey
• Death Scream1975 · as Mary
• The Kansas City Massacre1975 · as Wilma Floyd
• Crazy Mama1975 · as Ella Mae
• The Noah1975 · as Friday-Anne
• Big Bad Mama1974 · as Barney's Woman
• Candy Stripe Nurses1974 · as Wife in Clinic
• Blazing Saddles1974 · as Cashier (uncredited)
• The Sting1973 · as Crystal
• Cinderella Liberty1973 · as Fleet Chick
• Fade In1973 · as Herself
• The Way We Were1973 · as Pony Dunbar
• Blume in Love1973 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• The Young Nurses1973 · as Woman at clinic
• Going Home1971 · as Ann Graham
• Jump1971 · as Lou (uncredited)
• Brand X1970 · as Patient / President's Wife
• Futz1969 · as Merry Lee
• Coming Apart1969 · as Joann
• Blue1968 · as Sarah Lambert
• Satisfaction1966 · as The Nun
• Andy Warhol Screen Tests1965 · as Self
• Dirt1965
• 13 Most Beautiful Women1964
• SCREEN TEST [ST181]: SALLY KIRKLAND1964 · as self
• Hey, Let's Twist!1961 · as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
• Crack in the Mirror1960 · as Bit Part (uncredited)

All TV Shows (29)

• Head Case2007 · as Dr. Goode's Mother
• Wanted 20052005 · as Sheila Beckwith
• Strong Medicine2000 · as Stella Riggs, Peter's Mother
• Felicity1998 · as Professor Annie Sherman
• The Hunger1997 · as Mrs. Garington
• Women: Stories of Passion1996 · as Annie
• Picture Windows1995 · as Blossom
• Valley of the Dolls1994 · as Helen Lawson
• The Nanny1993 · as Tattoo Lady
• Jack's Place1992
• Roseanne1988
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Evelyn Colby
• Falcon Crest1981 · as Ella
• Supertrain1979 · as Katherine Sully
• The Incredible Hulk1977 · as Margaret Hollinger
• Lou Grant1977
• Three's Company1977 · as Sally
• Captains and the Kings1976 · as Aggie
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Lonnie
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Laurie Archer
• Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt
• Bronk1975
• Baretta1975
• Petrocelli1974
• Kojak1973 · as Gloria
• Kojak1973 · as Shirley
• Kojak1973 · as Clara
• The Rookies1972
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Betty Rowan