Sharon Gless

Biography

Sharon Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress known for her iconic TV roles, including Sgt. Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey, Debbie Novotny in Queer as Folk, and Madeline Westen in Burn Notice. She has won two Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards for her performances. Gless began her career as a secretary before transitioning to acting and has also appeared in stage productions like Misery and The Vagina Monologues.

Known For

The Graham Norton Show

Rizzoli & Isles

The View

Golden Globe Awards

Ironside

Adam-12

Burn Notice

Station 19

All Movies (38)

• Fast Charlie2023 · as Mavis
• Show Her the Money2023 · as Herself
• Betty White: First Lady of Television2018 · as Self
• United We Fan2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Inequality for All2013 · as Christine Cagney (archive footage)
• Once Fallen2010 · as Sue
• Hannah Free2009 · as Older Hannah
• From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff2002 · as Self
• Bring Him Home2000
• Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial1999 · as Narrator
• The Girl Next Door1998 · as Dr. Gayle Bennett
• Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions1996 · as Christine Cagney
• Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling1995 · as Christine Cagney
• Cagney & Lacey: Together Again1995 · as Christine Cagney
• Cagney & Lacey: The Return1994 · as Christine Cagney
• Separated by Murder1994 · as Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely
• Honor Thy Mother1992 · as Bonnie Von Stein
• The Outside Woman1989 · as Joyce Mattox
• Letting Go1985 · as Kate
• The Sky's No Limit1984 · as Joanna Douglas
• Hobson's Choice1983 · as Maggie Hobson
• The Star Chamber1983 · as Emily Hardin
• The Magic Statue1982 · as Penny Alston
• The Miracle of Kathy Miller1981 · as Barbara Miller
• Revenge of the Stepford Wives1980 · as Kaye Foster
• The Scarlett O'Hara War1980 · as Carole Lombard
• The Kids Who Knew Too Much1980 · as Karen Goldner
• Hardhat & Legs1980 · as Patricia Botsford
• The Immigrants1978 · as Jean Seldon Lavetta
• The Crash of Flight 4011978 · as Lesley Fuller
• The Islander1978 · as Shauna Cooke
• The Flying Misfits1976 · as Nurse 1st Lt.
• Switch1975 · as Maggie Philbin
• Airport 19751974 · as Sharon
• My Darling Daughters' Anniversary1973 · as Jennifer
• Bonnie's Kids1973 · as Sharon - Waitress
• All My Darling Daughters1972 · as Jennifer
• Inside the Oasis: The Story of South Florida's Gay Mecca—

All TV Shows (44)

• Station 192018 · as Dottie
• The Gifted2017 · as Ellen Strucker
• The Exorcist2016 · as Chris MacNeil
• Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as Inmate
• Burn Notice2007 · as Madeline Westen
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The State Within2006 · as Lynne Warner
• Nip/Tuck2003 · as Colleen Rose
• Queer as Folk2000 · as Debbie Novotny
• Judging Amy1999 · as Dr. Sally Godwin
• So Graham Norton1998 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• Promised Land1996
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Ziggy
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• The Trials of Rosie O'Neill1990 · as Rosie O'Neill
• Cagney & Lacey1982 · as Christine Cagney
• House Calls1979 · as Jane Jeffries
• The Last Convertible1979 · as Kay Haddon
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Caroline Coates
• Turnabout1979
• The Immigrants1978 · as Jean Seldon Lavetta
• Centennial1978 · as Sidney Endermann
• Baa Baa Black Sheep1976 · as Nurse 1st Lt.
• Switch1975 · as Maggie Philbin
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Susan Jameson
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Lori Jenivan
• Kojak1973 · as Nancy Parks
• Toma1973
• Faraday and Company1973 · as Holly Barrett
• Chase1973 · as Sally
• Cool Million1972 · as Sandy Sherwood
• The Bob Newhart Show1972 · as Rosalie Shaeffer
• Emergency!1972 · as Sculptor
• Emergency!1972 · as Sheila
• The Sixth Sense1972
• McCloud1970
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Kathleen Faverty
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Lynn Baker
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Dr. Susan Carr
• Adam-121968 · as Lynn Carmichael
• Ironside1967
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Karen Goldner
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee