Sally Kirkland
Acting
Born: October 31, 1941 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: November 11, 2025 (aged 84)
Highest Rated
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
Bruce Almighty
2003
The Sting
1973
JFK
1991
Blazing Saddles
1974
The Nanny
1993
Big Stan
2007
The Player
1992
EDtv
1999
The Way We Were
1973
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Revenge
1990
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Photos (4)
Movies (162)
Bruce Almighty
Anita
80 for Brady
Ida
Blazing Saddles
Cashier (uncredited)
The Sting
Crystal
Private Benjamin
Helga
Big Stan
Madame Foreman
The Way We Were
Pony Dunbar
Best of the Best
Catherine Wade
Breakheart Pass
Jane-Marie
The Player
Sally Kirkland
Bobcat Moretti
Helene Moretti
The Haunted
Janet Smurl
JFK
Rose Cheramie
Two Evil Eyes
Eleonora
Factory Girl
Grandma Sedgwick (uncredited)
Wish You Were Dead
Penelope Wilson
Excess Baggage
Louise
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Cashier
Revenge
Rock Star
Cinderella Liberty
Fleet Chick
Big Bad Mama
Barney's Woman
A Star Is Born
Photographer
EDtv
Jeanette
Double Exposure
Hooker
Crazy Mama
Ella Mae
Fatal Games
Diane Paine
Trash Fire
Florence
Anna
Anna
Double Jeopardy
Detective Phyllis Camden
Bite the Bullet
Honey
Blume in Love
Party Guest (uncredited)
Talking Walls
Hooker
Death Scream
Mary
Human Highway
Kathryn
Amnesia
Charlene Hunt
Tracks
Train Passenger
The Most Hated Woman in America
Lena Christina
Woods Witch
Charlotte
The Code of Cain
Elisabeth
Heat Wave
Mrs. Canfield
Love Letters
Hippie
Double Threat
Monica Martel
Suburban Gothic
Virginia
Guns & Lipstick
Danielle Roberts
Acceleration
Betty
Going Home
Ann Graham
Neo Ned
Shelly Nelson
The Westing Game
Sydelle Pulaski
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
Doctor Parker
Eye of the Stranger
Lori
Off the Black
Marianne Reynolds
Bullseye!
Willie
A Month of Sundays
Katherine St. Croix
Stars in Shorts
Madame Ulaila
Adam & Steve
Mary
Mango Kiss
Emilia
Circuit
Club Cashier
Another Woman's Husband
Roxie
13 Most Beautiful Women
1964
Double Deception
Anita Cortez
Brave New World
Linda
Holiday Boyfriend
Alice
Hometown U.S.A.
Gwen
Gunmen
Bennett
The Georgia Peaches
Vivian Stark
Crack in the Mirror
Bit Part (uncredited)
Nerdland
Older Woman (voice)
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
Della Bianco
The Noah
Friday-Anne
Fingerprints
Mary
Night of the Wolf
Rose Handy
Cuck
Mother
The Second Coming of Christ
Stella
Invincible
Dr. Quade
A Bag of Hammers
Older Jewish Lady
Jump
Lou (uncredited)
Coffee Date
Mrs. Muller
Curse of the Sunset Starlet
Gigi
Blue
Sarah Lambert
Cold Feet
Maureen
All I Want for Christmas
Gwen
Wilbur Falls
Roberta Devereaux
Candy Stripe Nurses
Wife in Clinic
The Young Nurses
Woman at clinic
Forever
Angelica
White Hot
Harriet
Hollywood Dreams
2007
Los Angeles Overnight
Mrs. Chantilly
Griffin and Phoenix
Jody
Stringer
Joan Pezanasky
Slut
Grandma
Cheatin' Hearts
Jenny
Skeletons in the Closet
Madam Futura
Murder, Anyone?
Nancy
The Walk
Mrs. Kelley
Magic Max
Elaine Hart
Paint It Red
Adele
What's Up, Scarlet?
Ruth Zabrinski
An Eye for an Eye
Rachel
Gnaw
Claudette Grim
Hope For The Holidays
Georgia Petros
Price for Freedom
Francine Wayne
The Woman Who Loved Elvis
Sandee Sloop
The Kansas City Massacre
Wilma Floyd
In the Heat of Passion
Lee Adams
Not Your Time
Madame Ulaila
High Stakes
Melanie Rose
Making a Killing
Dolores
Jack the Reaper
Harold's Nana
The Rose Technique
Helen
Starry Night
Detective Brook Murphy
Aftermath
Dr. Jane
Pipe Dreams
Two-Street Betty
Awakened
Harriet Bendi
Brand X
Patient / President's Wife
A Medicine for the Mind
Sandra
Get Married or Die
Margaret
Hit the Dutchman
Emma Flegenheimer
Grave Images
Caitlin
Out of the Black
Elizabeth Malby
Paint It Black
Marion Easton
The Woman in the Room
Mother
Futz
Merry Lee
Archaeology of a Woman
Margaret
Urgency
Mediator
Flush
Janet
Buddy Hutchins
Bertha
Richard III
Queen Margaret
Hey, Let's Twist!
Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
Picture Windows: Song of Songs
Blossom
Stranger Than Love
Laura Frossky
The Wayshower
Jeena
The Visitor from Planet Omicron
Jen
Little Ghost
Mother Ghost
House Under Siege
Pat Mazur
Primary Motive
Helen Poulas
The Magic
Rose Buchanan
The Illegal
Don Tony's Girlfriend
Chandler Hall
Sally
A Rose for Emily
Gossip
Coming Apart
Joann
The Final Code
Doctor Holly
Flexing with Monty
Lillith
Courts mais Gay : Tome 11
Rachel
Lights Out
Rose
Mollie & Friends
Elizabeth St. James
Resurrection Mary
Lois
Audit
Raissa
Altered Perceptions
Theresa Morgan
Boxer Shorts
2002
When It Rings
Lesley Judd
Lost Explorer
Annette
Broken Roads
Mrs. Wallace
Here We Are
Sherri
Extinction
Rose
Bloodlines
Joyce
Tom in America
Betty
Spiritual Warriors
Realtor
The Wishmakers
Mary
The New Hands
May
Buddy Solitaire
Hanna
Sarah Q
Helena
TV Shows (29)
Murder, She Wrote
Evelyn Colby · 1 eps
The Nanny
Tattoo Lady · 1 eps
Three's Company
Sally · 1 eps
Falcon Crest
Ella · 2 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Betty Rowan · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Lonnie · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Laurie Archer · 1 eps
Strong Medicine
Stella Riggs, Peter's Mother · 1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
Margaret Hollinger · 1 eps
Felicity
Professor Annie Sherman · 4 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt · 1 eps
Lou Grant
1 eps
Kojak
Gloria · 1 eps
Kojak
Shirley · 1 eps
Kojak
Clara · 1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Baretta
1 eps
The Hunger
Mrs. Garington · 1 eps
Petrocelli
1 eps
Wanted
Sheila Beckwith · 1 eps
Roseanne
1 eps
Bronk
2 eps
Head Case
Dr. Goode's Mother · 1 eps
Supertrain
Katherine Sully · 1 eps
Jack's Place
1 eps
Women: Stories of Passion
Annie · 1 eps
Captains and the Kings
Aggie · 8 eps
Picture Windows
Blossom · 1 eps
Valley of the Dolls
Helen Lawson · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (11)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
Self
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Self
SEGAL
Self
Blast 'Em
Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self
Making It In Hollywood
Self
Sallywood
Self
Fade In
Herself