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Sally Kirkland is an American film, television and stage actress. She received Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Anna (1987). Kirkland was the lead actress in Cold Feet (1989), and was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her work in The Haunted (1991).
Born
Friday, 31 October 1941
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Aftermath | Dr. Jane Dunning | 2024 |
| Skeletons in the Closet | Madam Futura | 2024 |
| Woods Witch | Charlotte | 2023 |
| When It Rings | Lesley Judd | 2023 |
| Altered Perceptions | Theresa Morgan | 2023 |
| The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine | Doctor Parker | 2023 |
| The New Hands | May | 2023 |
| Bobcat Moretti | Helene Moretti | 2023 |
| Murder, Anyone? | Nancy | 2023 |
| 80 for Brady | Ida | 2023 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Aftermath | Dr. Jane Dunning | 2024 |
| Skeletons in the Closet | Madam Futura | 2024 |
| Woods Witch | Charlotte | 2023 |
| When It Rings | Lesley Judd | 2023 |
| Altered Perceptions | Theresa Morgan | 2023 |
| The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine | Doctor Parker | 2023 |
| The New Hands | May | 2023 |
| Bobcat Moretti | Helene Moretti | 2023 |
| Murder, Anyone? | Nancy | 2023 |
| 80 for Brady | Ida | 2023 |
| The Walk | Mrs. Kelley | 2022 |
| The Magic | Rose Buchanan | 2021 |
| The Trouble | Ms Greyson | 2021 |
| The Final Code | doc. Holly / Doctor Holly | 2021 |
| Magic Max | Elaine Hart | 2021 |
| The Legend of Resurrection Mary | Lois | 2021 |
| Sarah Q | Helena | 2020 |
| Hope for the Holidays | Georgia / Georgia Petros | 2020 |
| Canaan Land | Talk Show Guest | 2020 |
| A Medicine for the Mind | Sandra Carter | 2020 |
| Invincible | Dr. Quade | 2020 |
| Mollie & Friends | Elizabeth St. James | 2020 |
| Acceleration | Betty | 2019 |
| Cuck | Mother | 2019 |
| What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage | Self | 2019 |
| Feminists: What Were They Thinking? | Herself / Self | 2018 |
| Making a Killing | Dolores / Dolores Pernivue | 2018 |
| Paint It Red | Adele | 2018 |
| Wally Got Wasted | Marilyn Tuttlebaum | 2018 |
| Gnaw | Claudette | 2018 |
| Los Angeles Overnight | Mrs. Chantilly | 2018 |
| The Second Coming of Christ | Stella | 2018 |
| Get Married or Die | Margaret | 2018 |
| Conversations in L.A. | Evelyn James | 2017 |
| Price for Freedom | Francine Wayne | 2017 |
| The Most Hated Woman in America | Lena / Lena Christina | 2017 |
| Meet the Biz | Self | 2016 |
| Nerdland | Older Woman / Older Woman (voice) | 2016 |
| Trash Fire | Florence | 2016 |
| Buddy Solitaire | Hanna | 2016 |
| Ron and Laura Take Back America | Sally | 2016 |
| Courting Des Moines | Secretary of State Maxine Jackson | 2016 |
| Remembering Nigel | Sally Kirkland | 2015 |
| Good Samaritans | Olivia De Mills | 2015 |
| The Code of Cain | Elisabeth | 2015 |
| Buddy Hutchins | Bertha | 2015 |
| All I Want for Christmas | Gwen | 2014 |
| Slut | Grandma | 2014 |
| Archaeology of a Woman | Margaret | 2014 |
| Suburban Gothic | Virginia | 2014 |
| Mystical Traveler | Herself / Self | 2014 |
| Tom in America | Betty | 2014 |
| The Bride from Vegas | Suzy 'The Salt Shaker' | 2014 |
| Theatre Fantastique | Louisa Mae | 2014 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Autopsy: The Last Hours of | Self - Golden Globe Winning Actor & Friend | 2014 |
| Awakened | Harriet Bendi | 2013 |
| On the Set W Jasper Cole | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| The Visitor from Planet Omicron | Jen | 2013 |
| Broken Roads | Mrs. Wallace | 2012 |
| Stars in Shorts | Madame Ulaila | 2012 |
| The EZ Show | Self | 2012 |
| What's Up Orange County | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Division III: Football's Finest | Crystal Vice | 2011 |
| Paul Cruz: Latin Actor (A Mockuseries) | Sally Kirkland | 2011 |
| The Wishmakers | Mary | 2011 |
| The Wayshower | Jeena | 2011 |
| A Bag of Hammers | Older Jewish Lady | 2011 |
| When Sally Met Rascal... | Sally | 2011 |
| The Last Gamble | Sally | 2011 |
| Jack the Reaper | Harold's Nana | 2011 |
| Not Your Time | Madame Ulaila | 2010 |
| The Agency | Max | 2010 |
| House Under Siege | Pat Mazur | 2010 |
| Flexing with Monty | Lillith | 2010 |
| Urgency | Mediator | 2010 |
| Live It Up | Self -Guest | 2009 |
| Actors Entertainment | Self | 2009 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Self | 2008 |
| Spiritual Warriors | Realtor | 2008 |
| Fingerprints | Mary | 2008 |
| The Florence Henderson Show | Self - Guest | 2008 |
| Bald | Mrs. Elise Stern | 2008 |
| Big Stan | Madame Foreman | 2007 |
| Hollywood Dreams | Minster at Wedding | 2007 |
| Richard III | Queen Margaret | 2007 |
| Head Case | Dr. Goode's Mother | 2007 |
| The 79th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2007 |
| Factory Girl | Grandma Sedgwick | 2006 |
| Off the Black | Marianne Reynolds | 2006 |
| Coffee Date | Mrs. Muller | 2006 |
| A-List | Olga | 2006 |
| The 48th Annual Grammy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2006 |
| Chandler Hall | Sally | 2005 |
| Criminal Minds | May Walden | 2005 |
| Wanted | Sheila Beckwith | 2005 |
| What's Up, Scarlet? | Ruth Zabrinski | 2005 |
| Adam & Steve | Mary | 2005 |
| Eye on Entertainment | Self | 2005 |
| Neo Ned | Shelly Nelson | 2005 |
| Mango Kiss | Emilia | 2004 |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2004 |
| The Simple Life | Self / Sally | 2003 |
| Bruce Almighty | Anita | 2003 |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Herself | 2003 |
| Boxer Shorts | Raissa (segment "Audit") | 2002 |
| Night of the Wolf | Rose Handy | 2002 |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2002 |
| The Rose Technique | Helen | 2002 |
| Wish You Were Dead | Penelope Wilson | 2001 |
| A Month of Sundays | Katherine St. Croix | 2001 |
| Out of the Black | Elizabeth Malby | 2001 |
| Audit | Raissa | 2001 |
| Thank You, Good Night | Doreen | 2001 |
| Strong Medicine | Stella Riggs, Peter's Mother | 2000 |
| Resurrection Blvd. | Mrs. De La Vega | 2000 |
| Under the Pink Carpet | Self | 2000 |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2000 |
| The 14th Annual American Comedy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2000 |
| Another Woman's Husband | Roxie | 2000 |
| Wasteland | Dawnie's Mother | 1999 |
| Edtv | Jeanette | 1999 |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1999 |
| Starry Night | Detective Brook Murphy | 1999 |
| Felicity | Professor Annie Sherman | 1998 |
| Wilbur Falls | Roberta Devereaux | 1998 |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998 |
| Paranoia | Dr. Kurtzwell | 1998 |
| Brave New World | Linda | 1998 |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1998 |
| The Island | Marilyn Monroe | 1998 |
| Little Ghost | Mother Ghost | 1997 |
| The Westing Game | Sydelle Pulaski | 1997 |
| Excess Baggage | Louise | 1997 |
| The Hunger | Mrs. Garington | 1997 |
| Amnesia | Charlene Hunt | 1997 |
| The 69th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1997 |
| Women: Stories of Passion | Annie | 1996 |
| Goode Behavior | Molly | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | 1996 |
| The 68th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1996 |
| Guns & Lipstick | Danielle Roberts | 1995 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1995 |
| Picture Windows | Blossom | 1994 |
| Valley of the Dolls | Helen Lawson | 1994 |
| The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1994 |
| High Tide | Matilda | 1994 |
| The Nanny | Tattoo Lady | 1993 |
| Stringer | Joan / Joan Pezanasky | 1993 |
| Paper Hearts | Jenny | 1993 |
| Gunmen | Bennett | 1993 |
| The 65th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1993 |
| The Woman Who Loved Elvis | Sandee Sloop | 1993 |
| Eye of the Stranger | Lori | 1993 |
| Double Threat | Monica Martel | 1992 |
| Double Jeopardy | Detective Phyllis Camden | 1992 |
| Primary Motive | Helen Poulas | 1992 |
| Blast 'Em | Self | 1992 |
| Raven | Flori | 1992 |
| Hit the Dutchman | Emma Flegenheimer | 1992 |
| Our Hollywood Education | Self | 1992 |
| Jack's Place | Peg | 1992 |
| The Player | Sally Kirkland | 1992 |
| The 64th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1992 |
| The Dennis Miller Show | Self - Guest | 1992 |
| Oscar's Greatest Moments | Self | 1992 |
| In the Heat of Passion | Lee Adams | 1992 |
| Forever | Angelica | 1992 |
| JFK | Rose Cheramie | 1991 |
| The Chuck Woolery Show | Self - Guest | 1991 |
| The Haunted | Janet Smurl | 1991 |
| The 63rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1991 |
| Grave Images | Catlin / Caitlin | 1991 |
| Bullseye! | Willie | 1990 |
| Heat Wave | Mrs. Canfield | 1990 |
| Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol | Self | 1990 |
| Into the Night | Herself | 1990 |
| The Howard Stern Show | Self - Guest | 1990 |
| Largo Desolato | Suzana | 1990 |
| Paint It Black | Marion Easton | 1990 |
| The 62nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1990 |
| Revenge | Rock Star | 1990 |
| Two Evil Eyes | Eleonora ("The Black Cat") / Eleonora | 1990 |
| Best of the Best | Catherine Wade | 1989 |
| High Stakes | Melanie Rose / Bambi | 1989 |
| The Joan Rivers Show | Self - Guest | 1989 |
| Cold Feet | Maureen | 1989 |
| The 61st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1989 |
| White Hot | Harriet | 1989 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self - Guest | 1989 |
| Up All Night | Herself - Lifetime Achievement Presenter | 1989 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Herself | 1989 |
| Roseanne | Barbara Healy | 1988 |
| The 60th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1988 |
| Anna | Anna | 1987 |
| Trying Times | Agripina Gravanescu-Smith | 1987 |
| Talking Walls | Hooker | 1987 |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | Mary Morris | 1985 |
| 15 Minutes | Herself / Self | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Evelyn Colby | 1984 |
| Fatal Games | Diane Paine | 1984 |
| A Rose for Emily | Gossip | 1983 |
| Love Letters | Hippie #2 | 1983 |
| Double Exposure | Hooker | 1982 |
| Human Highway | Kathryn | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Ella | 1981 |
| The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Store Cashier / Cashier | 1981 |
| The Georgia Peaches | Vivian Stark | 1980 |
| Private Benjamin | Helga | 1980 |
| La ilegal | Don Tony's Girlfriend | 1979 |
| Supertrain | Katherine Sully | 1979 |
| Hometown U.S.A. | Gwen | 1979 |
| Flush | Janet | 1977 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Margaret Hollinger | 1977 |
| Lou Grant | Dr. Eilene Peterson / Vicky Doppler | 1977 |
| Three's Company | Sally | 1977 |
| Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? | Della Bianco | 1977 |
| A Star Is Born | Photographer | 1976 |
| Tracks | Train Passenger | 1976 |
| Pipe Dreams | Two-Street Betty / Two Street Betty | 1976 |
| Captains and the Kings | Aggie | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Laurie Archer / Lonnie | 1976 |
| Griffin and Phoenix | Jody | 1976 |
| Making it in Hollywood | Self | 1976 |
| Breakheart Pass | Jane-Marie | 1975 |
| Death Scream | Mary | 1975 |
| The Kansas City Massacre | Wilma Floyd | 1975 |
| Crazy Mama | Ella Mae | 1975 |
| Bite the Bullet | Honey | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt | 1975 |
| Bronk | Billie / Policewoman Haley | 1975 |
| Baretta | Rita | 1975 |
| The Noah | Friday-Anne | 1975 |
| Big Bad Mama | Barney's Woman | 1974 |
| Petrocelli | Joan Arnold | 1974 |
| Candy Stripe Nurses | Wife in Clinic | 1974 |
| Blazing Saddles | Cashier | 1974 |
| The Sting | Crystal | 1973 |
| Cinderella Liberty | Fleet Chick | 1973 |
| Fade In | Herself / Self | 1973 |
| Kojak | Clara / Gloria / Shirley | 1973 |
| The Way We Were | Pony Dunbar | 1973 |
| Blume in Love | Party Guest | 1973 |
| Toma | Rita | 1973 |
| Police Story | Artie's Woman | 1973 |
| The Young Nurses | Woman at Clinic | 1973 |
| The Rookies | Carol Brenner | 1972 |
| Going Home | Ann Graham | 1971 |
| Jump | Lou | 1971 |
| Brand X | Patient / President's Wife | 1970 |
| Futz | Merry Lee | 1969 |
| Coming Apart | Joann | 1969 |
| The Joe Namath Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Betty Rowan | 1968 |
| Blue | Sarah Lambert | 1968 |
| Wendy | Best Friend | 1966 |
| Dirt | 1965 | |
| Screen Test #1 | Self | 1965 |
| Hey, Let's Twist! | Dancer | 1961 |
| Crack in the Mirror | Bit Part | 1960 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| A Medicine for the Mind | 2020 |
| Mollie & Friends | 2020 |
| Acceleration | 2019 |
| Remembering Nigel | 2015 |
| The Visitor from Planet Omicron | 2013 |
| Broken Roads | 2012 |
| When Sally Met Rascal... | 2011 |
| Jack the Reaper | 2011 |
| House Under Siege | 2010 |
| Flexing with Monty | 2010 |
| Bald | 2008 |
| Coffee Date | 2006 |
| A-List | 2006 |
| What's Up, Scarlet? | 2005 |
| Mango Kiss | 2004 |
| Audit | 2001 |
| Starry Night | 1999 |
| Amnesia | 1997 |
| Paper Hearts | 1993 |
| Forever | 1992 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1992 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 1988 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1988 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Won |
