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

Ida

80 for Brady

Rose Cheramie

JFK

Pony Dunbar

The Way We Were

May

The New Hands

Sherri

Here We Are

Sally Kirkland

The Player

Jeanette

EDtv

Diane Paine

Fatal Games

Penelope Wilson

Wish You Were Dead

Rose

Extinction

Bennett

Gunmen

Jane-Marie

Breakheart Pass

Honey

Bite the Bullet

Crystal

The Sting

Mary

Fingerprints

Madame Foreman

Big Stan

Mrs. Muller

Coffee Date

Rock Star

Revenge

Eleonora

Due occhi diabolici

Willie

Bullseye!

Vivian Stark

The Georgia Peaches

Barney's Woman

Big Bad Mama

Mother Ghost

Little Ghost

Mary

Adam & Steve

Gwen

All I Want for Christmas

Janet Smurl

The Haunted

Jeena

The Wayshower

Joann

Coming Apart

Kathryn

Human Highway

Lois

Resurrection Mary

Charlene Hunt

Amnesia

Shelly Nelson

Neo Ned

Hooker

Double Exposure

Herself

Fade In

Woman at clinic

The Young Nurses

Wife in Clinic

Candy Stripe Nurses

Queen Margaret

Richard III

Harold's Nana

Jack the Reaper

Maureen

Cold Feet

Ann Graham

Going Home

Dr. Jane

Aftermath

Marion Easton

Paint It Black

Ella Mae

Crazy Mama

Anna

Anna

Selma Bulkin

The Bulkin Trail

Realtor

Spiritual Warriors

Mrs. Wallace

Broken Roads

Laura Frossky

Stranger Than Love

Danielle Roberts

Guns & Lipstick

Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)

Hey, Let's Twist!

Suzana

Largo Desolato

Self

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Lee Adams

In the Heat of Passion

Charlotte

Woods Witch

Rose

Lights Out

Harriet

White Hot

Merry Lee

Futz

Jody

Griffin and Phoenix

Catherine Wade

Best of the Best

Melanie Rose

High Stakes

Rose Buchanan

The Magic

Betty

Tom in America

A-list

Mrs. Kelley

The Walk

Roberta Devereaux

Wilbur Falls

Jenny

Cheatin' Hearts

Self

Hello Actors Studio

The Boys Behind the Desk

Harriet Bendi

Awakened

Older Woman (voice)

Nerdland

Sarah Lambert

Blue

Helen

The Rose Technique

The Nun

Satisfaction

Two-Street Betty

Pipe Dreams

Sydelle Pulaski

The Westing Game

Elizabeth St. James

Mollie & Friends

Virginia

Suburban Gothic

Lori

Eye of the Stranger

Lesley Judd

When It Rings

Pat Mazur

House Under Siege

Rachel

An Eye for an Eye

Rachel

Courts mais Gay : Tome 11

Theresa Morgan

Altered Perceptions

Photographer

A Star Is Born

Alice

Holiday Boyfriend

Raissa

Audit

Don Tony's Girlfriend

La ilegal

Emma Flegenheimer

Hit the Dutchman

Margaret

Archaeology of a Woman

Lou (uncredited)

Jump

Stella

The Second Coming of Christ

Helene Moretti

Bobcat Moretti

Dr. Kurtzwell

Paranoia

Older Jewish Lady

A Bag of Hammers

Doreen

Thank You, Good Night

Cashier (uncredited)

Blazing Saddles

Mrs. Chantilly

Los Angeles Overnight

Monica Martel

Double Threat

Bertha

Buddy Hutchins

Madam Futura

Skeletons in the Closet

Hollywood Dreams

Madame Ulaila

Not Your Time

Nancy

Murder, Anyone?

Lillith

Flexing with Monty

Helga

Private Benjamin

Helen Poulas

Primary Motive

Grandma

Slut

Janet

Flush

Sandee Sloop

The Woman Who Loved Elvis

Mary

The Wishmakers

Florence

Trash Fire

Self

Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger

Mrs. Canfield

Heat Wave

Louise

Excess Baggage

Annette

Lost Explorer

Hanna

Buddy Solitaire

Friday-Anne

The Noah

Lena Christina

The Most Hated Woman in America

13 Most Beautiful Women

Elisabeth

Код Каина

Angelica

Forever

Madame Ulaila

Stars in Shorts

Emilia

Mango Kiss

Mediator

Urgency

Detective Brook Murphy

Starry Night

Hooker

Talking Walls

Patient / President's Wife

Brand X

Wilma Floyd

The Kansas City Massacre

Fleet Chick

Cinderella Liberty

Elizabeth Malby

Out of the Black

Anita Cortez

Double Deception

Claudette Grim

Gnaw

Gossip

A Rose for Emily

Caitlin

Grave Images

Joan Pezanasky

Stringer

Gwen

Hometown U.S.A.

Dolores

Making a Killing

Roxie

Another Woman's Husband

Anita

Bruce Almighty

Linda

Brave New World

Train Passenger

Tracks

Self

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Adele

Paint It Red

Mother

Cuck

Dirt

Katherine St. Croix

A Month of Sundays

Self

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Party Guest (uncredited)

Blume in Love

Self

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Margaret

Get Married or Die

Detective Phyllis Camden

Double Jeopardy

Marianne Reynolds

Off the Black

Self

Sallywood

Helena

Sarah Q

Betty

Acceleration

The Bride From Vegas

Rose Handy

Night of the Wolf

Mary

Death Scream

Gigi

Curse of the Sunset Starlet

Hippie

Love Letters

Francine Wayne

Price for Freedom

Self

SEGAL

Sally

Chandler Hall

Club Cashier

Circuit

Doctor Holly

The Final Code

Mother

The Woman in the Room

Georgia Petros

Hope For The Holidays

Elaine Hart

Magic Max

Della Bianco

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?

Doctor Parker

The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine

Cashier

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Bit Part (uncredited)

Crack in the Mirror

Joyce

Bloodlines

Dr. Quade

Invincible

Jen

The Visitor from Planet Omicron

Blossom

Picture Windows: Song of Songs

Boxer Shorts

Ruth Zabrinski

What's Up, Scarlet?

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

178

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-10-31

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

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