Sally Kirkland
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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
Credits
Bruce Almighty (2003)
as Anita
Blazing Saddles (1974)
as Cashier (uncredited)
The Sting (1973)
as Crystal
Big Stan (2007)
as Madame Foreman
JFK (1991)
as Rose Cheramie
The Player (1992)
as Sally Kirkland
Revenge (1990)
as Rock Star
Factory Girl (2006)
as Grandma Sedgwick (uncredited)
EDtv (1999)
as Jeanette
The Way We Were (1973)
as Pony Dunbar
80 for Brady (2023)
as Ida
Big Bad Mama (1974)
as Barney's Woman
Best of the Best (1989)
as Catherine Wade
Private Benjamin (1980)
as Helga
Excess Baggage (1997)
as Louise
Love Letters (1983)
as Hippie
Bite the Bullet (1975)
as Honey
Breakheart Pass (1975)
as Jane-Marie
A Star Is Born (1976)
as Photographer
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
as Eleonora
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
as Cashier
Heat Wave (1990)
as Mrs. Canfield
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)
as Self
Amnesia (1997)
as Charlene Hunt
White Hot (1989)
as Harriet
Stars in Shorts (2012)
as Madame Ulaila
The Haunted (1991)
as Janet Smurl
Brave New World (1998)
as Linda
Mango Kiss (2004)
as Emilia
Magic Max (2021)
as Elaine Hart
The Second Coming of Christ (2018)
as Stella
Crazy Mama (1975)
as Ella Mae
Adam & Steve (2005)
as Mary
Bullseye! (1990)
as Willie
Cheatin' Hearts (1993)
as Jenny
The Walk (2022)
as Mrs. Kelley
Nerdland (2016)
as Older Woman (voice)
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
as Lena Christina
Cold Feet (1989)
as Maureen
Off the Black (2006)
as Marianne Reynolds
Death Scream (1975)
as Mary
Fingerprints (2006)
as Mary
Suburban Gothic (2014)
as Virginia
The Georgia Peaches (1980)
as Vivian Stark
Trash Fire (2016)
as Florence
Starry Night (1999)
as Detective Brook Murphy
Gunmen (1993)
as Bennett
Acceleration (2019)
as Betty
Coffee Date (2006)
as Mrs. Muller
Going Home (1971)
as Ann Graham
Not Your Time (2010)
as Madame Ulaila
A Bag of Hammers (2011)
as Older Jewish Lady
Neo Ned (2005)
as Shelly Nelson
Bobcat Moretti (2023)
as Helene Moretti
Coming Apart (1969)
as Joann
Cuck (2019)
as Mother
Fatal Games (1984)
as Diane Paine
Tracks (1976)
as Train Passenger
High Stakes (1989)
as Melanie Rose
Guns & Lipstick (1995)
as Danielle Roberts
Cinderella Liberty (1973)
as Fleet Chick
Fade In (1973)
as Herself
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977)
as Della Bianco
Richard III (2007)
as Queen Margaret
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
as Self
Blume in Love (1973)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Woods Witch (2023)
as Charlotte
Double Jeopardy (1992)
as Detective Phyllis Camden
The Young Nurses (1973)
as Woman at clinic
Wish You Were Dead (2002)
as Penelope Wilson
The Wayshower (2011)
as Jeena
Audit (2001)
as Raissa
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998)
as Self
In the Heat of Passion (1992)
as Lee Adams
Blue (1968)
as Sarah Lambert
Broken Roads (2012)
as Mrs. Wallace
Double Threat (1992)
as Monica Martel
Human Highway (1982)
as Kathryn
Talking Walls (1987)
as Hooker
Invincible (2020)
as Dr. Quade
The Westing Game (1997)
as Sydelle Pulaski
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine (2023)
as Doctor Parker
The Noah (1975)
as Friday-Anne
SEGAL (2025)
as Self
The Code of Cain (2015)
as Elisabeth
A-list (2006)
Actor
Aftermath (2024)
as Dr. Jane
Sarah Q (2018)
as Helena
The Illegal (1979)
as Don Tony's Girlfriend
Circuit (2001)
as Club Cashier
Urgency (2010)
as Mediator
Holiday Boyfriend (2023)
as Alice
A Rose for Emily (1983)
as Gossip
Griffin and Phoenix (1976)
as Jody
Lights Out (2015)
as Rose
Double Exposure (1982)
as Hooker
The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
as Wilma Floyd
Forever (1992)
as Angelica
Flush (1977)
as Janet
Awakened (2013)
as Harriet Bendi
Pipe Dreams (1976)
as Two-Street Betty
Making a Killing (2018)
as Dolores
The Magic (2021)
as Rose Buchanan
Gnaw (2017)
as Claudette Grim
What's Up, Scarlet? (2005)
as Ruth Zabrinski
Anna (1987)
as Anna
Slut (2014)
as Grandma
The Rose Technique (2002)
as Helen
Night of the Wolf (2002)
as Rose Handy
Sallywood (2024)
as Self
Candy Stripe Nurses (1974)
as Wife in Clinic
Resurrection Mary (2007)
as Lois
Little Ghost (1997)
as Mother Ghost
The Wishmakers (2011)
as Mary
Wilbur Falls (1998)
as Roberta Devereaux
Skeletons in the Closet (2024)
as Madam Futura
Double Deception (1993)
as Anita Cortez
The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993)
as Sandee Sloop
Another Woman's Husband (2000)
as Roxie
Crack in the Mirror (1960)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Out of the Black (2001)
as Elizabeth Malby
Murder, Anyone? (2022)
as Nancy
Primary Motive (1992)
as Helen Poulas
Paint It Red (2018)
as Adele
Paranoia (1998)
as Dr. Kurtzwell
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger (2014)
as Self
A Month of Sundays (2001)
as Katherine St. Croix
Price for Freedom (2017)
as Francine Wayne
Altered Perceptions (2023)
as Theresa Morgan
Paint It Black (1990)
as Marion Easton
Boxer Shorts (2002)
Actor
Hit the Dutchman (1992)
as Emma Flegenheimer
All I Want for Christmas (2014)
as Gwen
Chandler Hall (2005)
as Sally
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965)
as Self
Brand X (1970)
as Patient / President's Wife
Hollywood Dreams (2007)
Actor
Hometown U.S.A. (1979)
as Gwen
Buddy Hutchins (2015)
as Bertha
Los Angeles Overnight (2018)
as Mrs. Chantilly
The Final Code (2021)
as Doctor Holly
A Medicine for the Mind (2020)
as Sandra
Eye of the Stranger (1993)
as Lori
Buddy Solitaire (2016)
as Hanna
Stranger Than Love (1993)
as Laura Frossky
House Under Siege (2010)
as Pat Mazur
Curse of the Sunset Starlet (2013)
as Gigi
The Bulkin Trail (1992)
as Selma Bulkin
Jump (1971)
as Lou (uncredited)
Largo Desolato (1990)
as Suzana
Lost Explorer (2023)
as Annette
Extinction (2017)
as Rose
Flexing with Monty (2010)
as Lillith
Grave Images (1991)
as Caitlin
Stringer (1992)
as Joan Pezanasky
Bloodlines (2004)
as Joyce
Hope For The Holidays (2020)
as Georgia Petros
Tom in America (2014)
as Betty
Hey, Let's Twist! (1961)
as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
Norma Jean, Jack, and Me (1998)
as Marilyn Monroe
Blast 'Em (1992)
as Self
The Visitor from Planet Omicron (2013)
as Jen
13 Most Beautiful Women (1964)
Actor
Here We Are (2023)
as Sherri
Thank You, Good Night (2001)
as Doreen
Courts mais Gay : Tome 11 (2006)
as Rachel
Archaeology of a Woman (2014)
as Margaret
An Eye for an Eye (2004)
as Rachel
Get Married or Die (2018)
as Margaret
When It Rings (2023)
as Lesley Judd
Spiritual Warriors (2008)
as Realtor
The Boys Behind the Desk (2000)
Actor
Dirt (1965)
Actor
Futz (1969)
as Merry Lee
Picture Windows: Song of Songs (1994)
as Blossom
The New Hands (2023)
as May
Jack the Reaper (2013)
as Harold's Nana
Mollie & Friends (2008)
as Elizabeth St. James
Satisfaction (1966)
as The Nun
The Woman in the Room (2021)
as Mother
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as self
The Bride From Vegas (2014)
Actor