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
The Sting (1973)
as Crystal
Bruce Almighty (2003)
as Anita
JFK (1991)
as Rose Cheramie
The Player (1992)
as Sally Kirkland
Blazing Saddles (1974)
as Cashier (uncredited)
Big Stan (2007)
as Madame Foreman
Factory Girl (2006)
as Grandma Sedgwick (uncredited)
Bobcat Moretti (2023)
as Helene Moretti
The Way We Were (1973)
as Pony Dunbar
80 for Brady (2023)
as Ida
Best of the Best (1989)
as Catherine Wade
Revenge (1990)
as Rock Star
Big Bad Mama (1974)
as Barney's Woman
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
as Eleonora
Cheatin' Hearts (1993)
as Jenny
EDtv (1999)
as Jeanette
Amnesia (1997)
as Charlene Hunt
Brand X (1970)
as Patient / President's Wife
Blast 'Em (1992)
as Self
The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
as Lena Christina
Breakheart Pass (1975)
as Jane-Marie
Audit (2001)
as Raissa
Lost Explorer (2023)
as Annette
Private Benjamin (1980)
as Helga
Acceleration (2019)
as Betty
A Star Is Born (1976)
as Photographer
Nerdland (2016)
as Older Woman (voice)
Excess Baggage (1997)
as Louise
Blume in Love (1973)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
White Hot (1989)
as Harriet
Coffee Date (2006)
as Mrs. Muller
The Code of Cain (2015)
as Elisabeth
Bite the Bullet (1975)
as Honey
Magic Max (2021)
as Elaine Hart
The Westing Game (1997)
as Sydelle Pulaski
Wilbur Falls (1998)
as Roberta Devereaux
Starry Night (1999)
as Detective Brook Murphy
Paranoia (1998)
as Dr. Kurtzwell
Flush (1977)
as Janet
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self
Tracks (1976)
as Train Passenger
Boxer Shorts (2002)
Actor
Gunmen (1993)
as Bennett
Slut (2014)
as Grandma
Gnaw (2017)
as Claudette Grim
What's Up, Scarlet? (2005)
as Ruth Zabrinski
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine (2023)
as Doctor Parker
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
as Cashier
A Month of Sundays (2001)
as Katherine St. Croix
Not Your Time (2010)
as Madame Ulaila
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)
as Self
Fingerprints (2006)
as Mary
Flexing with Monty (2010)
as Lillith
Mango Kiss (2004)
as Emilia
Thank You, Good Night (2001)
as Doreen
Cuck (2019)
as Mother
Holiday Boyfriend (2023)
as Alice
The Bulkin Trail (1992)
as Selma Bulkin
Wish You Were Dead (2002)
as Penelope Wilson
The Haunted (1991)
as Janet Smurl
Making It In Hollywood (1977)
as Self
Fatal Games (1984)
as Diane Paine
Brave New World (1998)
as Linda
Love Letters (1983)
as Hippie
A Bag of Hammers (2011)
as Older Jewish Lady
Los Angeles Overnight (2018)
as Mrs. Chantilly
Neo Ned (2005)
as Shelly Nelson
13 Most Beautiful Women (1964)
Actor
A Medicine for the Mind (2020)
as Sandra
Hollywood Dreams (2007)
Actor
Adam & Steve (2005)
as Mary
Crazy Mama (1975)
as Ella Mae
An Eye for an Eye (2004)
as Rachel
Curse of the Sunset Starlet (2013)
as Gigi
Aftermath (2024)
as Dr. Jane
Suburban Gothic (2014)
as Virginia
Bullseye! (1990)
as Willie
The Second Coming of Christ (2018)
as Stella
Off the Black (2006)
as Marianne Reynolds
Blue (1968)
as Sarah Lambert
Double Jeopardy (1992)
as Detective Phyllis Camden
The Noah (1975)
as Friday-Anne
All I Want for Christmas (2014)
as Gwen
Invincible (2020)
as Dr. Quade
Circuit (2001)
as Club Cashier
Get Married or Die (2018)
as Margaret
Heat Wave (1990)
as Mrs. Canfield
In the Heat of Passion (1992)
as Lee Adams
Night of the Wolf (2002)
as Rose Handy
Tom in America (2014)
as Betty
Out of the Black (2001)
as Elizabeth Malby
Trash Fire (2016)
as Florence
Stranger Than Love (1993)
as Laura Frossky
The Walk (2022)
as Mrs. Kelley
Cinderella Liberty (1973)
as Fleet Chick
Another Woman's Husband (2000)
as Roxie
The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993)
as Sandee Sloop
Crack in the Mirror (1960)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
as Wilma Floyd
Skeletons in the Closet (2024)
as Madam Futura
Pipe Dreams (1976)
as Two-Street Betty
Awakened (2013)
as Harriet Bendi
Paint It Red (2018)
as Adele
Sallywood (2024)
as Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998)
as Self
Double Threat (1992)
as Monica Martel
SEGAL (2025)
as Self
Altered Perceptions (2023)
as Theresa Morgan
Going Home (1971)
as Ann Graham
Cold Feet (1989)
as Maureen
Human Highway (1982)
as Kathryn
High Stakes (1989)
as Melanie Rose
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
as Self
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977)
as Della Bianco
Urgency (2010)
as Mediator
Stars in Shorts (2012)
as Madame Ulaila
Double Exposure (1982)
as Hooker
The Young Nurses (1973)
as Woman at clinic
Hometown U.S.A. (1979)
as Gwen
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965)
as Self
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger (2014)
as Self
Picture Windows: Song of Songs (1994)
as Blossom
Eye of the Stranger (1993)
as Lori
Anna (1987)
as Anna
Death Scream (1975)
as Mary
Candy Stripe Nurses (1974)
as Wife in Clinic
When It Rings (2023)
as Lesley Judd
Hope For The Holidays (2020)
as Georgia Petros
Buddy Hutchins (2015)
as Bertha
Fade In (1973)
as Herself
Griffin and Phoenix (1976)
as Jody
Little Ghost (1997)
as Mother Ghost
Hey, Let's Twist! (1961)
as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
Here We Are (2023)
as Sherri
Talking Walls (1987)
as Hooker
Largo Desolato (1990)
as Suzana
Murder, Anyone? (2022)
as Nancy
Paint It Black (1990)
as Marion Easton
The Georgia Peaches (1980)
as Vivian Stark
Chandler Hall (2005)
as Sally
Coming Apart (1969)
as Joann
Mollie & Friends (2008)
as Elizabeth St. James
Norma Jean, Jack, and Me (1998)
as Marilyn Monroe
Resurrection Mary (2007)
as Lois
Double Deception (1993)
as Anita Cortez
The Woman in the Room (2021)
as Mother
The Wishmakers (2011)
as Mary
Archaeology of a Woman (2014)
as Margaret
Bloodlines (2004)
as Joyce
Woods Witch (2023)
as Charlotte
The Rose Technique (2002)
as Helen
Guns & Lipstick (1995)
as Danielle Roberts
A Rose for Emily (1983)
as Gossip
A-list (2006)
Actor
Stringer (1992)
as Joan Pezanasky
Primary Motive (1992)
as Helen Poulas
Hit the Dutchman (1992)
as Emma Flegenheimer
The Final Code (2021)
as Doctor Holly
Sarah Q (2018)
as Helena
Price for Freedom (2017)
as Francine Wayne
The Illegal (1979)
as Don Tony's Girlfriend
Extinction (2017)
as Rose
Broken Roads (2012)
as Mrs. Wallace
Forever (1992)
as Angelica
Lights Out (2015)
as Rose
Richard III (2007)
as Queen Margaret
The Magic (2021)
as Rose Buchanan
SCREEN TEST [ST181]: SALLY KIRKLAND (1964)
as self
Jack the Reaper (2013)
as Harold's Nana
Grave Images (1991)
as Caitlin
Jump (1971)
as Lou (uncredited)
House Under Siege (2010)
as Pat Mazur
The New Hands (2023)
as May
The Boys Behind the Desk (2000)
Actor
Courts mais Gay : Tome 11 (2006)
as Rachel
Making a Killing (2018)
as Dolores
The Visitor from Planet Omicron (2013)
as Jen
Buddy Solitaire (2016)
as Hanna
The Wayshower (2011)
as Jeena
Futz (1969)
as Merry Lee
Dirt (1965)
Actor
Spiritual Warriors (2008)
as Realtor
The Bride From Vegas (2014)
Actor
Satisfaction (1966)
as The Nun