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