Sally Kirkland
Acting • Born 1941-10-31 – Died 2025-11-11
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).
Filmography
207 credits
80 for Brady
Movie • 2023
Ida
JFK
Movie • 1991
Rose Cheramie
The Way We Were
Movie • 1973
Pony Dunbar
The New Hands
Movie • 2023
May
Here We Are
Movie • 2023
Sherri
The Player
Movie • 1992
Sally Kirkland
EDtv
Movie • 1999
Jeanette
Fatal Games
Movie • 1984
Diane Paine
Wish You Were Dead
Movie • 2002
Penelope Wilson
Extinction
Movie • 2017
Rose
Gunmen
Movie • 1993
Bennett
Breakheart Pass
Movie • 1975
Jane-Marie
Bite the Bullet
Movie • 1975
Honey
The Sting
Movie • 1973
Crystal
Fingerprints
Movie • 2006
Mary
Big Stan
Movie • 2007
Madame Foreman
Coffee Date
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Muller
Revenge
Movie • 1990
Rock Star
Two Evil Eyes
Movie • 1990
Eleonora
Bullseye!
Movie • 1990
Willie
The Georgia Peaches
Movie • 1980
Vivian Stark
Big Bad Mama
Movie • 1974
Barney's Woman
Little Ghost
Movie • 1997
Mother Ghost
Adam & Steve
Movie • 2005
Mary
All I Want for Christmas
Movie • 2014
Gwen
The Haunted
Movie • 1991
Janet Smurl
The Wayshower
Movie • 2011
Jeena
Coming Apart
Movie • 1969
Joann
Human Highway
Movie • 1982
Kathryn
Resurrection Mary
Movie • 2007
Lois
Amnesia
Movie • 1997
Charlene Hunt
Neo Ned
Movie • 2005
Shelly Nelson
Double Exposure
Movie • 1982
Hooker
Fade In
Movie • 1973
Herself
The Young Nurses
Movie • 1973
Woman at clinic
Candy Stripe Nurses
Movie • 1974
Wife in Clinic
Richard III
Movie • 2007
Queen Margaret
Jack the Reaper
Movie • 2013
Harold's Nana
Cold Feet
Movie • 1989
Maureen
Going Home
Movie • 1971
Ann Graham
Aftermath
Movie • 2024
Dr. Jane
Paint It Black
Movie • 1990
Marion Easton
Crazy Mama
Movie • 1975
Ella Mae
Anna
Movie • 1987
Anna
The Bulkin Trail
Movie • 1992
Selma Bulkin
Spiritual Warriors
Movie • 2008
Realtor
Broken Roads
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Wallace
Stranger Than Love
Movie • 1993
Laura Frossky
Guns & Lipstick
Movie • 1995
Danielle Roberts
Hey, Let's Twist!
Movie • 1961
Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
Largo Desolato
Movie • 1990
Suzana
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Movie • 1998
Self
In the Heat of Passion
Movie • 1992
Lee Adams
Woods Witch
Movie • 2023
Charlotte
Lights Out
Movie • 2015
Rose
White Hot
Movie • 1989
Harriet
Futz
Movie • 1969
Merry Lee
Griffin and Phoenix
Movie • 1976
Jody
Best of the Best
Movie • 1989
Catherine Wade
High Stakes
Movie • 1989
Melanie Rose
The Magic
Movie • 2021
Rose Buchanan
Tom in America
Movie • 2014
Betty
A-list
Movie • 2006
The Walk
Movie • 2022
Mrs. Kelley
Wilbur Falls
Movie • 1998
Roberta Devereaux
Cheatin' Hearts
Movie • 1993
Jenny
Hello Actors Studio
Movie • 1988
Self
The Boys Behind the Desk
Movie • 2000
Awakened
Movie • 2013
Harriet Bendi
Nerdland
Movie • 2016
Older Woman (voice)
Blue
Movie • 1968
Sarah Lambert
The Rose Technique
Movie • 2002
Helen
Satisfaction
Movie • 1966
The Nun
Pipe Dreams
Movie • 1976
Two-Street Betty
The Westing Game
Movie • 1997
Sydelle Pulaski
Mollie & Friends
Movie • 2008
Elizabeth St. James
Suburban Gothic
Movie • 2014
Virginia
Eye of the Stranger
Movie • 1993
Lori
When It Rings
Movie • 2023
Lesley Judd
House Under Siege
Movie • 2010
Pat Mazur
An Eye for an Eye
Movie • 2004
Rachel
Courts mais Gay : Tome 11
Movie • 2006
Rachel
Altered Perceptions
Movie • 2023
Theresa Morgan
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1976
Photographer
Holiday Boyfriend
Movie • 2023
Alice
Audit
Movie • 2001
Raissa
The Illegal
Movie • 1979
Don Tony's Girlfriend
Hit the Dutchman
Movie • 1992
Emma Flegenheimer
Archaeology of a Woman
Movie • 2014
Margaret
Jump
Movie • 1971
Lou (uncredited)
The Second Coming of Christ
Movie • 2018
Stella
Bobcat Moretti
Movie • 2023
Helene Moretti
Paranoia
Movie • 1998
Dr. Kurtzwell
A Bag of Hammers
Movie • 2011
Older Jewish Lady
Thank You, Good Night
Movie • 2001
Doreen
Blazing Saddles
Movie • 1974
Cashier (uncredited)
Los Angeles Overnight
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Chantilly
Double Threat
Movie • 1992
Monica Martel
Buddy Hutchins
Movie • 2015
Bertha
Skeletons in the Closet
Movie • 2024
Madam Futura
Hollywood Dreams
Movie • 2007
Not Your Time
Movie • 2010
Madame Ulaila
Murder, Anyone?
Movie • 2022
Nancy
Flexing with Monty
Movie • 2010
Lillith
Private Benjamin
Movie • 1980
Helga
Primary Motive
Movie • 1992
Helen Poulas
Slut
Movie • 2014
Grandma
Flush
Movie • 1977
Janet
The Woman Who Loved Elvis
Movie • 1993
Sandee Sloop
The Wishmakers
Movie • 2011
Mary
Trash Fire
Movie • 2016
Florence
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
Movie • 2014
Self
Heat Wave
Movie • 1990
Mrs. Canfield
Excess Baggage
Movie • 1997
Louise
Lost Explorer
Movie • 2023
Annette
Buddy Solitaire
Movie • 2016
Hanna
The Noah
Movie • 1975
Friday-Anne
The Most Hated Woman in America
Movie • 2017
Lena Christina
13 Most Beautiful Women
Movie • 1964
The Code of Cain
Movie • 2015
Elisabeth
Forever
Movie • 1992
Angelica
Stars in Shorts
Movie • 2012
Madame Ulaila
Mango Kiss
Movie • 2004
Emilia
Urgency
Movie • 2010
Mediator
Starry Night
Movie • 1999
Detective Brook Murphy
Talking Walls
Movie • 1987
Hooker
Brand X
Movie • 1970
Patient / President's Wife
The Kansas City Massacre
Movie • 1975
Wilma Floyd
Cinderella Liberty
Movie • 1973
Fleet Chick
Out of the Black
Movie • 2001
Elizabeth Malby
Double Deception
Movie • 1993
Anita Cortez
Gnaw
Movie • 2017
Claudette Grim
A Rose for Emily
Movie • 1983
Gossip
Grave Images
Movie • 1991
Caitlin
Stringer
Movie • 1992
Joan Pezanasky
Hometown U.S.A.
Movie • 1979
Gwen
Making a Killing
Movie • 2018
Dolores
Another Woman's Husband
Movie • 2000
Roxie
Bruce Almighty
Movie • 2003
Anita
Brave New World
Movie • 1998
Linda
Tracks
Movie • 1976
Train Passenger
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Movie • 2018
Self
Paint It Red
Movie • 2018
Adele
Cuck
Movie • 2019
Mother
Dirt
Movie • 1965
A Month of Sundays
Movie • 2001
Katherine St. Croix
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Movie • 1965
Self
Blume in Love
Movie • 1973
Party Guest (uncredited)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Movie • 1990
Self
Get Married or Die
Movie • 2018
Margaret
Double Jeopardy
Movie • 1992
Detective Phyllis Camden
Off the Black
Movie • 2006
Marianne Reynolds
Sallywood
Movie • 2024
Self
Sarah Q
Movie • 2018
Helena
Acceleration
Movie • 2019
Betty
The Bride From Vegas
Movie • 2014
Night of the Wolf
Movie • 2002
Rose Handy
Death Scream
Movie • 1975
Mary
Curse of the Sunset Starlet
Movie • 2013
Gigi
Love Letters
Movie • 1983
Hippie
Price for Freedom
Movie • 2017
Francine Wayne
SEGAL
Movie • 2025
Self
Chandler Hall
Movie • 2005
Sally
Circuit
Movie • 2001
Club Cashier
The Final Code
Movie • 2021
Doctor Holly
The Woman in the Room
Movie • 2021
Mother
Hope For The Holidays
Movie • 2020
Georgia Petros
Magic Max
Movie • 2021
Elaine Hart
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
Movie • 1977
Della Bianco
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
Movie • 2023
Doctor Parker
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Movie • 1981
Cashier
Crack in the Mirror
Movie • 1960
Bit Part (uncredited)
Bloodlines
Movie • 2004
Joyce
Invincible
Movie • 2020
Dr. Quade
The Visitor from Planet Omicron
Movie • 2013
Jen
Picture Windows: Song of Songs
Movie • 1994
Blossom
Boxer Shorts
Movie • 2002
What's Up, Scarlet?
Movie • 2005
Ruth Zabrinski
Norma Jean, Jack, and Me
Movie • 1998
Marilyn Monroe
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Ella
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Betty Rowan
Baretta
TV • 1975
Roseanne
TV • 1988
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Lonnie
Kojak
TV • 1973
Gloria
Three's Company
TV • 1977
Sally
Wanted
TV • 2005
Sheila Beckwith
Petrocelli
TV • 1974
Bronk
TV • 1975
Jack's Place
TV • 1992
Felicity
TV • 1998
Professor Annie Sherman
The Hunger
TV • 1997
Mrs. Garington
Kojak
TV • 1973
Shirley
Captains and the Kings
TV • 1976
Aggie
Women: Stories of Passion
TV • 1996
Annie
Head Case
TV • 2007
Dr. Goode's Mother
Valley of the Dolls
TV • 1994
Helen Lawson
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Laurie Archer
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Margaret Hollinger
Kojak
TV • 1973
Clara
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Stella Riggs, Peter's Mother
Picture Windows
TV • 1995
Blossom
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Evelyn Colby
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Tattoo Lady