Sharon Gless
Acting • Born 1943-05-31
Biography
Sharon Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress known for her iconic TV roles, including Sgt. Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey, Debbie Novotny in Queer as Folk, and Madeline Westen in Burn Notice. She has won two Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards for her performances. Gless began her career as a secretary before transitioning to acting and has also appeared in stage productions like Misery and The Vagina Monologues.
Filmography
80 credits
The Star Chamber
Movie • 1983
Emily Hardin
Once Fallen
Movie • 2010
Sue
Bring Him Home
Movie • 2000
Hannah Free
Movie • 2009
Older Hannah
The Magic Statue
Movie • 1982
Penny Alston
Hardhat & Legs
Movie • 1980
Patricia Botsford
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Movie • 1980
Kaye Foster
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Movie • 2002
Self
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Movie • 1973
Jennifer
Fast Charlie
Movie • 2023
Mavis
United We Fan
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Movie • 1995
Christine Cagney
Inequality for All
Movie • 2013
Christine Cagney (archive footage)
The Flying Misfits
Movie • 1976
Nurse 1st Lt.
The Islander
Movie • 1978
Shauna Cooke
The Girl Next Door
Movie • 1998
Dr. Gayle Bennett
Bonnie's Kids
Movie • 1973
Sharon - Waitress
Airport 1975
Movie • 1974
Sharon
Switch
Movie • 1975
Maggie Philbin
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Movie • 1980
Carole Lombard
Letting Go
Movie • 1985
Kate
Honor Thy Mother
Movie • 1992
Bonnie Von Stein
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
Movie • 1981
Barbara Miller
The Immigrants
Movie • 1978
Jean Seldon Lavetta
The Crash of Flight 401
Movie • 1978
Lesley Fuller
Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial
Movie • 1999
Narrator
Separated by Murder
Movie • 1994
Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely
All My Darling Daughters
Movie • 1972
Jennifer
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Movie • 2018
Self
Hobson's Choice
Movie • 1983
Maggie Hobson
The Outside Woman
Movie • 1989
Joyce Mattox
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
Movie • 1996
Christine Cagney
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie • 1994
Christine Cagney
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Movie • 1995
Christine Cagney
The Sky's No Limit
Movie • 1984
Joanna Douglas
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Movie • 1980
Karen Goldner
Show Her the Money
Movie • 2023
Herself
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Dr. Sally Godwin
The Bob Newhart Show
TV • 1972
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Caroline Coates
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Kathleen Faverty
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Colleen Rose
Queer As Folk
TV • 2000
Debbie Novotny
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Madeline Westen
Kojak
TV • 1973
Nancy Parks
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Christine Cagney
The State Within
TV • 2006
Lynne Warner
Ironside
TV • 1967
Switch
TV • 1975
Maggie Philbin
Promised Land
TV • 1996
McCloud
TV • 1970
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
TV • 1990
Rosie O'Neill
The Sixth Sense
TV • 1972
Toma
TV • 1973
So Graham Norton
TV • 1998
Self - Guest
Faraday and Company
TV • 1973
Holly Barrett
Turnabout
TV • 1979
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Lynn Carmichael
The Exorcist
TV • 2016
Chris MacNeil
Baa Baa Black Sheep
TV • 1976
Nurse 1st Lt.
The Last Convertible
TV • 1979
Kay Haddon
Centennial
TV • 1978
Sidney Endermann
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Susan Jameson
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Lori Jenivan
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Karen Goldner
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Sculptor
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Sheila
Rizzoli & Isles
TV • 2010
Inmate
Station 19
TV • 2018
Dottie
The Gifted
TV • 2017
Ellen Strucker
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Ziggy
House Calls
TV • 1979
Jane Jeffries
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Lynn Baker
Cool Million
TV • 1972
Sandy Sherwood
Chase
TV • 1973
Sally
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Dr. Susan Carr