Sally Kirkland
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).
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Films (184)
SEGAL
2025 · Self
Sallywood
2024 · Self
Aftermath
2024 · Dr. Jane
Skeletons in the Closet
2024 · Madam Futura
Woods Witch
2023 · Charlotte
Holiday Boyfriend
2023 · Alice
Lost Explorer
2023 · Annette
When It Rings
2023 · Lesley Judd
Altered Perceptions
2023 · Theresa Morgan
Here We Are
2023 · Sherri
El peso de un sueño
2023 · Helene Moretti
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
2023 · Doctor Parker
The New Hands
2023 · May
Tom Brady à tout prix
2023 · Ida
Murder, Anyone?
2022 · Nancy
El Viaje
2022 · Mrs. Kelley
The Magic
2021 · Rose Buchanan
The Final Code
2021 · Doctor Holly
The Woman in the Room
2021 · Mother
Magic Max
2021 · Elaine Hart
Hope For The Holidays
2020 · Georgia Petros
A Medicine for the Mind
2020 · Sandra
Invincible
2020 · Dr. Quade
Accélération
2019 · Betty
Cuck
2019 · Mother
Sarah Q
2018 · Helena
Making a Killing
2018 · Dolores
Paint It Red
2018 · Adele
Los Angeles Overnight
2018 · Mrs. Chantilly
The Second Coming of Christ
2018 · Stella
Les féministes : À quoi pensaient-elles ?
2018 · Self
Get Married or Die
2018 · Margaret
Gnaw
2017 · Claudette Grim
Price for Freedom
2017 · Francine Wayne
La Femme la plus détestée d'Amérique
2017 · Lena Christina
Extinction
2017 · Rose
Nerdland
2016 · Older Woman (voice)
Trash Fire
2016 · Florence
Buddy Solitaire
2016 · Hanna
Lights Out
2015 · Rose
The Code of Cain
2015 · Elisabeth
Buddy Hutchins
2015 · Bertha
All I Want for Christmas
2014 · Gwen
Slut
2014 · Grandma
Archaeology of a Woman
2014 · Margaret
Suburban Gothic
2014 · Virginia
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
2014 · Self
Tom in America
2014 · Betty
The Bride From Vegas
2014
Jack the Reaper
2013 · Harold's Nana
Despertada
2013 · Harriet Bendi
Curse of the Sunset Starlet
2013 · Gigi
The Visitor from Planet Omicron
2013 · Jen, Associate Producer
Broken Roads
2012 · Mrs. Wallace
Stars in Shorts
2012 · Madame Ulaila
The Wishmakers
2011 · Mary
The Wayshower
2011 · Jeena
A Bag of Hammers
2011 · Older Jewish Lady
Not Your Time
2010 · Madame Ulaila
House Under Siege
2010 · Pat Mazur, Producer
Flexing with Monty
2010 · Lillith
Urgency
2010 · Mediator
Spiritual Warriors
2008 · Realtor
Mollie & Friends
2008 · Elizabeth St. James, Producer
Le Grand Stan
2007 · Madame Foreman
Resurrection Mary
2007 · Lois
Richard III
2007 · Queen Margaret
Hollywood Dreams
2007
Factory Girl
2006 · Grandma Sedgwick (uncredited)
Off the Black
2006 · Marianne Reynolds
Coffee Date
2006 · Mrs. Muller
Fingerprints
2006 · Mary
A-list
2006
Courts mais Gay : Tome 11
2006 · Rachel
Chandler Hall
2005 · Sally
What's Up, Scarlet?
2005 · Ruth Zabrinski
Adam & Steve
2005 · Mary
Neo Ned
2005 · Shelly Nelson
Bloodlines
2004 · Joyce
An Eye for an Eye
2004 · Rachel, Producer
Mango Kiss
2004 · Emilia
Bruce tout-puissant
2003 · Anita
Boxer Shorts
2002
Wish You Were Dead
2002 · Penelope Wilson
Night of the Wolf
2002 · Rose Handy
The Rose Technique
2002 · Helen
Party Boys
2001 · Club Cashier
A Month of Sundays
2001 · Katherine St. Croix
Out of the Black
2001 · Elizabeth Malby
Audit
2001 · Raissa
Thank You, Good Night
2001 · Doreen
La Meilleure Amie De Ma Maîtresse
2000 · Roxie
The Boys Behind the Desk
2000 · Director
EDtv
1999 · Jeanette
Starry Night
1999 · Detective Brook Murphy
Wilbur Falls
1998 · Roberta Devereaux
Paranoia
1998 · Dr. Kurtzwell
Brave New World
1998 · Linda
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998 · Self
Norma Jean, Jack, and Me
1998 · Marilyn Monroe
Little Ghost
1997 · Mother Ghost
The Westing Game
1997 · Sydelle Pulaski
Excess Baggage
1997 · Louise
Amnesia
1997 · Charlene Hunt, Associate Producer
Guns & Lipstick
1995 · Danielle Roberts
Picture Windows: Song of Songs
1994 · Blossom
Cheatin' Hearts
1993 · Jenny, Executive Producer
Double Deception
1993 · Anita Cortez
Gunmen
1993 · Bennett
Eye of the Stranger
1993 · Lori
The Woman Who Loved Elvis
1993 · Sandee Sloop
Stranger Than Love
1993 · Laura Frossky, Executive Producer
Double Threat
1992 · Monica Martel
Double Jeopardy
1992 · Detective Phyllis Camden
Primary Motive
1992 · Helen Poulas
Blast 'Em
1992 · Self
Hit the Dutchman
1992 · Emma Flegenheimer
The Player
1992 · Sally Kirkland
In the Heat of Passion
1992 · Lee Adams
The Bulkin Trail
1992 · Selma Bulkin
Forever
1992 · Angelica
Stringer
1992 · Joan Pezanasky
JFK
1991 · Rose Cheramie
The Haunted
1991 · Janet Smurl
Grave Images
1991 · Caitlin
Bullseye!
1990 · Willie
Heat Wave
1990 · Mrs. Canfield
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990 · Self
Largo Desolato
1990 · Suzana
Paint It Black
1990 · Marion Easton
Revenge
1990 · Rock Star
Two Evil Eyes
1990 · Eleonora
Best of the Best
1989 · Catherine Wade
High Stakes
1989 · Melanie Rose
Cold Feet
1989 · Maureen
White Hot
1989 · Harriet
Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Self
Anna
1987 · Anna
Talking Walls
1987 · Hooker
Fatal Games
1984 · Diane Paine
A Rose for Emily
1983 · Gossip
Love Letters
1983 · Hippie
Human Highway
1982 · Kathryn
Double Exposure
1982 · Hooker
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981 · Cashier
The Georgia Peaches
1980 · Vivian Stark
Private Benjamin
1980 · Helga
The Illegal
1979 · Don Tony's Girlfriend
Hometown U.S.A.
1979 · Gwen
Flush
1977 · Janet
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
1977 · Della Bianco
Making It In Hollywood
1977 · Self
A Star Is Born
1976 · Photographer
Tracks
1976 · Train Passenger
Pipe Dreams
1976 · Two-Street Betty
Griffin and Phoenix
1976 · Jody
Breakheart Pass
1975 · Jane-Marie
Bite the Bullet
1975 · Honey
Death Scream
1975 · Mary
The Kansas City Massacre
1975 · Wilma Floyd
Crazy Mama
1975 · Ella Mae
The Noah
1975 · Friday-Anne
Big Bad Mama
1974 · Barney's Woman
Candy Stripe Nurses
1974 · Wife in Clinic
Blazing Saddles
1974 · Cashier (uncredited)
The Sting
1973 · Crystal
Cinderella Liberty
1973 · Fleet Chick
Fade In
1973 · Herself
The Way We Were
1973 · Pony Dunbar
Blume in Love
1973 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Young Nurses
1973 · Woman at clinic
Going Home
1971 · Ann Graham
Jump
1971 · Lou (uncredited)
Brand X
1970 · Patient / President's Wife
Futz
1969 · Merry Lee
Coming Apart
1969 · Joann
Blue
1968 · Sarah Lambert
Satisfaction
1966 · The Nun
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965 · Self
Dirt
1965
13 Most Beautiful Women
1964
SCREEN TEST [ST181]: SALLY KIRKLAND
1964 · self
Hey, Let's Twist!
1961 · Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
Crack in the Mirror
1960 · Bit Part (uncredited)
Séries (27)
Head Case
2007 · Dr. Goode's Mother
Wanted
2005 · Sheila Beckwith
Strong Medicine
2000 · Stella Riggs, Peter's Mother
Felicity
1998 · Professor Annie Sherman
The Hunger
1997 · Mrs. Garington
Women: Stories of Passion
1996 · Annie
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Audience Member
Picture Windows
1995 · Blossom
Valley of the Dolls
1994 · Helen Lawson
The Nanny
1993 · Tattoo Lady
Jack's Place
1992
Roseanne
1988
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Evelyn Colby
Falcon Crest
1981 · Ella
Supertrain
1979 · Katherine Sully
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Margaret Hollinger
Lou Grant
1977
Three's Company
1977 · Sally
Captains and the Kings
1976 · Aggie
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Lonnie, Laurie Archer
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt
Bronk
1975
Baretta
1975
Petrocelli
1974
Kojak
1973 · Gloria, Shirley, Clara
The Rookies
1972
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Betty Rowan