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