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