Sally Kirkland | |
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 Kirkland in 2014 | |
| Born | (1941-10-31)October 31, 1941 (age 83)[1] New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Actors Studio American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, producer |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Spouse | |
| Mother | Sally Kirkland |
| Awards | Awards |
Sally Kirkland Jr. (born October 31, 1941) is an American actress and producer.[2][3] A former member ofAndy Warhol'sThe 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 ofLife magazine andVogue,Sally Kirkland.
Kirkland garnered widespread critical acclaim for her eponymous performance as a former popular actress in the independent comedy-dramaAnna (1987), which earned her theGolden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Actress. She also won theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and theLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.[4][5]
She also earned a nomination for theGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for her performance in the horror filmThe Haunted (1991). She is also known for her roles inCold Feet (1989),Best of the Best (1989),[6]JFK (1991)[7] andBruce Almighty (2003).[8]
Kirkland was born on October 31, 1941, inNew York City. She was named after her mother,Sally Kirkland (born Sarah Phinney), who was a fashion editor atVogue andLIFE magazines, and was raised inOklahoma.[9] Her father, Frederic McMichael Kirkland, worked in thescrap metal business.[citation needed] Kirkland started out as aVogue model and then studied at theActors Studio withLee Strasberg andUta Hagen.[1] Kirkland graduated from theAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1961.[10]
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 Sally Kirkland 1969[11] |
Kirkland began actingOff-Broadway in 1963.[12] She joinedAndy Warhol'sThe Factory and appeared nude and tied to a chair for 45 minutes in the 1964 drama filmThe 13 Most Beautiful Women. By 1964, Kirkland was deeply involved in the New York's avant-garde movement and was also an active drug user until an attempted suicide frightened her into cleaning up her life through yoga and painting.[1] Four years later, she returned to film, appearing in the westernBlue, and the following year[13] starred in the underground filmComing Apart (1969).
Kirkland spent the 1970s and most of the 1980s playing secondary roles in film includeGoing Home (1971),The Young Nurses (1973),The Way We Were (1973),The Sting (1973),Big Bad Mama (1974),Crazy Mama (1975),A Star Is Born (1976) andPrivate Benjamin (1980). She played a leading role in the 1984 horror filmFatal Games. Her television credits include guest-starring roles onHawaii Five-O,Police Story,The Rookies,Three's Company,Kojak,Starsky & Hutch,Charlie's Angels andFalcon Crest.[14]
In 1987, Kirkland received widespread critical acclaim for her eponymous performance as a former popular actress in the independent comedy-dramaAnna.[15]The Washington Post deemed her performance as "superb"[16] and theLos Angeles Times rated her as one of the best actresses of the decade.[17] She won theGolden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, in addition to a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Actress.[4][5][15][18] She next acted in second-grade films includeCold Feet (1989),Paint It Black (1989) andTwo Evil Eyes (1990).
In 1990s, Kirkland starred in action comedyBullseye! (1990) oppositeMichael Caine, and played supporting roles in filmsRevenge (1990),JFK (1991),The Player (1992),Gunmen (1994),Excess Baggage (1997) andEDtv (1999). She starred in the erotic thrillersIn the Heat of Passion andDouble Threat in 1992, which found success in home video releases.[19] She found better success on television, playing leading roles in a number of made-for-television movies, and starring in the syndicated soap operaValley of the Dolls in 1994. In 1990, she also played Truvy Jones in the television adaptation ofSteel Magnolias. For her performance in the television filmThe Haunted (1991), Kirkland received a nomination for theGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She guest-starred inRoseanne,Murder, She Wrote andThe Nanny. In 1999, she had a recurring roles inFelicity andDays of Our Lives.
In 2000s, she played supporting roles in films includeBruce Almighty (2003),Adam & Steve (2005) andBig Stan (2007).
Kirkland hosted a weekly program on the syndicated HealthyLife Radio Network.[20] In 2019, she starred in the filmCuck.[21][22] In 2020, she starred in the Amazon release filmHope For The Holidays withRobert Lasardo,Doug Hutchison,Alex Cubis andGeorge Stults.[23]
Kirkland is also a health activist including advocating for women harmed bybreast implants. She founded the Kirkland Institute for Implant Survival Syndrome in August 1998.[24]
Kirkland is an ordained minister in the church ofMovement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.[25]
She is a gallery-shown painter[26] and a noted acting teacher whose students have includedSandra Bullock,Barbra Streisand,Liza Minnelli,Dwight Yoakam, andRoseanne Barr, among others.[27][28]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Blue | Sara Lambert | |
| 1969 | Coming Apart | Joann | |
| 1969 | Futz | Merry Lee | |
| 1971 | Going Home | Ann Graham | |
| 1973 | The Way We Were | Pony Dunbar | |
| 1973 | Cinderella Liberty | Fleet Chick | |
| 1973 | The Sting | Crystal | |
| 1975 | The Noah | Friday Anne (voice) | |
| 1975 | Bite the Bullet | Honey | |
| 1975 | Crazy Mama | Ella Mae | |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass | Jane Marie | |
| 1976 | Pipe Dreams | Two Street Betty | |
| 1976 | A Star Is Born | Photographer | |
| 1977 | Flush | Janet | |
| 1979 | Hometown U.S.A. | Gwen | |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin | Helga | |
| 1980 | The Georgia Peaches | Vivian Stark | |
| 1982 | Human Highway | Kathryn | |
| 1984 | Love Letters | Sally | |
| 1984 | Fatal Games | Diane Paine | |
| 1987 | Anna | Anna | |
| 1989 | White Hot | Harriet | |
| 1989 | Paint It Black | Maria Easton | |
| 1989 | Cold Feet | Maureen | |
| 1989 | Best of the Best | Kathryn Wade | |
| 1989 | High Stakes | Bambi / Melanie Rose | |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes | Eleonora | Segment: "The Black Cat" |
| 1990 | Revenge | The Rock Star | |
| 1990 | Bullseye! | Willie | |
| 1991 | JFK | Rose Cheramie | |
| 1992 | In the Heat of Passion | Lee Adams | |
| 1992 | The Player | Sally Kirkland | |
| 1992 | Forever | Angelica | |
| 1992 | Hit the Dutchman | Emma Flegenheimer | |
| 1992 | Primary Motive | Helen Poulas | |
| 1992 | Double Threat | Monica Martel | |
| 1992 | Stringer | Joan | |
| 1993 | Paper Hearts | Jenny | |
| 1993 | Eye of the Stranger | Lori | |
| 1994 | Gunmen | Bennett | |
| 1995 | Guns and Lipstick | Danielle Roberts | |
| 1997 | Amnesia | Charlene Hunt | |
| 1997 | Excess Baggage | Louise Doucette | |
| 1998 | Wilbur Falls | Roberta Devereaux | |
| 1998 | Paranoia | Dr. Kurtzwell | |
| 1998 | The Island | Marilyn Monroe | |
| 1999 | EDtv | Jeanette | |
| 1999 | Starry Night | Det. Brook Murphy | |
| 2001 | Thank You, Good Night | Doreen | |
| 2001 | Out of the Black | Elizabeth Malby | |
| 2001 | A Month of Sundays | Katherine St. Croix | |
| 2001 | Wish You Were Dead | Penelope Wilson | |
| 2002 | The Rose Technique | Helen | |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Anita Mann | |
| 2004 | Mango Kiss | Emilia | |
| 2004 | Bloodlines | Joyce | |
| 2005 | Neo Ned | Shelly Nelson | |
| 2005 | Adam & Steve | Mary | |
| 2005 | What's Up, Scarlet? | Ruth Zabrinski | |
| 2005 | Chandler Hall | Sally | |
| 2006 | Off the Black | Marianne Reynolds | |
| 2006 | A-List | Olga | |
| 2006 | Fingerprints | Mary | |
| 2006 | Coffee Date | Mrs. Muller | |
| 2007 | Big Stan | Jury Madam Foreman | |
| 2007 | Resurrection Mary | Lois | |
| 2007 | Blind Spot | Penelope Denmore | Short |
| 2008 | Richard III | Queen Margaret | |
| 2008 | Mollie & Friends | Elizabeth St. James | |
| 2008 | Oak Hill | Elizabeth St. James | |
| 2008 | Bald | Mrs. Elise Stern | |
| 2010 | House Under Siege | Pat Mazur | |
| 2010 | Lights Out | Rose | |
| 2011 | The Last Gamble | Sally | |
| 2011 | The Wayshower | Jeena | |
| 2011 | The Wishmakers | Mary | |
| 2011 | Division III: Football's Finest | Crystal Vice | |
| 2012 | Archaeology of a Woman | Margaret | |
| 2012 | Broken Roads | Mrs. Wallace | |
| 2012 | Posey | Posey | Short |
| 2013 | Awakened | Harriet Bendi | |
| 2013 | The Visitor from Planet Omicron | Jen | |
| 2014 | Ron and Laura Take Back America | Sally | |
| 2014 | The Bride From Vegas | Suzy 'The Salt Shaker' | |
| 2014 | Suburban Gothic | Virginia | |
| 2014 | Tom in America | Betty | Short |
| 2015 | Buddy Hutchins | Bertha | |
| 2016 | The Code of Cain | Elisabeth | |
| 2016 | Courting Des Moines | Maxine Jackson | |
| 2016 | Trash Fire | Florence | |
| 2016 | Buddy Solitaire | Hanna | |
| 2017 | Making a Killing | Dolores | |
| 2017 | The Most Hated Woman in America | Lena Christina | |
| 2017 | Price for Freedom | Francine Wayne | |
| 2017 | Gnaw (Apartment 212) | Claudette | |
| 2018 | Get Married or Die | Margaret | |
| 2018 | The Second Coming of Christ | Stella | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Overnight | Mrs. Chantilly | |
| 2018 | Sarah Q | Helena | |
| 2018 | Wally Got Wasted | Marilyn Tuttlebaum | |
| 2019 | Cuck | Mother | |
| 2019 | Paint It Red | Adele | |
| 2020 | Hell Hole | Dr. Parker | |
| 2020 | Hope for the Holidays[29] | Georgia | |
| 2020 | Invincible | Dr. Quade | |
| 2021 | The Trouble | Ms. Greyson | |
| 2021 | The Legend of Resurrection Mary | Lois | |
| 2022 | Bobcat Moretti | Helene Moretti | |
| 2023 | When It Rings[30] | Lesley Judd | |
| 2023 | Altered Perceptions | Theresa Morgan | |
| 2023 | 80 for Brady | Ida |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | New York Television Theatre | Barbara Fiers | "The Drapes Come" |
| 1973 | Hawaii Five-O | Betty Rowan | "Murder Is a Taxing Affair" |
| 1974 | Toma | Rita | "The Big Dealers" |
| 1974 | Kojak | Gloria | "Cop in a Cage" |
| 1975 | The Kansas City Massacre | Wilma Floyd | TV film |
| 1975 | Death Scream | Mary | TV film |
| 1975 | Bronk | Policewoman Haley / Billie | "Open Contract", "The Fifth Victim" |
| 1975 | Petrocelli | Joan Arnold | "Too Many Alibis" |
| 1976 | Baretta | Rita | "The Left Hand of the Devil" |
| 1976 | The Rookies | Carol Brenner | "From Out of the Darkness" |
| 1976 | Griffin and Phoenix | Jody | TV film |
| 1976 | Captains and the Kings | Aggie | "Chapter VIII" |
| 1977 | Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? | Della Bianco | TV film |
| 1977 | Three's Company | Sally | "Jack Looks for a Job" |
| 1978 | Kojak | Shirley | "May the Horse Be with You" |
| 1978 | Starsky & Hutch | Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt | "Photo Finish" |
| 1978 | The Incredible Hulk | Margaret Hollinger | "A Child in Need" |
| 1978 | Lou Grant | Dr. Eilene Peterson | "Slaughter" |
| 1979 | Visions | Yvette | "Ladies in Waiting" |
| 1979 | Supertrain | Katherine Sully | "A Very Formal Heist" |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels | Lonnie | "Caged Angel" |
| 1980 | Willow B: Women in Prison | Kate Stewart | TV film |
| 1980 | The Georgia Peaches | Vivian Stark | TV film |
| 1981 | Charlie's Angels | Laurie Archer | "Taxi Angels" |
| 1982 | Lou Grant | Vicky Doppler | "Law" |
| 1982 | Insight | Ruth | "So Little Time" |
| 1983 | Falcon Crest | Ella | "Solitary Confinements", "The Betrayal" |
| 1989 | Trying Times | Agripina Gravanescu-Smith | "Death and Taxes" |
| 1990 | Heat Wave | Mrs. Canfield | TV film |
| 1990 | Steel Magnolias | Truvy Jones | TV film |
| 1990 | Largo Desolato | Suzana | TV film |
| 1991 | The Haunted | Janet Smurl | TV film |
| 1992 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Mary Morris | "Zero Hour" |
| 1992 | Raven | Flori | "Flori and Dori" |
| 1992 | Double Jeopardy | Det. Phyllis Camden | TV film |
| 1992–93 | Roseanne | Barbara Healy | "It's No Place Like Home for the Holidays", "It's a Boy" |
| 1993 | The Woman Who Loved Elvis | Sandee Sloop | TV film |
| 1993 | Jack's Place | Peg | "Play It Again, Jack" |
| 1993 | Double Deception | Anita Cortez | TV film |
| 1994 | Valley of the Dolls | Helen Lawson | Main role |
| 1995 | Picture Windows | Blossom | "Song of Songs" |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Evelyn Colby | "The Scent of Murder" |
| 1996 | High Tide | Matilda | "The Curse of the High Tide" |
| 1996 | Goode Behavior | Molly | "Goode Golly, Miss Molly" |
| 1997 | Women: Stories of Passion | Annie | "Hotel Magic" |
| 1997 | The Hunger | Mrs. Garington | "Bridal Suite" |
| 1997 | Get a Clue | Sydelle Pulaski | TV film |
| 1998 | Brave New World | Linda | TV film |
| 1999 | Days of Our Lives | Tracey Simpson | Supporting role (22 episodes) |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Wanda | "Simple Wooden Boxes" |
| 1999 | Felicity | Prof. Annie Sherman | Guest role (season 2) |
| 2000 | Another Woman's Husband | Roxie | TV film |
| 2001 | Strong Medicine | Stella Riggs | "Donors" |
| 2001 | Resurrection Blvd. | Mrs. De La Vega | "El Que Necesita" |
| 2002 | Night of the Wolf | Rose Handy | TV film |
| 2002 | Another Pretty Face | Sylvie Tucker | TV film |
| 2005 | Wanted | Sheila Beckwith | "The Promise of Darkness" |
| 2007 | The Simple Life: Goes to Camp | Herself | |
| 2010 | The Agency | Max | TV series |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | May Walden | "Reflection of Desire" |
| 2011 | Paul Cruz: Latin Actor (A Mockuseries) | Sally Kirkland | "Arrested No Development", "The Brother's Grim", "The Stereotype" |
| 2013 | Bennington Gothique | Grand Wentworth (voice) | TV series |
| 2014 | Theatre Fantastique | Louisa Mae | "The Happy Home of the Murderous Mahones" |
| 2014 | All I Want for Christmas | Gwen | TV film |
| 2015 | 40's and Failing | Flora | TV series |
| 2017 | Conversations in L.A. | Evelyn James | "First Step" |
| 2017 | Good Samaritans | Olivia De Mills | "What Do You Say We Get You a Puppy?" |
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 13th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress(tied withHolly Hunter forBroadcast News) | Anna | Won |
| 1988 | 60th Academy Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | |
| 45th Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Won | ||
| 3rd Independent Spirit Awards | Best Female Lead | Won | ||
| 1992 | 49th Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | The Haunted | Nominated |
| 1997 | California Independent Film Festival | Best Actress | Blind Spot | Won |
| 1999 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actress in a Daytime Serial | Days of Our Lives | Won |
| 2003 | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Wish You Were Dead | Nominated |
| 2005 | La Femme International Film Festival | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | |
| 2013 | Fort Myers Beach Film Festival | Best Actress | Posey | Won |
| Studio City Film Festival | Best Actress: Short Film | Won | ||
| Wild Rose Independent Film Festival | Best Actress – Short Film | Won | ||
| 2015 | Madrid International LGBT Film Festival | Special Mention(shared withBurt Young) | Tom in America | Won |
| Long Island International Film Expo | Best Actress | Won | ||
| Maverick Movie Awards | Best Actress: Short | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Queens World Film Festival | Best Actress in a Short | Nominated |
