Sally Kirkland
Born: 1941-10-31 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2025-11-11
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
2025
- SEGAL as Self
2024
- Aftermath as Dr. Jane
- Skeletons in the Closet as Madam Futura
- Sallywood as Self
2023
- 80 for Brady as Ida
- Bobcat Moretti as Helene Moretti
- Holiday Boyfriend as Alice
- The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine as Doctor Parker
- Lost Explorer as Annette
- When It Rings as Lesley Judd
- Woods Witch as Charlotte
- Altered Perceptions as Theresa Morgan
- Here We Are as Sherri
- The New Hands as May
2022
- The Walk as Mrs. Kelley
- Murder, Anyone? as Nancy
2021
- Magic Max as Elaine Hart
- The Final Code as Doctor Holly
- The Woman in the Room as Mother
- The Magic as Rose Buchanan
2020
- Invincible as Dr. Quade
- A Medicine for the Mind as Sandra
- Hope For The Holidays as Georgia Petros
2019
- Acceleration as Betty
- Cuck as Mother
2018
- Making a Killing as Dolores
- The Second Coming of Christ as Stella
- Los Angeles Overnight as Mrs. Chantilly
- Feminists: What Were They Thinking? as Self
- Paint It Red as Adele
- Sarah Q as Helena
- Get Married or Die as Margaret
2017
- Gnaw as Claudette Grim
- The Most Hated Woman in America as Lena Christina
- Price for Freedom as Francine Wayne
- Extinction as Rose
2016
- Nerdland as Older Woman (voice)
- Trash Fire as Florence
- Buddy Solitaire as Hanna
2015
- The Code of Cain as Elisabeth
- Buddy Hutchins as Bertha
- Lights Out as Rose
2014
- Suburban Gothic as Virginia
- Slut as Grandma
- Tom in America as Betty
- All I Want for Christmas as Gwen
- Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger as Self
- Archaeology of a Woman as Margaret
- The Bride From Vegas
2013
- Awakened as Harriet Bendi
- Curse of the Sunset Starlet as Gigi
- Jack the Reaper as Harold's Nana
- The Visitor from Planet Omicron as Jen
2012
- Stars in Shorts as Madame Ulaila
- Broken Roads as Mrs. Wallace
2011
- A Bag of Hammers as Older Jewish Lady
- The Wayshower as Jeena
- The Wishmakers as Mary
2010
- Not Your Time as Madame Ulaila
- Flexing with Monty as Lillith
- House Under Siege as Pat Mazur
- Urgency as Mediator
2008
- Mollie & Friends as Elizabeth St. James
- Spiritual Warriors as Realtor
2007
- Big Stan as Madame Foreman
- Head Case as Dr. Goode's Mother
- Hollywood Dreams
- Richard III as Queen Margaret
- Resurrection Mary as Lois
2006
- Factory Girl as Grandma Sedgwick (uncredited)
- Coffee Date as Mrs. Muller
- Fingerprints as Mary
- Off the Black as Marianne Reynolds
- A-list
- Courts mais Gay : Tome 11 as Rachel
2005
- Wanted as Sheila Beckwith
- Adam & Steve as Mary
- What's Up, Scarlet? as Ruth Zabrinski
- Neo Ned as Shelly Nelson
- Chandler Hall as Sally
2004
- Mango Kiss as Emilia
- An Eye for an Eye as Rachel
- Bloodlines as Joyce
2003
- Bruce Almighty as Anita
2002
- Boxer Shorts
- Wish You Were Dead as Penelope Wilson
- The Rose Technique as Helen
- Night of the Wolf as Rose Handy
2001
- Thank You, Good Night as Doreen
- Audit as Raissa
- A Month of Sundays as Katherine St. Croix
- Circuit as Club Cashier
- Out of the Black as Elizabeth Malby
2000
- Strong Medicine as Stella Riggs, Peter's Mother
- Another Woman's Husband as Roxie
- The Boys Behind the Desk
1999
- EDtv as Jeanette
- Starry Night as Detective Brook Murphy
1998
- Felicity as Professor Annie Sherman
- Wilbur Falls as Roberta Devereaux
- Brave New World as Linda
- Paranoia as Dr. Kurtzwell
- Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- Norma Jean, Jack, and Me as Marilyn Monroe
1997
- The Hunger as Mrs. Garington
- The Westing Game as Sydelle Pulaski
- Amnesia as Charlene Hunt
- Excess Baggage as Louise
- Little Ghost as Mother Ghost
1996
- Women: Stories of Passion as Annie
1995
- Picture Windows as Blossom
- Guns & Lipstick as Danielle Roberts
1994
- Valley of the Dolls as Helen Lawson
- Picture Windows: Song of Songs as Blossom
1993
- The Nanny as Tattoo Lady
- Cheatin' Hearts as Jenny
- Double Deception as Anita Cortez
- Gunmen as Bennett
- Stranger Than Love as Laura Frossky
- Eye of the Stranger as Lori
- The Woman Who Loved Elvis as Sandee Sloop
1992
- The Player as Sally Kirkland
- Jack's Place
- Blast 'Em as Self
- The Bulkin Trail as Selma Bulkin
- Double Jeopardy as Detective Phyllis Camden
- Double Threat as Monica Martel
- Primary Motive as Helen Poulas
- In the Heat of Passion as Lee Adams
- Stringer as Joan Pezanasky
- Hit the Dutchman as Emma Flegenheimer
- Forever as Angelica
1991
- JFK as Rose Cheramie
- The Haunted as Janet Smurl
- Grave Images as Caitlin
1990
- Revenge as Rock Star
- Two Evil Eyes as Eleonora
- Bullseye! as Willie
- Largo Desolato as Suzana
- Heat Wave as Mrs. Canfield
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
- Paint It Black as Marion Easton
1989
- Best of the Best as Catherine Wade
- White Hot as Harriet
- Cold Feet as Maureen
- High Stakes as Melanie Rose
1988
- Roseanne
- Hello Actors Studio as Self
1987
- Anna as Anna
- Talking Walls as Hooker
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Evelyn Colby
- Fatal Games as Diane Paine
1983
- Love Letters as Hippie
- A Rose for Emily as Gossip
1982
- Double Exposure as Hooker
- Human Highway as Kathryn
1981
- Falcon Crest as Ella
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman as Cashier
1980
- Private Benjamin as Helga
- The Georgia Peaches as Vivian Stark
1979
- Supertrain as Katherine Sully
- Hometown U.S.A. as Gwen
- The Illegal as Don Tony's Girlfriend
1977
- The Incredible Hulk as Margaret Hollinger
- Lou Grant
- Three's Company as Sally
- Flush as Janet
- Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? as Della Bianco
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Lonnie
- Captains and the Kings as Aggie
- Tracks as Train Passenger
- A Star Is Born as Photographer
- Pipe Dreams as Two-Street Betty
- Griffin and Phoenix as Jody
1975
- Baretta
- Starsky & Hutch as Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt
- Bronk
- Bite the Bullet as Honey
- Breakheart Pass as Jane-Marie
- Crazy Mama as Ella Mae
- The Kansas City Massacre as Wilma Floyd
- The Noah as Friday-Anne
- Death Scream as Mary
1974
- Petrocelli
- Blazing Saddles as Cashier (uncredited)
- Big Bad Mama as Barney's Woman
- Candy Stripe Nurses as Wife in Clinic
1973
- Kojak as Gloria
- The Sting as Crystal
- The Way We Were as Pony Dunbar
- Blume in Love as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Cinderella Liberty as Fleet Chick
- The Young Nurses as Woman at clinic
- Fade In as Herself
1972
1971
- Going Home as Ann Graham
- Jump as Lou (uncredited)
1970
- Brand X as Patient / President's Wife
1969
- Coming Apart as Joann
- Futz as Merry Lee
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Betty Rowan
- Blue as Sarah Lambert
1966
- Satisfaction as The Nun
1965
- Andy Warhol Screen Tests as Self
- Dirt
1961
- Hey, Let's Twist! as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
1960
- Crack in the Mirror as Bit Part (uncredited)