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
- Skeletons in the Closet as Madam Futura
- Aftermath as Dr. Jane
- 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
- Woods Witch as Charlotte
- Lost Explorer as Annette
- When It Rings as Lesley Judd
- Altered Perceptions as Theresa Morgan
- Here We Are as Sherri
- The New Hands as May
2022
- Murder, Anyone? as Nancy
- The Walk as Mrs. Kelley
2021
- Magic Max as Elaine Hart
- The Woman in the Room as Mother
- The Final Code as Doctor Holly
- The Magic as Rose Buchanan
2020
- Hope For The Holidays as Georgia Petros
- Invincible as Dr. Quade
- A Medicine for the Mind as Sandra
2019
- Acceleration as Betty
- Cuck as Mother
2018
- The Second Coming of Christ as Stella
- Feminists: What Were They Thinking? as Self
- Get Married or Die as Margaret
- Making a Killing as Dolores
- Paint It Red as Adele
- Los Angeles Overnight as Mrs. Chantilly
- Sarah Q as Helena
2017
- The Most Hated Woman in America as Lena Christina
- Gnaw as Claudette Grim
- 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
- 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
- Slut as Grandma
- Tom in America as Betty
- The Bride From Vegas
2013
- Curse of the Sunset Starlet as Gigi
- The Visitor from Planet Omicron as Jen
- Awakened as Harriet Bendi
- Jack the Reaper as Harold's Nana
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
- Head Case as Dr. Goode's Mother
- Big Stan as Madame Foreman
- Hollywood Dreams
- Resurrection Mary as Lois
- Richard III as Queen Margaret
2006
- Factory Girl as Grandma Sedgwick (uncredited)
- Off the Black as Marianne Reynolds
- Coffee Date as Mrs. Muller
- Fingerprints as Mary
- Courts mais Gay : Tome 11 as Rachel
- A-list
2005
- Wanted as Sheila Beckwith
- What's Up, Scarlet? as Ruth Zabrinski
- Adam & Steve as Mary
- 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
- Wish You Were Dead as Penelope Wilson
- Night of the Wolf as Rose Handy
- Boxer Shorts
- The Rose Technique as Helen
2001
- A Month of Sundays as Katherine St. Croix
- Circuit as Club Cashier
- Thank You, Good Night as Doreen
- Out of the Black as Elizabeth Malby
- Audit as Raissa
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
- Brave New World as Linda
- Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- Wilbur Falls as Roberta Devereaux
- Paranoia as Dr. Kurtzwell
- Norma Jean, Jack, and Me as Marilyn Monroe
1997
- The Hunger as Mrs. Garington
- Excess Baggage as Louise
- Amnesia as Charlene Hunt
- The Westing Game as Sydelle Pulaski
- 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
- Gunmen as Bennett
- Eye of the Stranger as Lori
- Cheatin' Hearts as Jenny
- The Woman Who Loved Elvis as Sandee Sloop
- Stranger Than Love as Laura Frossky
- Double Deception as Anita Cortez
1992
- The Player as Sally Kirkland
- Jack's Place
- In the Heat of Passion as Lee Adams
- Double Jeopardy as Detective Phyllis Camden
- Double Threat as Monica Martel
- Blast 'Em as Self
- Hit the Dutchman as Emma Flegenheimer
- Primary Motive as Helen Poulas
- Forever as Angelica
- The Bulkin Trail as Selma Bulkin
- Stringer as Joan Pezanasky
1991
- JFK as Rose Cheramie
- The Haunted as Janet Smurl
- Grave Images as Caitlin
1990
- Revenge as Rock Star
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
- Two Evil Eyes as Eleonora
- Bullseye! as Willie
- Heat Wave as Mrs. Canfield
- Paint It Black as Marion Easton
- Largo Desolato as Suzana
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
- Talking Walls as Hooker
- Anna as Anna
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
- Making It In Hollywood as Self
- Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? as Della Bianco
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Lonnie
- Captains and the Kings as Aggie
- A Star Is Born as Photographer
- Tracks as Train Passenger
- Griffin and Phoenix as Jody
- Pipe Dreams as Two-Street Betty
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt
- Baretta
- Bronk
- Breakheart Pass as Jane-Marie
- Bite the Bullet as Honey
- Crazy Mama as Ella Mae
- The Kansas City Massacre as Wilma Floyd
- Death Scream as Mary
- The Noah as Friday-Anne
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
- Hawaii Five-O as Betty Rowan
- Coming Apart as Joann
- Futz as Merry Lee
1968
- 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)