Sharon Gless
Born: 1943-05-31 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Sharon Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress known for her iconic TV roles, including Sgt. Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey, Debbie Novotny in Queer as Folk, and Madeline Westen in Burn Notice. She has won two Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards for her performances. Gless began her career as a secretary before transitioning to acting and has also appeared in stage productions like Misery and The Vagina Monologues.
Filmography
2023
- Fast Charlie as Mavis
- Show Her the Money as Herself
2018
- Station 19 as Dottie
- Betty White: First Lady of Television as Self
- United We Fan as Self (archive footage)
2017
- The Gifted as Ellen Strucker
2016
- The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil
2013
- Inequality for All as Christine Cagney (archive footage)
2010
- Rizzoli & Isles as Inmate
- Once Fallen as Sue
2009
- Hannah Free as Older Hannah
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Burn Notice as Madeline Westen
2006
- The State Within as Lynne Warner
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Colleen Rose
2000
- Queer as Folk as Debbie Novotny
- Bring Him Home
1999
- Judging Amy as Dr. Sally Godwin
- Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial as Narrator
1998
- So Graham Norton as Self - Guest
- The Girl Next Door as Dr. Gayle Bennett
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
1996
- Promised Land
- Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions as Christine Cagney
1995
- Cagney & Lacey: Together Again as Christine Cagney
- Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling as Christine Cagney
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Ziggy
- Separated by Murder as Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely
- Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Christine Cagney
1993
- Intimate Portrait as Self
1992
- Honor Thy Mother as Bonnie Von Stein
1990
- The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Rosie O'Neill
1989
- The Outside Woman as Joyce Mattox
1985
- Letting Go as Kate
1984
- The Sky's No Limit as Joanna Douglas
1983
- The Star Chamber as Emily Hardin
- Hobson's Choice as Maggie Hobson
1982
- Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- The Magic Statue as Penny Alston
1981
- The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Barbara Miller
1980
- Revenge of the Stepford Wives as Kaye Foster
- The Scarlett O'Hara War as Carole Lombard
- The Kids Who Knew Too Much as Karen Goldner
- Hardhat & Legs as Patricia Botsford
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Caroline Coates
- House Calls as Jane Jeffries
- The Last Convertible as Kay Haddon
- Turnabout
1978
- Centennial as Sidney Endermann
- The Crash of Flight 401 as Lesley Fuller
- The Immigrants as Jean Seldon Lavetta
- The Immigrants as Jean Seldon Lavetta
- The Islander as Shauna Cooke
1976
- Baa Baa Black Sheep as Nurse 1st Lt.
- The Flying Misfits as Nurse 1st Lt.
1974
- The Rockford Files as Susan Jameson
- Airport 1975 as Sharon
1973
- Kojak as Nancy Parks
- Toma
- Chase as Sally
- Faraday and Company as Holly Barrett
- Bonnie's Kids as Sharon - Waitress
- My Darling Daughters' Anniversary as Jennifer
1972
- Emergency! as Sculptor
- The Bob Newhart Show
- The Sixth Sense
- Cool Million as Sandy Sherwood
- All My Darling Daughters as Jennifer
1970
1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Kathleen Faverty
1968
- Adam-12 as Lynn Carmichael
1967
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Karen Goldner
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee