Sally Kirkland

Sally Kirkland

Known for
Acting
Born
October 31, 1941
Died
November 11, 2025 (aged 84)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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).

Known For

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Filmography

2025
SEGAL poster

SEGAL

Movie · as Self

2024
Aftermath poster

Aftermath

Movie · as Dr. Jane

2024
Skeletons in the Closet poster

Skeletons in the Closet

Movie · as Madam Futura

2024
Sallywood poster

Sallywood

Movie · as Self

2023
80 for Brady poster

80 for Brady

Movie · as Ida

2023
The New Hands poster

The New Hands

Movie · as May

2023
Here We Are poster

Here We Are

Movie · as Sherri

2023
Woods Witch poster

Woods Witch

Movie · as Charlotte

2023
When It Rings poster

When It Rings

Movie · as Lesley Judd

2023
Altered Perceptions poster

Altered Perceptions

Movie · as Theresa Morgan

2023
Holiday Boyfriend poster

Holiday Boyfriend

Movie · as Alice

2023
Bobcat Moretti poster

Bobcat Moretti

Movie · as Helene Moretti

2023
Lost Explorer poster

Lost Explorer

Movie · as Annette

2023
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine poster

The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine

Movie · as Doctor Parker

2022
The Walk poster

The Walk

Movie · as Mrs. Kelley

2022
Murder, Anyone? poster

Murder, Anyone?

Movie · as Nancy

2021
The Magic poster

The Magic

Movie · as Rose Buchanan

2021
The Final Code poster

The Final Code

Movie · as Doctor Holly

2021
The Woman in the Room poster

The Woman in the Room

Movie · as Mother

2021
Magic Max poster

Magic Max

Movie · as Elaine Hart

2020
Hope For The Holidays poster

Hope For The Holidays

Movie · as Georgia Petros

2020
Invincible poster

Invincible

Movie · as Dr. Quade

2020
A Medicine for the Mind poster

A Medicine for the Mind

Movie · as Sandra

2019
Cuck poster

Cuck

Movie · as Mother

2019
Acceleration poster

Acceleration

Movie · as Betty

2018
The Second Coming of Christ poster

The Second Coming of Christ

Movie · as Stella

2018
Los Angeles Overnight poster

Los Angeles Overnight

Movie · as Mrs. Chantilly

2018
Making a Killing poster

Making a Killing

Movie · as Dolores

2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? poster

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Movie · as Self

2018
Paint It Red poster

Paint It Red

Movie · as Adele

2018
Get Married or Die poster

Get Married or Die

Movie · as Margaret

2018
Sarah Q poster

Sarah Q

Movie · as Helena

2017
Extinction poster

Extinction

Movie · as Rose

2017
The Most Hated Woman in America poster

The Most Hated Woman in America

Movie · as Lena Christina

2017
Gnaw poster

Gnaw

Movie · as Claudette Grim

2017
Price for Freedom poster

Price for Freedom

Movie · as Francine Wayne

2016
Nerdland poster

Nerdland

Movie · as Older Woman (voice)

2016
Trash Fire poster

Trash Fire

Movie · as Florence

2016
Buddy Solitaire poster

Buddy Solitaire

Movie · as Hanna

2015
Lights Out poster

Lights Out

Movie · as Rose

2015
Buddy Hutchins poster

Buddy Hutchins

Movie · as Bertha

2015
The Code of Cain poster

The Code of Cain

Movie · as Elisabeth

2014
All I Want for Christmas poster

All I Want for Christmas

Movie · as Gwen

2014
Tom in America poster

Tom in America

Movie · as Betty

2014
Suburban Gothic poster

Suburban Gothic

Movie · as Virginia

2014
Archaeology of a Woman poster

Archaeology of a Woman

Movie · as Margaret

2014
Slut poster

Slut

Movie · as Grandma

2014
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger poster

Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger

Movie · as Self

2014
The Bride From Vegas

The Bride From Vegas

Movie

2013
Jack the Reaper poster

Jack the Reaper

Movie · as Harold's Nana

2013
Awakened poster

Awakened

Movie · as Harriet Bendi

2013
Curse of the Sunset Starlet poster

Curse of the Sunset Starlet

Movie · as Gigi

2013
The Visitor from Planet Omicron poster

The Visitor from Planet Omicron

Movie · as Jen

2012
Broken Roads poster

Broken Roads

Movie · as Mrs. Wallace

2012
Stars in Shorts poster

Stars in Shorts

Movie · as Madame Ulaila

2011
The Wayshower poster

The Wayshower

Movie · as Jeena

2011
A Bag of Hammers poster

A Bag of Hammers

Movie · as Older Jewish Lady

2011
The Wishmakers poster

The Wishmakers

Movie · as Mary

2010
House Under Siege poster

House Under Siege

Movie · as Pat Mazur

2010
Not Your Time poster

Not Your Time

Movie · as Madame Ulaila

2010
Flexing with Monty poster

Flexing with Monty

Movie · as Lillith

2010
Urgency poster

Urgency

Movie · as Mediator

2008
Spiritual Warriors poster

Spiritual Warriors

Movie · as Realtor

2008
Mollie & Friends poster

Mollie & Friends

Movie · as Elizabeth St. James

2007
Big Stan poster

Big Stan

Movie · as Madame Foreman

2007
Resurrection Mary poster

Resurrection Mary

Movie · as Lois

2007
Richard III poster

Richard III

Movie · as Queen Margaret

2007
Hollywood Dreams poster

Hollywood Dreams

Movie

2007
Head Case poster

Head Case

TV · as Dr. Goode's Mother · 1 ep

2006
Fingerprints poster

Fingerprints

Movie · as Mary

2006
Coffee Date poster

Coffee Date

Movie · as Mrs. Muller

2006
A-list

A-list

Movie

2006
Courts mais Gay : Tome 11 poster

Courts mais Gay : Tome 11

Movie · as Rachel

2006
Off the Black poster

Off the Black

Movie · as Marianne Reynolds

2006
Factory Girl poster

Factory Girl

Movie · as Grandma Sedgwick (uncredited)

2005
Adam & Steve poster

Adam & Steve

Movie · as Mary

2005
Neo Ned poster

Neo Ned

Movie · as Shelly Nelson

2005
Chandler Hall poster

Chandler Hall

Movie · as Sally

2005
What's Up, Scarlet? poster

What's Up, Scarlet?

Movie · as Ruth Zabrinski

2005
Wanted poster

Wanted

TV · as Sheila Beckwith · 1 ep

2004
An Eye for an Eye poster

An Eye for an Eye

Movie · as Rachel

2004
Mango Kiss poster

Mango Kiss

Movie · as Emilia

2004
Bloodlines poster

Bloodlines

Movie · as Joyce

2003
Bruce Almighty poster

Bruce Almighty

Movie · as Anita

2002
Wish You Were Dead poster

Wish You Were Dead

Movie · as Penelope Wilson

2002
The Rose Technique poster

The Rose Technique

Movie · as Helen

2002
Night of the Wolf poster

Night of the Wolf

Movie · as Rose Handy

2002
Boxer Shorts poster

Boxer Shorts

Movie

2001
Audit poster

Audit

Movie · as Raissa

2001
Thank You, Good Night

Thank You, Good Night

Movie · as Doreen

2001
Out of the Black poster

Out of the Black

Movie · as Elizabeth Malby

2001
A Month of Sundays poster

A Month of Sundays

Movie · as Katherine St. Croix

2001
Circuit poster

Circuit

Movie · as Club Cashier

2000
The Boys Behind the Desk

The Boys Behind the Desk

Movie

2000
Another Woman's Husband poster

Another Woman's Husband

Movie · as Roxie

2000
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

TV · as Stella Riggs, Peter's Mother · 1 ep

1999
EDtv poster

EDtv

Movie · as Jeanette

1999
Starry Night poster

Starry Night

Movie · as Detective Brook Murphy

1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs poster

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Movie · as Self

1998
Wilbur Falls poster

Wilbur Falls

Movie · as Roberta Devereaux

1998
Paranoia

Paranoia

Movie · as Dr. Kurtzwell

1998
Brave New World poster

Brave New World

Movie · as Linda

1998
Norma Jean, Jack, and Me

Norma Jean, Jack, and Me

Movie · as Marilyn Monroe

1998
Felicity poster

Felicity

TV · as Professor Annie Sherman · 4 eps

1997
Little Ghost poster

Little Ghost

Movie · as Mother Ghost

1997
Amnesia poster

Amnesia

Movie · as Charlene Hunt

1997
The Westing Game poster

The Westing Game

Movie · as Sydelle Pulaski

1997
Excess Baggage poster

Excess Baggage

Movie · as Louise

1997
The Hunger poster

The Hunger

TV · as Mrs. Garington · 1 ep

1996
Women: Stories of Passion poster

Women: Stories of Passion

TV · as Annie · 1 ep

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self - Audience Member · 1 ep

1995
Guns & Lipstick poster

Guns & Lipstick

Movie · as Danielle Roberts

1995
Picture Windows poster

Picture Windows

TV · as Blossom · 1 ep

1994
Picture Windows: Song of Songs poster

Picture Windows: Song of Songs

Movie · as Blossom

1994
Valley of the Dolls poster

Valley of the Dolls

TV · as Helen Lawson · 1 ep

1993
Gunmen poster

Gunmen

Movie · as Bennett

1993
Stranger Than Love poster

Stranger Than Love

Movie · as Laura Frossky

1993
Cheatin' Hearts poster

Cheatin' Hearts

Movie · as Jenny

1993
Eye of the Stranger poster

Eye of the Stranger

Movie · as Lori

1993
The Woman Who Loved Elvis poster

The Woman Who Loved Elvis

Movie · as Sandee Sloop

1993
Double Deception poster

Double Deception

Movie · as Anita Cortez

1993
The Nanny poster

The Nanny

TV · as Tattoo Lady · 1 ep

1992
The Player poster

The Player

Movie · as Sally Kirkland

1992
The Bulkin Trail

The Bulkin Trail

Movie · as Selma Bulkin

1992
In the Heat of Passion poster

In the Heat of Passion

Movie · as Lee Adams

1992
Hit the Dutchman poster

Hit the Dutchman

Movie · as Emma Flegenheimer

1992
Double Threat poster

Double Threat

Movie · as Monica Martel

1992
Primary Motive poster

Primary Motive

Movie · as Helen Poulas

1992
Forever poster

Forever

Movie · as Angelica

1992
Stringer poster

Stringer

Movie · as Joan Pezanasky

1992
Double Jeopardy poster

Double Jeopardy

Movie · as Detective Phyllis Camden

1992
Blast 'Em poster

Blast 'Em

Movie · as Self

1992
Jack's Place poster

Jack's Place

TV · 1 ep

1991
JFK poster

JFK

Movie · as Rose Cheramie

1991
The Haunted poster

The Haunted

Movie · as Janet Smurl

1991
Grave Images poster

Grave Images

Movie · as Caitlin

1990
Revenge poster

Revenge

Movie · as Rock Star

1990
Two Evil Eyes poster

Two Evil Eyes

Movie · as Eleonora

1990
Bullseye! poster

Bullseye!

Movie · as Willie

1990
Paint It Black poster

Paint It Black

Movie · as Marion Easton

1990
Largo Desolato

Largo Desolato

Movie · as Suzana

1990
Heat Wave poster

Heat Wave

Movie · as Mrs. Canfield

1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol poster

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Movie · as Self

1989
Cold Feet poster

Cold Feet

Movie · as Maureen

1989
White Hot poster

White Hot

Movie · as Harriet

1989
Best of the Best poster

Best of the Best

Movie · as Catherine Wade

1989
High Stakes poster

High Stakes

Movie · as Melanie Rose

1988
Hello Actors Studio poster

Hello Actors Studio

Movie · as Self

1988
Roseanne poster

Roseanne

TV · 1 ep

1987
Anna poster

Anna

Movie · as Anna

1987
Talking Walls poster

Talking Walls

Movie · as Hooker

1984
Fatal Games poster

Fatal Games

Movie · as Diane Paine

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Evelyn Colby · 1 ep

1983
A Rose for Emily poster

A Rose for Emily

Movie · as Gossip

1983
Love Letters poster

Love Letters

Movie · as Hippie

1982
Human Highway poster

Human Highway

Movie · as Kathryn

1982
Double Exposure poster

Double Exposure

Movie · as Hooker

1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman poster

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Movie · as Cashier

1981
Falcon Crest poster

Falcon Crest

TV · as Ella · 2 eps

1980
The Georgia Peaches poster

The Georgia Peaches

Movie · as Vivian Stark

1980
Private Benjamin poster

Private Benjamin

Movie · as Helga

1979
The Illegal poster

The Illegal

Movie · as Don Tony's Girlfriend

1979
Hometown U.S.A. poster

Hometown U.S.A.

Movie · as Gwen

1979
Supertrain poster

Supertrain

TV · as Katherine Sully · 1 ep

1977
Flush poster

Flush

Movie · as Janet

1977
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? poster

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?

Movie · as Della Bianco

1977
Making It In Hollywood poster

Making It In Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1977
Lou Grant poster

Lou Grant

TV · 1 ep

1977
Three's Company poster

Three's Company

TV · as Sally · 1 ep

1977
The Incredible Hulk poster

The Incredible Hulk

TV · as Margaret Hollinger · 1 ep

1976
Griffin and Phoenix poster

Griffin and Phoenix

Movie · as Jody

1976
Pipe Dreams poster

Pipe Dreams

Movie · as Two-Street Betty

1976
A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born

Movie · as Photographer

1976
Tracks poster

Tracks

Movie · as Train Passenger

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Lonnie, Laurie Archer · 1 ep

1976
Captains and the Kings poster

Captains and the Kings

TV · as Aggie · 8 eps

1975
Breakheart Pass poster

Breakheart Pass

Movie · as Jane-Marie

1975
Bite the Bullet poster

Bite the Bullet

Movie · as Honey

1975
Crazy Mama poster

Crazy Mama

Movie · as Ella Mae

1975
The Noah poster

The Noah

Movie · as Friday-Anne

1975
The Kansas City Massacre poster

The Kansas City Massacre

Movie · as Wilma Floyd

1975
Death Scream poster

Death Scream

Movie · as Mary

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · as Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt · 1 ep

1975
Baretta poster

Baretta

TV · 1 ep

1975
Bronk poster

Bronk

TV · 2 eps

1974
Big Bad Mama poster

Big Bad Mama

Movie · as Barney's Woman

1974
Candy Stripe Nurses poster

Candy Stripe Nurses

Movie · as Wife in Clinic

1974
Blazing Saddles poster

Blazing Saddles

Movie · as Cashier (uncredited)

1974
Petrocelli poster

Petrocelli

TV · 1 ep

1973
The Way We Were poster

The Way We Were

Movie · as Pony Dunbar

1973
The Sting poster

The Sting

Movie · as Crystal

1973
Fade In poster

Fade In

Movie · as Herself

1973
The Young Nurses poster

The Young Nurses

Movie · as Woman at clinic

1973
Cinderella Liberty poster

Cinderella Liberty

Movie · as Fleet Chick

1973
Blume in Love poster

Blume in Love

Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Gloria, Shirley, Clara · 1 ep

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1971
Going Home poster

Going Home

Movie · as Ann Graham

1971
Jump poster

Jump

Movie · as Lou (uncredited)

1970
Brand X poster

Brand X

Movie · as Patient / President's Wife

1969
Coming Apart poster

Coming Apart

Movie · as Joann

1969
Futz poster

Futz

Movie · as Merry Lee

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Betty Rowan · 1 ep

1968
Blue poster

Blue

Movie · as Sarah Lambert

1966
Satisfaction

Satisfaction

Movie · as The Nun

1965
Dirt

Dirt

Movie

1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests poster

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Movie · as Self

1964
13 Most Beautiful Women poster

13 Most Beautiful Women

Movie

1964
SCREEN TEST [ST181]: SALLY KIRKLAND

SCREEN TEST [ST181]: SALLY KIRKLAND

Movie · as self

1961
Hey, Let's Twist! poster

Hey, Let's Twist!

Movie · as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)

1960
Crack in the Mirror poster

Crack in the Mirror

Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)