Sally Kirkland

Acting

Sally Kirkland

Born October 31, 1941New York City, New York, USA205 credits

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

Filmography

SEGAL
2025SEGAL
as SelfMovie
Sallywood
2024Sallywood
as SelfMovie
Aftermath
2024Aftermath
as Dr. JaneMovie
Skeletons in the Closet
2024Skeletons in the Closet
as Madam FuturaMovie
Woods Witch
2023Woods Witch
as CharlotteMovie
Lost Explorer
2023Lost Explorer
as AnnetteMovie
When It Rings
2023When It Rings
as Lesley JuddMovie
Altered Perceptions
2023Altered Perceptions
as Theresa MorganMovie
Here We Are
2023Here We Are
as SherriMovie
Bobcat Moretti
2023Bobcat Moretti
as Helene MorettiMovie
80 for Brady
202380 for Brady
as IdaMovie
Murder, Anyone?
2022Murder, Anyone?
as NancyMovie
The Walk
2022The Walk
as Mrs. KelleyMovie
The Magic
2021The Magic
as Rose BuchananMovie
The Final Code
2021The Final Code
as Doctor HollyMovie
Magic Max
2021Magic Max
as Elaine HartMovie
Hope For The Holidays
2020Hope For The Holidays
as Georgia PetrosMovie
Invincible
2020Invincible
as Dr. QuadeMovie
Acceleration
2019Acceleration
as BettyMovie
Cuck
2019Cuck
as MotherMovie
Sarah Q
2018Sarah Q
as HelenaMovie
Making a Killing
2018Making a Killing
as DoloresMovie
Paint It Red
2018Paint It Red
as AdeleMovie
Los Angeles Overnight
2018Los Angeles Overnight
as Mrs. ChantillyMovie
Get Married or Die
2018Get Married or Die
as MargaretMovie
Gnaw
2017Gnaw
as Claudette GrimMovie
Price for Freedom
2017Price for Freedom
as Francine WayneMovie
Extinction
2017Extinction
as RoseMovie
Nerdland
2016Nerdland
as Older Woman (voice)Movie
Trash Fire
2016Trash Fire
as FlorenceMovie
Buddy Solitaire
2016Buddy Solitaire
as HannaMovie
Lights Out
2015Lights Out
as RoseMovie
The Code of Cain
2015The Code of Cain
as ElisabethMovie
Buddy Hutchins
2015Buddy Hutchins
as BerthaMovie
Slut
2014Slut
as GrandmaMovie
Suburban Gothic
2014Suburban Gothic
as VirginiaMovie
Tom in America
2014Tom in America
as BettyMovie
Jack the Reaper
2013Jack the Reaper
as Harold's NanaMovie
Awakened
2013Awakened
as Harriet BendiMovie
Broken Roads
2012Broken Roads
as Mrs. WallaceMovie
Stars in Shorts
2012Stars in Shorts
as Madame UlailaMovie
The Wishmakers
2011The Wishmakers
as MaryMovie
The Wayshower
2011The Wayshower
as JeenaMovie
A Bag of Hammers
2011A Bag of Hammers
as Older Jewish LadyMovie
Not Your Time
2010Not Your Time
as Madame UlailaMovie
House Under Siege
2010House Under Siege
as Pat MazurMovie
Flexing with Monty
2010Flexing with Monty
as LillithMovie
Urgency
2010Urgency
as MediatorMovie
Spiritual Warriors
2008Spiritual Warriors
as RealtorMovie
Mollie & Friends
2008Mollie & Friends
as Elizabeth St. JamesMovie
Big Stan
2007Big Stan
as Madame ForemanMovie
Richard III
2007Richard III
as Queen MargaretMovie
Head Case
2007Head Case
as Dr. Goode's MotherTV
Off the Black
2006Off the Black
as Marianne ReynoldsMovie
Coffee Date
2006Coffee Date
as Mrs. MullerMovie
Fingerprints
2006Fingerprints
as MaryMovie
Chandler Hall
2005Chandler Hall
as SallyMovie
Wanted
2005Wanted
as Sheila BeckwithTV
What's Up, Scarlet?
2005What's Up, Scarlet?
as Ruth ZabrinskiMovie
Adam & Steve
2005Adam & Steve
as MaryMovie
Neo Ned
2005Neo Ned
as Shelly NelsonMovie
Bloodlines
2004Bloodlines
as JoyceMovie
An Eye for an Eye
2004An Eye for an Eye
as RachelMovie
Mango Kiss
2004Mango Kiss
as EmiliaMovie
Bruce Almighty
2003Bruce Almighty
as AnitaMovie
Wish You Were Dead
2002Wish You Were Dead
as Penelope WilsonMovie
Night of the Wolf
2002Night of the Wolf
as Rose HandyMovie
Circuit
2001Circuit
as Club CashierMovie
A Month of Sundays
2001A Month of Sundays
as Katherine St. CroixMovie
Out of the Black
2001Out of the Black
as Elizabeth MalbyMovie
Audit
2001Audit
as RaissaMovie
Strong Medicine
2000Strong Medicine
as Stella Riggs, Peter's MotherTV
EDtv
1999EDtv
as JeanetteMovie
Starry Night
1999Starry Night
as Detective Brook MurphyMovie
Felicity
1998Felicity
as Professor Annie ShermanTV
Wilbur Falls
1998Wilbur Falls
as Roberta DevereauxMovie
P
1998Paranoia
as Dr. KurtzwellMovie
Brave New World
1998Brave New World
as LindaMovie
N
1998Norma Jean, Jack, and Me
as Marilyn MonroeMovie
Little Ghost
1997Little Ghost
as Mother GhostMovie
The Westing Game
1997The Westing Game
as Sydelle PulaskiMovie
Excess Baggage
1997Excess Baggage
as LouiseMovie
The Hunger
1997The Hunger
as Mrs. GaringtonTV
Amnesia
1997Amnesia
as Charlene HuntMovie
Guns & Lipstick
1995Guns & Lipstick
as Danielle RobertsMovie
Valley of the Dolls
1994Valley of the Dolls
as Helen LawsonTV
The Nanny
1993The Nanny
as Tattoo LadyTV
Cheatin' Hearts
1993Cheatin' Hearts
as JennyMovie
Double Deception
1993Double Deception
as Anita CortezMovie
Gunmen
1993Gunmen
as BennettMovie
The Woman Who Loved Elvis
1993The Woman Who Loved Elvis
as Sandee SloopMovie
Stranger Than Love
1993Stranger Than Love
as Laura FrosskyMovie
Double Threat
1992Double Threat
as Monica MartelMovie
Double Jeopardy
1992Double Jeopardy
as Detective Phyllis CamdenMovie
Primary Motive
1992Primary Motive
as Helen PoulasMovie
Hit the Dutchman
1992Hit the Dutchman
as Emma FlegenheimerMovie
The Player
1992The Player
as Sally KirklandMovie
T
1992The Bulkin Trail
as Selma BulkinMovie
Forever
1992Forever
as AngelicaMovie
Stringer
1992Stringer
as Joan PezanaskyMovie
JFK
1991JFK
as Rose CheramieMovie
The Haunted
1991The Haunted
as Janet SmurlMovie
Grave Images
1991Grave Images
as CaitlinMovie
Bullseye!
1990Bullseye!
as WillieMovie
Heat Wave
1990Heat Wave
as Mrs. CanfieldMovie
L
1990Largo Desolato
as SuzanaMovie
Paint It Black
1990Paint It Black
as Marion EastonMovie
Revenge
1990Revenge
as Rock StarMovie
Two Evil Eyes
1990Two Evil Eyes
as EleonoraMovie
Best of the Best
1989Best of the Best
as Catherine WadeMovie
High Stakes
1989High Stakes
as Melanie RoseMovie
Cold Feet
1989Cold Feet
as MaureenMovie
White Hot
1989White Hot
as HarrietMovie
Anna
1987Anna
as AnnaMovie
Talking Walls
1987Talking Walls
as HookerMovie
Murder, She Wrote
1984Murder, She Wrote
as Evelyn ColbyTV
Fatal Games
1984Fatal Games
as Diane PaineMovie
A Rose for Emily
1983A Rose for Emily
as GossipMovie
Love Letters
1983Love Letters
as HippieMovie
Human Highway
1982Human Highway
as KathrynMovie
Double Exposure
1982Double Exposure
as HookerMovie
The Georgia Peaches
1980The Georgia Peaches
as Vivian StarkMovie
The Illegal
1979The Illegal
as Don Tony's GirlfriendMovie
Supertrain
1979Supertrain
as Katherine SullyTV
Flush
1977Flush
as JanetMovie
The Incredible Hulk
1977The Incredible Hulk
as Margaret HollingerTV
A Star Is Born
1976A Star Is Born
as PhotographerMovie
Tracks
1976Tracks
as Train PassengerMovie
Pipe Dreams
1976Pipe Dreams
as Two-Street BettyMovie
Breakheart Pass
1975Breakheart Pass
as Jane-MarieMovie
Bite the Bullet
1975Bite the Bullet
as HoneyMovie
Death Scream
1975Death Scream
as MaryMovie
The Kansas City Massacre
1975The Kansas City Massacre
as Wilma FloydMovie
Starsky & Hutch
1975Starsky & Hutch
as Greta Wren / Dora PruittTV
Crazy Mama
1975Crazy Mama
as Ella MaeMovie
The Noah
1975The Noah
as Friday-AnneMovie
Big Bad Mama
1974Big Bad Mama
as Barney's WomanMovie
Candy Stripe Nurses
1974Candy Stripe Nurses
as Wife in ClinicMovie
Blazing Saddles
1974Blazing Saddles
as Cashier (uncredited)Movie
The Sting
1973The Sting
as CrystalMovie
Cinderella Liberty
1973Cinderella Liberty
as Fleet ChickMovie
Fade In
1973Fade In
as HerselfMovie
Kojak
1973Kojak
as GloriaTV
The Way We Were
1973The Way We Were
as Pony DunbarMovie
Blume in Love
1973Blume in Love
as Party Guest (uncredited)Movie
The Young Nurses
1973The Young Nurses
as Woman at clinicMovie
Going Home
1971Going Home
as Ann GrahamMovie
Jump
1971Jump
as Lou (uncredited)Movie
Brand X
1970Brand X
as Patient / President's WifeMovie
Futz
1969Futz
as Merry LeeMovie
Coming Apart
1969Coming Apart
as JoannMovie
Hawaii Five-O
1968Hawaii Five-O
as Betty RowanTV
Blue
1968Blue
as Sarah LambertMovie
S
1966Satisfaction
as The NunMovie
Hey, Let's Twist!
1961Hey, Let's Twist!
as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)Movie
Crack in the Mirror
1960Crack in the Mirror
as Bit Part (uncredited)Movie