Sally Kirkland
Sally Kirkland | |
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at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty | |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | October 31, 1941
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1960–present |
Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an American film and television actress.
Early life
Kirkland was named after her mother, Sally Kirkland, who was a fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazines, and was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Her father, Frederic McMichael Kirkland, worked in the scrap metal business.[2]
Career
Kirkland began acting Off-Broadway in 1962.[citation needed] Then in 1969, she gave a widely acclaimed performance in the classic underground film Coming Apart. In the 1970s, she had small roles in popular films such as The Sting, The Way We Were, A Star Is Born and Private Benjamin. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1987 for Anna, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama. Kirkland currently (as of 2010) hosts a show on the syndicated HealthyLife Radio Network.[citation needed]
Kirkland has had frequent television roles, including The Simple Life 5: Goes to Camp and the soap operas Valley of the Dolls and Days of Our Lives and Three's Company. Films in which she has appeared include: EDtv, JFK, Adam and Steve and Coffee Date.
Affiliations
Kirkland is also a health activist including advocating for women harmed by breast implants. She founded the Kirkland Institute for Implant Survival Syndrome in August 1998.[3]
Kirkland is an ordained minister in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.[4]
Filmography
HarrietYear | Film | Role | Notes |
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1960 | Crack in the Mirror | Bit part (uncredited) | |
1961 | Hey, Let's Twist | Dancer | |
1964 | The 13 Most Beautiful Women | Beautiful Woman | |
1968 | Witness | Miss Presson | |
Blue | Sarah Lambert | ||
1969 | Coming Apart | Joann | |
Futz | Merry Lee | ||
1970 | Brand X | Patient/President's Wife | |
1971 | Jump | Lou | |
Going Home | Ann | ||
1973 | The Young Nurses | Woman at Clinic | |
The Way We Were | Pony Dunbar | ||
Cinderella Liberty | Fleet Chick | ||
The Sting | Crystal | ||
1974 | Blazing Saddles | Cashier | (uncredited) |
Candy Stripe Nurses | Wife in Clinic | ||
Big Bad Mama | Barney's Woman | ||
1975 | The Noah | Friday-Anne (voice) | |
Bite the Bullet | Honey | ||
Crazy Mama | Ella Mae | ||
Breakheart Pass | Jane-Marie | ||
1976 | Tracks | Train Passenger | |
Pipe Dreams | Two Street Betty | ||
A Star Is Born | Photographer | ||
1977 | Flush | Janet | |
1979 | Hometown USA | Gwen | |
The Illegal One | Don Tony's Girlfriend | ||
1980 | Private Benjamin | Helga | |
1981 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Store Cashier | |
1982 | Neil Young: Human Highway | Katherine | |
1983 | Double Exposure | Hooker | |
1984 | Fatal Games | Diane Paine | |
Love Letters | Sally | ||
1987 | Talking Walls | Hooker | |
Anna | Anna | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress | |
1988 | White Hot | Harriet | |
1989 | Best of the Best | Wade | |
Cold Feet | Maureen | ||
High Stakes | Melanie Rose | ||
Paint It Black | Marion Easton | ||
1990 | Revenge | Rock Star | |
Bullseye! | Willie | ||
1991 | In the Heat of Passion | Lee Adams | |
JFK | Rose Cheramie | ||
The Haunted | Janet Smurl | ||
1992 | Primary Motive | Helen Poulas | |
Stringer | Joan | ||
Hit the Dutchman | Emma Flegenheimer | ||
Forever | Angelica | ||
Roseanne | Barbara Healy | TV, appeared in 2 episodes; second was in 1993 | |
1993 | Eye of the Stranger | Lori | |
Double Threat | Monica Martel | ||
The Black Cat | Eleonora | ||
Paper Hearts | Jenny | ||
1994 | Gunmen | Bennett | |
1995 | Guns and Lipstick | Danielle Roberts | |
1996 | Amnesia | Charlene Hunt | |
1997 | Little Ghost | Mother Ghost | |
Get a Clue | Sydelle Pulaski | TV | |
Excess Baggage | Louise | ||
1998 | Wilbur Falls | Roberta Devereaux | |
Paranoia | Dr. Kurtzwell | ||
The Island | Marilyn Monroe | ||
1999 | EDtv | Jeanette | |
Twinkle Toes | |||
Starry Night | Detective Brook Murphy | ||
2000 | The Boys Behind the Desk | ||
2001 | A Month of Sundays | Katherine St. Croix | |
Out of the Black | Elizabeth Malby | ||
Audit | Raissa | ||
Thank You, Good Night | Doreen | ||
2002 | Wish You Were Dead | Penelope Wilson | |
The Rose Technique | Helen | ||
Mothers and Daughters | Nana | ||
2003 | Bruce Almighty | Anita | |
2004 | Bloodlines | Joyce | |
An Eye for an Eye | Rachel | ||
Mango Kiss | Emilia | ||
2005 | Chandler Hall | Sally | |
What's Up, Scarlet? | Ruth Zabrinski | ||
Encore | Iris | ||
Adam & Steve | Mary | ||
Neo Ned | Shelly | ||
2006 | Factory Girl | Grandma Sedgwick | (uncredited) |
Coffee Date | Mrs. Muller | ||
Off the Black | Marianne Reynolds | ||
A-List | Olga | ||
Hollywood Dreams | Minster at Wedding | ||
2007 | Spiritual Warriors | Realtor | |
Big Stan | Madame Foreman | ||
Resurrection Mary | Lois | ||
Blind Spot | Penelope Denmore | ||
2008 | Fingerprints | Mary | |
Oak Hill | Elizabeth St. James | ||
Richard III | Queen Margaret | ||
The Ear of the Beholder | Marlena | ||
Bald | Elise | ||
2009 | Redemption | Mrs. Allport | |
Fast Track | Mediator | ||
Under the Knife | Pat Mazur | ||
2010 | One by One: Death's Door | Harold's Nana | |
Flexing with Monty | Lilith | ||
Alice Stands Up | Alice | ||
2013 | Tom in America | Betty |
References
- ^ Straight to the Heart of Hollywood Moxie: A Candid Interview with Sally Kirkland Moxie Magazine. 2000.
- ^ Sally Kirkland Film Reference biography
- ^ KISS Sally Kirkland web site
- ^ Stanley, John (5 May 1991). "Who Ya Gonna Call? / Sally Kirkland vs. ghosts in "fact'-based "The Haunted'". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 48.
External links
- Official website
- Sally Kirkland at IMDb
- Sally Kirkland at the Internet Broadway Database
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- Sally Kirkland at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection
[http] imdb.com Awakened role Harriet winner three awards LA Femme Intertional Film Festival, NYC Indie Film Fest.
- 1941 births
- Actors Studio members
- American film actresses
- American health activists
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (film) winners
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead winners
- Living people
- Actresses from New York City
- Actresses from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness