Sally Kirkland

For Sally Kirkland the Vogue & Life editor, see Sally Kirkland (editor).

Sally Kirkland
Kirkland in 2014
Born	(1941-10-31) October 31, 1941 (age 82) [1] New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Actors Studio American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1962–present
Spouse	Michael R. Jarrett ​ ​ (m. 1974;div. 1975)​
Parent	Sally Kirkland (mother)
Awards	Awards

Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an American film, television and stage actress and producer. ^{[2] [3]} 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 garnered widespread critical acclaim for her eponymous performance as a former popular actress in the independent comedy-drama Anna (1987), which earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. ^{[4] [5]}

She also earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for her performance in the horror film The Haunted (1991). She is also known for her roles in Cold Feet (1989), Best of the Best (1989), ^[6] JFK (1991) ^[7] and Bruce Almighty (2003). ^[8]

Early life

Kirkland was born in New York City. She was named after her mother, Sally Kirkland (born Sarah Phinney), who was a fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazines, and was raised in Oklahoma. ^[9] Her father, Frederic McMichael Kirkland, worked in the scrap metal business.^{[ citation needed ]} Kirkland started out as a Vogue model and then studied at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen. ^[1] Kirkland graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1961. ^[10]

Career

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Sally Kirkland 1969 [11]

1962–86: Initial work

Kirkland began acting Off-Broadway in 1963. ^[12] She joined Andy Warhol's The Factory and appeared nude and tied to a chair for 45 minutes in the 1964 drama film The 13 Most Beautiful Women. By 1964, Kirkland was deeply involved in the New York's avant-garde movement and was also an active drug user until an attempted suicide frightened her into cleaning up her life through yoga and painting. ^[1] Four years later, she returned to film, appearing in the western Blue , and the following year ^[13] starred in the underground film Coming Apart (1969).

Kirkland at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty.

Kirkland spent the 1970s and most of the 1980s playing secondary roles in film include Going Home (1971), The Young Nurses (1973), The Way We Were (1973), The Sting (1973), Big Bad Mama (1974), Crazy Mama (1975), A Star Is Born (1976) and Private Benjamin (1980). She played a leading role in the 1984 horror film Fatal Games . Her television credits include guest-starring roles on Hawaii Five-O , Police Story , The Rookies , Three's Company , Kojak , Starsky & Hutch , Charlie's Angels and Falcon Crest . ^[14]

1987–1999: Critical acclaim and awards success

In 1987, Kirkland received widespread critical acclaim for her eponymous performance as a former popular actress in the independent comedy-drama Anna . ^[15] The Washington Post deemed her performance as "superb" ^[16] and the Los Angeles Times rated her as one of the best actresses of the decade. ^[17] She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, in addition to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. ^{[4] [5] [15] [18]} She next acted in second-grade films include Cold Feet (1989), Paint It Black (1989) and Two Evil Eyes (1990).

In 1990s, Kirkland starred in action comedy Bullseye! (1990) opposite Michael Caine, and played supporting roles in films Revenge (1990), JFK (1991), The Player (1992), Gunmen (1994), Excess Baggage (1997) and EDtv (1999). She starred in the erotic thrillers In the Heat of Passion and Double Threat in 1992, which found success in home video releases. ^[19] She found better success on television, playing leading roles in a number of made-for-television movies, and starring in the syndicated soap opera Valley of the Dolls in 1994. In 1990, she also played Truvy Jones in the television adaptation of Steel Magnolias . For her performance in the television film The Haunted (1991), Kirkland received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She guest-starred in Roseanne , Murder, She Wrote and The Nanny . In 1999, she had a recurring roles in Felicity and Days of Our Lives .

2000–present: Later career

In 2000s, she played supporting roles in films include Bruce Almighty (2003), Adam & Steve (2005) and Big Stan (2007).

Kirkland hosted a weekly program on the syndicated HealthyLife Radio Network. ^[20] In 2019, she starred in the film Cuck . ^{[21] [22]} In 2020, she starred in the Amazon release film Hope For The Holidays with Robert Lasardo, Doug Hutchison, Alex Cubis and George Stults. ^[23]

Other work and activism

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. ^[24]

Kirkland is an ordained minister in the church of Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness. ^[25]

She is a gallery-shown painter ^[26] and a noted acting teacher whose students have included Sandra Bullock, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Dwight Yoakam, and Roseanne Barr, among others. ^{[27] [28]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Blue	Sara Lambert
1969	Coming Apart	Joann
1969	Futz	Merry Lee
1971	Going Home	Ann Graham
1973	The Way We Were	Pony Dunbar
1973	Cinderella Liberty	Fleet Chick
1973	The Sting	Crystal
1975	The Noah	Friday Anne (voice)
1975	Bite the Bullet	Honey
1975	Crazy Mama	Ella Mae
1975	Breakheart Pass	Jane Marie
1976	Pipe Dreams	Two Street Betty
1976	A Star Is Born	Photographer
1977	Flush	Janet
1979	Hometown U.S.A.	Gwen
1980	Private Benjamin	Helga
1980	Georgia Peaches	Vivian Stark
1982	Human Highway	Kathryn
1984	Love Letters	Sally
1984	Fatal Games	Diane Paine
1987	Anna	Anna
1989	White Hot	Harriet
1989	Paint It Black	Maria Easton
1989	Cold Feet	Maureen
1989	Best of the Best	Kathryn Wade
1989	High Stakes	Bambi / Melanie Rose
1990	Two Evil Eyes	Eleonora	Segment: "The Black Cat"
1990	Revenge	The Rock Star
1990	Bullseye!	Willie
1991	JFK	Rose Cheramie
1992	In the Heat of Passion	Lee Adams
1992	The Player	Sally Kirkland
1992	Forever	Angelica
1992	Hit the Dutchman	Emma Flegenheimer
1992	Primary Motive	Helen Poulas
1992	Double Threat	Monica Martel
1992	Stringer	Joan
1993	Paper Hearts	Jenny
1993	Eye of the Stranger	Lori
1994	Gunmen	Bennett
1995	Guns and Lipstick	Danielle Roberts
1997	Amnesia	Charlene Hunt
1997	Excess Baggage	Louise Doucette
1998	Wilbur Falls	Roberta Devereaux
1998	Paranoia	Dr. Kurtzwell
1998	The Island	Marilyn Monroe
1999	EDtv	Jeanette
1999	Starry Night	Det. Brook Murphy
2001	Thank You, Good Night	Doreen
2001	Out of the Black	Elizabeth Malby
2001	A Month of Sundays	Katherine St. Croix
2001	Wish You Were Dead	Penelope Wilson
2002	The Rose Technique	Helen
2003	Bruce Almighty	Anita Mann
2004	Mango Kiss	Emilia
2004	Bloodlines	Joyce
2005	Neo Ned	Shelly Nelson
2005	Adam & Steve	Mary
2005	What's Up, Scarlet?	Ruth Zabrinski
2005	Chandler Hall	Sally
2006	Off the Black	Marianne Reynolds
2006	A-List	Olga
2006	Fingerprints	Mary
2006	Coffee Date	Mrs. Muller
2007	Big Stan	Jury Madam Foreman
2007	Resurrection Mary	Lois
2007	Blind Spot	Penelope Denmore	Short
2008	Richard III	Queen Margaret
2008	Oak Hill	Elizabeth St. James
2008	Bald	Mrs. Elise Stern
2010	House Under Siege	Pat Mazur
2010	Lights Out	Rose
2011	The Last Gamble	Sally
2011	The Wayshower	Jeena
2011	The Wishmakers	Mary
2011	Division III: Football's Finest	Crystal Vice
2012	Archaeology of a Woman	Margaret
2012	Broken Roads	Mrs. Wallace
2012	Posey	Posey	Short
2013	Awakened	Harriet Bendi
2013	The Visitor from Planet Omicron	Jen
2014	Ron and Laura Take Back America	Sally
2014	The Bride From Vegas	Suzy 'The Salt Shaker'
2014	Suburban Gothic	Virginia
2014	Tom in America	Betty	Short
2015	Buddy Hutchins	Bertha
2016	The Code of Cain	Elisabeth
2016	Courting Des Moines	Maxine Jackson
2016	Trash Fire	Florence
2016	Buddy Solitaire	Hanna
2017	Making a Killing	Dolores
2017	The Most Hated Woman in America	Lena Christina
2017	Price for Freedom	Francine Wayne
2017	Gnaw (Apartment 212)	Claudette
2018	Get Married or Die	Margaret
2018	The Second Coming of Christ	Stella
2018	Los Angeles Overnight	Mrs. Chantilly
2019	Cuck	Mother
2008	Mollie & Friends	Elizabeth St. James
2018	Sarah Q	Helena
2018	Wally Got Wasted	Marilyn Tuttlebaum
TBD	When It Rings [29]	Lesley Judd	Post-production
2019	Paint It Red	Adele
2020	Hell Hole	Dr. Parker
2020	Hope for the Holidays [30]	Georgia
2020	Invincible	Dr. Quade
2021	The Trouble	Ms Greyson
2022	Bobcat Moretti	Helene Moretti
2023	80 for Brady	Ida

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	New York Television Theatre	Barbara Fiers	"The Drapes Come"
1973	Hawaii Five-O	Betty Rowan	"Murder Is a Taxing Affair"
1974	Toma	Rita	"The Big Dealers"
1974	Kojak	Gloria	"Cop in a Cage"
1975	The Kansas City Massacre	Wilma Floyd	TV film
1975	Death Scream	Mary	TV film
1975	Bronk	Policewoman Haley / Billie	"Open Contract", "The Fifth Victim"
1975	Petrocelli	Joan Arnold	"Too Many Alibis"
1976	Baretta	Rita	"The Left Hand of the Devil"
1976	The Rookies	Carol Brenner	"From Out of the Darkness"
1976	Griffin and Phoenix	Jody	TV film
1976	Captains and the Kings	Aggie	"Chapter VIII"
1977	Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?	Della Bianco	TV film
1977	Three's Company	Sally	"Jack Looks for a Job"
1978	Kojak	Shirley	"May the Horse Be with You"
1978	Starsky & Hutch	Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt	"Photo Finish"
1978	The Incredible Hulk	Margaret Hollinger	"A Child in Need"
1978	Lou Grant	Dr. Eilene Peterson	"Slaughter"
1979	Visions	Yvette	"Ladies in Waiting"
1979	Supertrain	Katherine Sully	"A Very Formal Heist"
1979	Charlie's Angels	Lonnie	"Caged Angel"
1980	Willow B: Women in Prison	Kate Stewart	TV film
1980	The Georgia Peaches	Vivian Stark	TV film
1981	Charlie's Angels	Laurie Archer	"Taxi Angels"
1982	Lou Grant	Vicky Doppler	"Law"
1982	Insight	Ruth	"So Little Time"
1983	Falcon Crest	Ella	"Solitary Confinements", "The Betrayal"
1989	Trying Times	Agripina Gravanescu-Smith	"Death and Taxes"
1990	Heat Wave	Mrs. Canfield	TV film
1990	Steel Magnolias	Truvy Jones	TV film
1990	Largo Desolato	Suzana	TV film
1991	The Haunted	Janet Smurl	TV film
1992	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Mary Morris	"Zero Hour"
1992	Raven	Flori	"Flori and Dori"
1992	Double Jeopardy	Det. Phyllis Camden	TV film
1992–93	Roseanne	Barbara Healy	"It's No Place Like Home for the Holidays", "It's a Boy"
1993	The Woman Who Loved Elvis	Sandee Sloop	TV film
1993	Jack's Place	Peg	"Play It Again, Jack"
1993	Double Deception	Anita Cortez	TV film
1994	Valley of the Dolls	Helen Lawson	Main role
1995	Picture Windows	Blossom	"Song of Songs"
1995	Murder, She Wrote	Evelyn Colby	"The Scent of Murder"
1996	High Tide	Matilda	"The Curse of the High Tide"
1996	Goode Behavior	Molly	"Goode Golly, Miss Molly"
1997	Women: Stories of Passion	Annie	"Hotel Magic"
1997	The Hunger	Mrs. Garington	"Bridal Suite"
1997	Get a Clue	Sydelle Pulaski	TV film
1998	Brave New World	Linda	TV film
1999	Days of Our Lives	Tracey Simpson	Supporting role (22 episodes)
1999	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Wanda	"Simple Wooden Boxes"
1999	Felicity	Prof. Annie Sherman	Guest role (season 2)
2000	Another Woman's Husband	Roxie	TV film
2001	Strong Medicine	Stella Riggs	"Donors"
2001	Resurrection Blvd.	Mrs. De La Vega	"El Que Necesita"
2002	Night of the Wolf	Rose Handy	TV film
2002	Another Pretty Face	Sylvie Tucker	TV film
2005	Wanted	Sheila Beckwith	"The Promise of Darkness"
2007	The Simple Life: Goes to Camp	Herself
2010	The Agency	Max	TV series
2010	Criminal Minds	May Walden	"Reflection of Desire"
2011	Paul Cruz: Latin Actor (A Mockuseries)	Sally Kirkland	"Arrested No Development", "The Brother's Grim", "The Stereotype"
2013	Bennington Gothique	Grand Wentworth (voice)	TV series
2014	Theatre Fantastique	Louisa Mae	"The Happy Home of the Murderous Mahones"
2014	All I Want for Christmas	Gwen	TV film
2015	40's and Failing	Flora	TV series
2017	Conversations in L.A.	Evelyn James	"First Step"
2017	Good Samaritans	Olivia De Mills	"What Do You Say We Get You a Puppy?"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1987	13th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actress (tied with Holly Hunter for Broadcast News )	Anna	Won
1988	60th Academy Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	45th Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama		Won
	3rd Independent Spirit Awards	Best Female Lead		Won
1992	49th Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	The Haunted	Nominated
1997	California Independent Film Festival	Best Actress	Blind Spot	Won
1999	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actress in a Daytime Serial	Days of Our Lives	Won
2003	DVD Exclusive Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Wish You Were Dead	Nominated
2005	La Femme International Film Festival	Lifetime Achievement Award		Won
2013	Fort Myers Beach Film Festival	Best Actress	Posey	Won
	Studio City Film Festival	Best Actress: Short Film		Won
	Wild Rose Independent Film Festival	Best Actress – Short Film		Won
2015	Madrid International LGBT Film Festival	Special Mention (shared with Burt Young)	Tom in America	Won
	Long Island International Film Expo	Best Actress		Won
	Maverick Movie Awards	Best Actress: Short		Nominated
2016	Queens World Film Festival	Best Actress in a Short		Nominated

References

1. "Sally Kirkland | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
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6. "Best of The Best". Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1989. p. 151. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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22. "'Cuck': Film Review | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 2, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
23. http://# (December 12, 2020). "Sally Kirkland Stars In A New Must-See Movie, 'Hope For The Holidays'". Instinct Magazine. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
24. "K.I.I.S.S Kirkland Institute of Implant Survival Syndrome". Sallykirkland.com.
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28. "A Woman of Meditation and a Million Words". Los Angeles Times. August 27, 2002. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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External links

• Official website
• Sally Kirkland at IMDb  
• Sally Kirkland at the Internet Broadway Database
• Sally Kirkland at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Sally Kirkland at the TCM Movie Database
• Sally Kirkland at AllMovie
• Sally Kirkland at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection