Sally Kirkland
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| Sally Kirkland | |
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 at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty |
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| Born | October 31, 1941 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–present |
Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an American film and television actress.
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[edit] Early life
Kirkland was born in New York City and was the goddaughter of Shelley Winters. She was named after her mother, fashion editor Sally Kirkland, who was a fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazines.[1] Her father, Frederic McMichael Kirkland, worked in the scrap metal business.[2] Kirkland was a student of Lee Strasberg and a member of Andy Warhol's coterie.
[edit] Career
Kirkland began acting Off-Broadway in 1962, and has been said to have been the first actress to appear nude in legitimate theater, in a 1968 production of Sweet Eros. 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. She lost the Oscar that year to Cher in Moonstruck. She currently hosts a show on the syndicated HealthyLife Radio Network.
Kirkland has had frequent television roles, including Valley of the Dolls and the soap opera Days of our Lives.
Her film roles include playing the mother in EDtv, Oliver Stone's JFK, the romantic comedy The Last Guy on Earth, the Nick Nolte drama Off The Black, Adam and Steve and Coffee Date.
Kirkland appeared on The Simple Life 5: Goes to Camp in 2007.
[edit] Personal life
Kirkland is a minister in the Church of The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, an artist, and teaches yoga and meditation and drama. She 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. In October, 2006, Kirkland joined Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, in marching for Peace in Los Angeles.[3]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | 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 | 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 | |
| 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 Lead Female Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress |
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| 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 | ||
| 1992 | Primary Motive | Helen Poulas | |
| Stringer | Joan | ||
| Hit the Dutchman | Emma Flegenheimer | ||
| Forever | Angelica | ||
| 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 | (completed) | |
| Under the Knife | Pat Mazur | (completed) | |
| Devil's Land | Sarah Murphy | (post-production) |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Sally Kirkland Official Homepage
- Sally Kirkland at the Internet Movie Database
- Sally Kirkland at the Internet Broadway Database
- Sally Kirkland at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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