Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born October 31, 1941
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).
MovieSEGAL
2025
as Self
MovieSallywood
2024
as Self
MovieAftermath
2024
as Dr. Jane
MovieSkeletons in the Closet
2024
as Madam Futura
MovieWoods Witch
2023
as Charlotte
MovieHoliday Boyfriend
2023
as Alice
MovieLost Explorer
2023
as Annette
MovieWhen It Rings
2023
as Lesley Judd
MovieAltered Perceptions
2023
as Theresa Morgan
MovieHere We Are
2023
as Sherri
MovieBobcat Moretti
2023
as Helene Moretti
MovieThe Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
2023
as Doctor Parker
MovieThe New Hands
2023
as May
Movie80 for Brady
2023
as Ida
MovieMurder, Anyone?
2022
as Nancy
MovieThe Walk
2022
as Mrs. Kelley
MovieThe Magic
2021
as Rose Buchanan
MovieThe Final Code
2021
as Doctor Holly
MovieThe Woman in the Room
2021
as Mother
MovieMagic Max
2021
as Elaine Hart
MovieHope For The Holidays
2020
as Georgia Petros
MovieA Medicine for the Mind
2020
as Sandra
MovieInvincible
2020
as Dr. Quade
MovieAcceleration
2019
as Betty
MovieCuck
2019
as Mother
MovieSarah Q
2018
as Helena
MovieMaking a Killing
2018
as Dolores
MoviePaint It Red
2018
as Adele
MovieLos Angeles Overnight
2018
as Mrs. Chantilly
MovieThe Second Coming of Christ
2018
as Stella
MovieFeminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
as Self
MovieGet Married or Die
2018
as Margaret
MovieGnaw
2017
as Claudette Grim
MoviePrice for Freedom
2017
as Francine Wayne
MovieThe Most Hated Woman in America
2017
as Lena Christina
MovieExtinction
2017
as Rose
MovieNerdland
2016
as Older Woman (voice)
MovieTrash Fire
2016
as Florence
MovieBuddy Solitaire
2016
as Hanna
MovieLights Out
2015
as Rose
MovieThe Code of Cain
2015
as Elisabeth
MovieBuddy Hutchins
2015
as Bertha
MovieAll I Want for Christmas
2014
as Gwen
MovieSlut
2014
as Grandma
MovieArchaeology of a Woman
2014
as Margaret
MovieSuburban Gothic
2014
as Virginia
MovieMystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
2014
as Self
MovieTom in America
2014
as Betty
The Bride From Vegas
2014
MovieJack the Reaper
2013
as Harold's Nana
MovieAwakened
2013
as Harriet Bendi
MovieCurse of the Sunset Starlet
2013
as Gigi
MovieThe Visitor from Planet Omicron
2013
as Jen
MovieBroken Roads
2012
as Mrs. Wallace
MovieStars in Shorts
2012
as Madame Ulaila
MovieThe Wishmakers
2011
as Mary
MovieThe Wayshower
2011
as Jeena
MovieA Bag of Hammers
2011
as Older Jewish Lady
MovieNot Your Time
2010
as Madame Ulaila
MovieHouse Under Siege
2010
as Pat Mazur
MovieFlexing with Monty
2010
as Lillith
MovieUrgency
2010
as Mediator
MovieSpiritual Warriors
2008
as Realtor
MovieMollie & Friends
2008
as Elizabeth St. James
MovieBig Stan
2007
as Madame Foreman
MovieResurrection Mary
2007
as Lois
MovieRichard III
2007
as Queen Margaret
MovieHollywood Dreams
2007
TVHead Case
2007
as Dr. Goode's Mother
MovieFactory Girl
2006
as Grandma Sedgwick (uncredited)
MovieOff the Black
2006
as Marianne Reynolds
MovieCoffee Date
2006
as Mrs. Muller
MovieFingerprints
2006
as Mary
A-list
2006
MovieCourts mais Gay : Tome 11
2006
as Rachel
MovieChandler Hall
2005
as Sally
TVWanted
2005
as Sheila Beckwith
MovieWhat's Up, Scarlet?
2005
as Ruth Zabrinski
MovieAdam & Steve
2005
as Mary
MovieNeo Ned
2005
as Shelly Nelson
MovieBloodlines
2004
as Joyce
MovieAn Eye for an Eye
2004
as Rachel
MovieMango Kiss
2004
as Emilia
MovieBruce Almighty
2003
as Anita
MovieBoxer Shorts
2002
MovieWish You Were Dead
2002
as Penelope Wilson
MovieNight of the Wolf
2002
as Rose Handy
MovieThe Rose Technique
2002
as Helen
MovieCircuit
2001
as Club Cashier
MovieA Month of Sundays
2001
as Katherine St. Croix
MovieOut of the Black
2001
as Elizabeth Malby
MovieAudit
2001
as Raissa
Thank You, Good Night
2001
as Doreen
TVStrong Medicine
2000
as Stella Riggs, Peter's Mother
MovieAnother Woman's Husband
2000
as Roxie
The Boys Behind the Desk
2000
MovieEDtv
1999
as Jeanette
MovieStarry Night
1999
as Detective Brook Murphy
TVFelicity
1998
as Professor Annie Sherman
MovieWilbur Falls
1998
as Roberta Devereaux
Paranoia
1998
as Dr. Kurtzwell
MovieBrave New World
1998
as Linda
MovieMythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self
Norma Jean, Jack, and Me
1998
as Marilyn Monroe
MovieLittle Ghost
1997
as Mother Ghost
MovieThe Westing Game
1997
as Sydelle Pulaski
MovieExcess Baggage
1997
as Louise
TVThe Hunger
1997
as Mrs. Garington
MovieAmnesia
1997
as Charlene Hunt
TVWomen: Stories of Passion
1996
as Annie
TVPicture Windows
1995
as Blossom
MovieGuns & Lipstick
1995
as Danielle Roberts
MoviePicture Windows: Song of Songs
1994
as Blossom
TVValley of the Dolls
1994
as Helen Lawson
TVThe Nanny
1993
as Tattoo Lady
MovieCheatin' Hearts
1993
as Jenny
MovieDouble Deception
1993
as Anita Cortez
MovieGunmen
1993
as Bennett
MovieEye of the Stranger
1993
as Lori
MovieThe Woman Who Loved Elvis
1993
as Sandee Sloop
MovieStranger Than Love
1993
as Laura Frossky
MovieDouble Threat
1992
as Monica Martel
MovieDouble Jeopardy
1992
as Detective Phyllis Camden
MoviePrimary Motive
1992
as Helen Poulas
MovieBlast 'Em
1992
as Self
MovieHit the Dutchman
1992
as Emma Flegenheimer
TVJack's Place
1992
MovieThe Player
1992
as Sally Kirkland
MovieIn the Heat of Passion
1992
as Lee Adams
The Bulkin Trail
1992
as Selma Bulkin
MovieForever
1992
as Angelica
MovieStringer
1992
as Joan Pezanasky
MovieJFK
1991
as Rose Cheramie
MovieThe Haunted
1991
as Janet Smurl
MovieGrave Images
1991
as Caitlin
MovieBullseye!
1990
as Willie
MovieHeat Wave
1990
as Mrs. Canfield
MovieSuperstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
as Self
Largo Desolato
1990
as Suzana
MoviePaint It Black
1990
as Marion Easton
MovieRevenge
1990
as Rock Star
MovieTwo Evil Eyes
1990
as Eleonora
MovieBest of the Best
1989
as Catherine Wade
MovieHigh Stakes
1989
as Melanie Rose
MovieCold Feet
1989
as Maureen
MovieWhite Hot
1989
as Harriet
MovieHello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
TVRoseanne
1988
MovieAnna
1987
as Anna
MovieTalking Walls
1987
as Hooker
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Evelyn Colby
MovieFatal Games
1984
as Diane Paine
MovieA Rose for Emily
1983
as Gossip
MovieLove Letters
1983
as Hippie
MovieHuman Highway
1982
as Kathryn
MovieDouble Exposure
1982
as Hooker
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Ella
MovieThe Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981
as Cashier
MovieThe Georgia Peaches
1980
as Vivian Stark
MoviePrivate Benjamin
1980
as Helga
MovieThe Illegal
1979
as Don Tony's Girlfriend
TVSupertrain
1979
as Katherine Sully
MovieHometown U.S.A.
1979
as Gwen
MovieFlush
1977
as Janet
TVThe Incredible Hulk
1977
as Margaret Hollinger
TVLou Grant
1977
TVThree's Company
1977
as Sally
MovieStonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
1977
as Della Bianco
MovieA Star Is Born
1976
as Photographer
MovieTracks
1976
as Train Passenger
MoviePipe Dreams
1976
as Two-Street Betty
TVCaptains and the Kings
1976
as Aggie
TVCharlie's Angels
1976
as Lonnie
MovieGriffin and Phoenix
1976
as Jody
MovieBreakheart Pass
1975
as Jane-Marie
MovieBite the Bullet
1975
as Honey
MovieDeath Scream
1975
as Mary
MovieThe Kansas City Massacre
1975
as Wilma Floyd
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
as Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt
MovieCrazy Mama
1975
as Ella Mae
TVBronk
1975
MovieThe Noah
1975
as Friday-Anne
TVBaretta
1975
MovieBig Bad Mama
1974
as Barney's Woman
TVPetrocelli
1974
MovieCandy Stripe Nurses
1974
as Wife in Clinic
MovieBlazing Saddles
1974
as Cashier (uncredited)
MovieThe Sting
1973
as Crystal
MovieCinderella Liberty
1973
as Fleet Chick
MovieFade In
1973
as Herself
TVKojak
1973
as Gloria
MovieThe Way We Were
1973
as Pony Dunbar
MovieBlume in Love
1973
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieThe Young Nurses
1973
as Woman at clinic
TVThe Rookies
1972
MovieGoing Home
1971
as Ann Graham
MovieJump
1971
as Lou (uncredited)
MovieBrand X
1970
as Patient / President's Wife
MovieFutz
1969
as Merry Lee
MovieComing Apart
1969
as Joann
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Betty Rowan
MovieBlue
1968
as Sarah Lambert
Satisfaction
1966
as The Nun
MovieAndy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
as Self
Dirt
1965
Movie13 Most Beautiful Women
1964
SCREEN TEST [ST181]: SALLY KIRKLAND
1964
as self
MovieHey, Let's Twist!
1961
as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
MovieCrack in the Mirror
1960
as Bit Part (uncredited)
