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Sally Kirkland(I)

  • Actress
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Sally Kirkland at an event for Hollywood Film Awards (2016)
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Sally Kirkland, Best Actress Oscar Nominee, Golden Globe winner, Independent Spirit Award winner, LA Film Critics Circle Award winner, and veteran of over 200 movies. Feisty, hard-working, famously liberal, with the trademark blonde hair, actress Sally Kirkland has certainly made an indelible mark on Hollywood history. Born in New York City, her mother was the fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazine. Sally began her career on the off-Broadway circuit and trained under Lee Strasberg. Sally Kirkland is a movie, television, and theater veteran since the 1960s and is probably best known for the drama movie Anna (1987), for which she garnered the Best Actress Oscar nomination and won the Best Actress Golden Globe, the Independent Spirit Award, and the LA Film Critic's Circle Award.

Sally's first director was Andy Warhol in The 13 Most Beautiful Women (1964). Her 220 movies also include Coming Apart (1969), The Sting (1973), The Way We Were (1973), Cold Feet (1989), Best of the Best (1989), Revenge (1990), JFK (1991), Edtv (1999), Bruce Almighty (2003), Coffee Date (2006) and Archaeology of a Woman (2012). In the past couple of years, she has starred in Buddy Solitaire (2016), Gnaw (2017), and The Most Hated Woman in America (2017) co-starring with Melissa Leo and Peter Fonda. And coming out soon, she has starred in Sarah Q (2018), Cuck (2019), Invincible (2020) and Hope for the Holidays (2020). She was nominated for Best Actress in a television movie by the Hollywood Foreign Press for The Haunted (1991). Her television credits include: guest starring on Criminal Minds (2005), and recurring roles on Head Case (2007) and The Simple Life (2003). She guest starred on Resurrection Blvd. (2000) and in the television movie Another Woman's Husband (2000).

Sally had a recurring role on Felicity (1998) and starred in the NBC movie Brave New World (1998). She also starred in the television episode Song of Songs (1994), and was a series regular on the television series Valley of the Dolls (1994). She also co-starred in the television movie The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993). She had a recurring role as Barbara Healy in the original Roseanne (1988) series. She starred in the television movie Heat Wave (1990), and recurred as Tracy on Days of Our Lives (1965). Sally is also an exhibited painter, poet, renowned acting coach and ordained minister.
BornOctober 31, 1941
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BornOctober 31, 1941
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 18 wins & 12 nominations total

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Sally Kirkland in Big Bad Mama (1974)
Sally Kirkland in Revenge (1990)
Sally Kirkland and Matt Achine in The Wishmakers (2011)
Sally Kirkland and Matt Achine in The Wishmakers (2011)
Sally Kirkland and Roger Moore in Bullseye! (1990)
Michael Caine, Sally Kirkland, and Roger Moore in Bullseye! (1990)
Sally Kirkland and Tom Harkin in Courting Des Moines (2016)
Sally Kirkland in Suburban Gothic (2014)
Jacques Mitchell, Sally Kirkland, and Alex Kruz at the screening of Archaeology of a Woman (2014)
Sally Kirkland, Flavio Alves, and Jacques Mitchell in Tom in America (2014)
Sally Kirkland, Eric Roberts, and Tom Everett in Best of the Best (1989)
Sally Kirkland and Robert Knepper in Criminal Minds (2005)

Known for

Sally Kirkland in Anna (1987)
Anna
6.4
  • Anna
  • 1987
Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
JFK
8.0
  • Rose Cheramie
  • 1991
Tom in America (2014)
Tom in America
7.4
Short
  • Betty
  • 2014
The Way We Were (1973)
The Way We Were
7.0
  • Pony Dunbar
  • 1973

Credits

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Actress

  • The New Hands
    • May
    • Completed
    • 2023
  • Woods Witch
    • Charlotte Penn
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Here We Are
    • Sherri
    • In Production
  • Black Veil
    • Nana Bettina Jaymes
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Hell Hole
    • Doctor Parker
    • Post-production
  • Lilith
    • Lilith
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Holiday Boyfriend
    • Alice
    • Post-production
  • Film Fiend
    • Emma Augustyn
    • In Production
  • Altered Perceptions
    • Theresa Morgan
    • Post-production
  • Aftermath
    • Dr. Jane Dunning
    • Post-production
  • Kurt Bonzell and Josiah-Jack Kalian in All of It Happened on a Thursday (2023)
    All of It Happened on a Thursday
    • Scarlett Wilkinson
    • 2023
  • Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Lily Tomlin in 80 for Brady (2023)
    80 for Brady
    • Ida
    • 2023
  • Bobcat Moretti (2022)
    Bobcat Moretti
    • Helene Moretti
    • 2022
  • Murder, Anyone? (2022)
    Murder, Anyone?
    • Nancy
    • 2022
  • Malcolm McDowell, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Don E. FauntLeRoy, Daniel Adams, Justin Chatwin, Michael Mailer, Timotheus Davis, Robert ToTeras, Katie Douglas, Justin Williams, Tedrick Martin, Lovie Simone, and Anastasiya Mitrunen in The Walk (2022)
    The Walk
    • Mrs. Kelley
    • 2022
  • The Legend of Resurrection Mary (2021)
    The Legend of Resurrection Mary
    • Lois
    • 2021
  • Alejandra Espinoza, Chiara D'Ambrosio, Bianca D'Ambrosio, and Kristos Andrews in The Magic (2021)
    The Magic
    • Rose Buchanan
    • 2021
  • The Final Code (2021)
    The Final Code
    • doc. Holly
    • 2021
  • The Woman in the Room (2021)
    The Woman in the Room
    • Mother
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Nobody Wrote It Down: Tales of the Black Pioneers (2021)
    Nobody Wrote It Down: Tales of the Black Pioneers
    • Ma Barrow
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Sally Kirkland, Todd Bridges, Doug Hutchison, Robert LaSardo, George Stults, Jenn Gotzon, Ricky Borba, Laura Long, and Alexander Cubis in Hope for the Holidays (2020)
    Hope for the Holidays
    • Georgia
    • 2020
  • Sally Kirkland, Ivan Sergei, Trevor Black, Barry Corbin, Mark Cramer, Starletta DuPois, Joe Estevez, Sean Fernald, Brian Habicht, Gary Hershberger, Dan Kneece, Carlene Moore, Richard Nord, Joanna Sanchez, Desi Singh, Jud Tylor, Maurice Warfield, Suzy Vaughan, Rob Pottorf, Gabrielle Evans, Chuck Spitler, James D. Fields, Veronica Powers, Vincent Albo, Trevor Dow, Yaron Urbas, Lisa Chambliss, Wayne Mitchell, Kathryn Dahlstrom, Prestyn Bates, Kolten Kirschke, Karon Stocking, Parker Bates, Lotus Blossom, and Mia Fernald in Magic Max (2020)
    Magic Max
    • Elaine Hart
    • 2020
  • Rebecca Holden and Richard Rossi in Canaan Land (2020)
    Canaan Land
    • Talk Show Guest
    • 2020
  • A Medicine for the Mind (2020)
    A Medicine for the Mind
    • Sandra Carter
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Invincible (2020)
    Invincible
    • Dr. Quade
    • 2020

Producer

  • A Medicine for the Mind (2020)
    A Medicine for the Mind
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Dolph Lundgren, Sean Patrick Flanery, Danny Trejo, Chuck Liddell, and Natalie Burn in Acceleration (2019)
    Acceleration
    • associate producer
    • 2019
  • Mr. Goode (2016)
    Mr. Goode
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Arctic Plunge (2015)
    Arctic Plunge
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • The Visitor from Planet Omicron (2013)
    The Visitor from Planet Omicron
    • associate producer
    • 2013
  • Sally Kirkland in Broken Roads (2012)
    Broken Roads
    • associate producer
    • 2012
  • Jack the Reaper (2011)
    Jack the Reaper
    • producer
    • 2011
  • Among the Rugged Peaks (2011)
    Among the Rugged Peaks
    • associate producer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • When Sally Met Rascal... (2011)
    When Sally Met Rascal...
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • House Under Siege (2010)
    House Under Siege
    • producer
    • 2010
  • Wish Makers of West Hollywood (2010)
    Wish Makers of West Hollywood
    • co-executive producer
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Flexing with Monty (2010)
    Flexing with Monty
    • associate producer
    • Video
    • 2010
  • Remembering Nigel (2009)
    Remembering Nigel
    • producer
    • 2009
  • David Lengel in Bald (2009)
    Bald
    • associate producer
    • 2009
  • Devil's Land (2009)
    Devil's Land
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2009

Additional Crew

  • Maria Conchita Alonso in Women: Stories of Passion (1996)
    Women: Stories of Passion
    • creative consultant
    • TV Series
    • 1997
  • Savannah Smiles (1982)
    Savannah Smiles
    • production assistant
    • 1982
  • Terence Stamp in Blue (1968)
    Blue
    • dialogue coach
    • 1968
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Sally Kirkland's Sizzle Reel
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Sally Kirkland's Sizzle Reel
Ron and Laura Take Back America
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Ron and Laura Take Back America
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Trash Fire
Spiritual Warriors
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Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Actress Sally Kirkland's Official Web Page
  • Height
    • 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
  • Born
    • October 31, 1941
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Michael R. JarrettAugust 31, 1974 - 1975 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Music video: Appeared in Bobby Brown's video "On Our Own".
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 11 Pictorials
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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  • Trivia
    Daughter and namesake of fashion editor Sally Kirkland. Her mother was fashion editor at first Vogue and later Life magazines. She was the only fashion editor at Life magazine during its history (1944-1969). She is legendary for putting Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Faye Dunaway and Jacqueline Kennedy on the magazine's cover, making them fashion icons.
  • Quotes
    I grew up in a house on 89th Street that was always full of these gorgeous models: Verushka, Ali MacGraw, Lauren Hutton, no matter what I did, I would be the ugly duckling. As a little girl, I figured I'd have to be the most famous actress in the world...
  • Trademarks
      Platinum blonde hair
  • Salaries
      Edtv
      (1999)
      $450,000 .00

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