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Sally Kirkland

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Sally Kirkland
Kirkland in 2014
Born (1941-10-31) October 31, 1941 (age 82)[1]
New York City, U.S.
Alma materActors Studio
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Years active1962–present
Spouse
Michael R. Jarrett
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(m. 1974; div. 1975)​
MotherSally Kirkland
AwardsAwards

Sally Kirkland Jr. (born October 31, 1941) is an American 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

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Kirkland was born on October 31, 1941, 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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image icon Sally Kirkland 1969[11]

1962–86: Initial work

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Film

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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 Mollie & Friends Elizabeth St. James
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
2018 Sarah Q Helena
2018 Wally Got Wasted Marilyn Tuttlebaum
2019 Cuck Mother
2019 Paint It Red Adele
2020 Hell Hole Dr. Parker
2020 Hope for the Holidays[29] Georgia
2020 Invincible Dr. Quade
2021 The Trouble Ms. Greyson
2021 The Legend of Resurrection Mary Lois
2022 Bobcat Moretti Helene Moretti
2023 When It Rings[30] Lesley Judd
2023 80 for Brady Ida

Television

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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

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Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1987 13th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress (tied with Holly Hunter for [[Broadcast News (film) 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Sally Kirkland | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
  2. ^ "Sally Kirkland". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
  3. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (September 11, 2014). "A Weakness for Cops, a Crime to Solve 'Archaeology of a Woman,' Starring Sally Kirkland". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b www.adam-makes-websites.com, Adam Jones-. "Awards for 1987 – LAFCA". www.lafca.net. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Other Critics, Other Choices for the best in film fare". The Philadelphia Inquirer. February 21, 1988. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  6. ^ "Best of The Best". Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1989. p. 151. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  7. ^ Canby, Vincent (December 20, 1991). "Review/Film: J.F.K.; When Everything Amounts to Nothing (Published 1991)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  8. ^ Thomas, Kevin (May 23, 2003). "Not quite divine". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  9. ^ Straight to the Heart of Hollywood Moxie: A Candid Interview with Sally Kirkland Moxie Magazine. 2000.
  10. ^ "American Academy of Dramatic Arts - Notable Alumni". Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  11. ^ "VTG Original 1969 SALLY KIRKLAND PHOTO Actress Press Beauty Sexy Cheesecake RARE • £63.61". PicClick UK. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  12. ^ "The Love Nest". lortel.org. Lucille Lortel Foundation. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  13. ^ "List of books in Sally Kirkland's bathroom, Fall 1969". Other scenes. Wisconsin Historical Society Online Collections. GI Press Collection, 1964-1977. p. 9. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  14. ^ "Charlie's Angels". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  15. ^ a b Gruber, Xaque (February 22, 2012). "25 Years After Anna, Sally Kirkland Reflects on the Oscar Race for Best Actress". The Huffington Post.
  16. ^ Kempley, Rita (February 26, 1987). "Anna". Washington Post. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  17. ^ "Picking the Decade's Best Directors, Performances". Los Angeles Times. December 29, 1989. p. 97. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  18. ^ Maslin, Janet (October 2, 1987). "Anna (1987)". The New York Times.
  19. ^ "Double Threat". TVGuide.com.
  20. ^ "Sally Kirkland Show". healthylife.net. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  21. ^ Harvey, Dennis (October 3, 2019). "Film Review: 'Cuck'". Variety. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  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.
  25. ^ Stanley, John (May 5, 1991). "Who Ya Gonna Call? / Sally Kirkland vs. ghosts in "fact'-based "The Haunted'". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. p. 48.
  26. ^ "The Sally Kirkland vu from the land of the silver screen". the-vu. August 1, 2000. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  27. ^ "Chatting with Sally Kirkland: Academy Award-nominated actress (Includes interview)". www.digitaljournal.com. October 6, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  28. ^ "A Woman of Meditation and a Million Words". Los Angeles Times. August 27, 2002. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  29. ^ http://# (December 12, 2020). "Sally Kirkland Stars In A New Must-See Movie, 'Hope For The Holidays'". Instinct Magazine. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  30. ^ McNary, Dave (July 27, 2017). "Sally Kirkland, Mel Novak Starring in Thriller 'When It Rings' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
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