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Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an American film, television and stage actress and producer. A former member of
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and an active member in 1960s New York avant-garde theater, she has appeared in more than 250 film and television productions during her career that spend six decades. Kirkland is the daughter of a fashion editor of ''
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'' magazine and ''
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Sally Kirkland Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is 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 fi ...
. Kirkland was nominated for the
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for her performance in ''
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'' (1987). She won the
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for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her role and received awards from the
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, and the
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. She earned a second
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nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for ''
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'' (1991). Kirkland is also known for her roles in ''
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'' (1989), ''
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'' (2003).


Early life

Kirkland was born in New York City. She was named after her mother,
Sally Kirkland Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is 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 fi ...
(born Sarah Phinney), who was a fashion editor at ''
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'' and ''
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'' magazines, and was raised in
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. Her father, Frederic McMichael Kirkland, worked in the
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business. Kirkland started out as a ''Vogue'' model and then studied at the
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with
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and
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.


Career

Kirkland began acting
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in 1963. She joined
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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. Four years later, she returned to film, appearing in the western ''
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'', and the following year starred in the underground film '' Coming Apart'' (1969). Kirkland spend 1970s and most of 1980s playing secondary roles in film include '' Going Home'' (1971), '' The Young Nurses'' (1973), ''
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'' (1973), ''
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'' (1973), ''
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'' (1974), ''
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'' (1975), '' A Star Is Born'' and '' Private Benjamin'' (1980). She played a leading role in the 1984 horror film ''
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''. Her television credits include guest-starring roles on ''
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'', '' Police Story'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. In 1987, Kirkland received positive reviews from critics and
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nomination for playing title role in the independent drama film ''
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''. For this performance she won a
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, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and an
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. Her performance received widespread critical praise, in a performance that the ''
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'' deemed "superb" and the ''
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'' rated her as one of the best actresses of the decade. Kirkland later acted in second-grade films include ''
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'' (1989), ''
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'' (1989) and ''
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'' (1990). In 1990s, Kirkland starred in action comedy '' Bullseye!'' (1990) opposite
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, and played supporting roles in films ''
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'' (1991), '' The Player'' (1992), '' Gunmen'' (1994), '' Excess Baggage'' (1997) and ''
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'' (1999). She starred in the erotic thrillers '' In the Heat of Passion'' and ''Double Threat'' in 1992, which found success in home video releases. 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 ''
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''. For her performance in the television film ''
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'' (1991), Kirkland received
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nomination. She guest-starred in ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. In 1999, she had a recurring roles in '' Felicity'' and ''
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''. In 2000s, she played supporting roles in films include ''
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'' (2003), ''
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'' (2005) and ''
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'' (2007). Kirkland hosted a weekly program on the syndicated HealthyLife Radio Network. In 2019, she starred in the film '' Cuck''. In 2020, she starred in the Amazon release film ''Hope For The Holidays'' with
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,
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.


Other work and activism

Kirkland is also a health activist including advocating for women harmed by
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s. She founded the Kirkland Institute for Implant Survival Syndrome in August 1998. Kirkland is an ordained minister in the church of Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness. She is a gallery-shown painter and a noted acting teacher whose students have included
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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, among others.


Filmography


Film


Television


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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