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Acting

Sally Kirkland

Career: Active from 1968 to 2024, busiest in 2023 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles: 73
top three billing

Average score: 48/100

Highest rated: Spiritual Warriors
83/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1988 · Won · 45th Golden Globe Awards
Anna
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1988 · Nominated · 60th Academy Awards
Anna
Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 100 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sally Kirkland Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wonder
2.3, average 3.4
Historical
1.5, average 2.5
Wholesome
2.5, average 3.4
Catharsis
4.2, average 5.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 7
Coming-of-Age 6
Psychological Drama 6
Social Commentary 5
Character-Driven 5
Contemporary Realism 4
Moral Dilemma 4
Small Town Setting 3
Psychological Horror 3
Eccentric Characters 3
Psychological Tension 3
Crime 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

192

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

21 titles · average score 47

Aftermath

49

as Dr. Jane

Holiday Boyfriend

as Alice

The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine

34

as Doctor Parker

Woods Witch

31

as Charlotte

Altered Perceptions

36

as Theresa Morgan

The New Hands

as May

Bobcat Moretti

59

as Helene Moretti

When It Rings

as Lesley Judd

Magic Max

as Elaine Hart

The Woman in the Room

as Mother

A Medicine for the Mind

as Sandra

Hope For The Holidays

as Georgia Petros

2010s

36 titles · average score 42

Cuck

45

as Mother

Making a Killing

34

as Dolores

Gnaw

53

as Claudette Grim

Buddy Hutchins

30

as Bertha

The Code of Cain

26

as Elisabeth

Slut

64

as Grandma

Tom in America

75

as Betty

Curse of the Sunset Starlet

as Gigi

Jack the Reaper

33

as Harold's Nana

A Bag of Hammers

60

as Older Jewish Lady

The Wayshower

20

as Jeena

Flexing with Monty

39

as Lillith

2000s

31 titles · average score 50

Resurrection Mary

37

as Lois

What's Up, Scarlet?

62

as Ruth Zabrinski

Neo Ned

66

as Shelly Nelson

Mango Kiss

44

as Emilia

Bruce Almighty

56

as Anita

The Rose Technique

24

as Helen

Wish You Were Dead

49

as Penelope Wilson

Out of the Black

43

as Elizabeth Malby

A Month of Sundays

as Katherine St. Croix

Audit

as Raissa

Strong Medicine

70

TV show · as Stella Riggs, Peter's Mother

Another Woman's Husband

47

as Roxie

1990s

43 titles · average score 55

EDtv

55

as Jeanette

Wilbur Falls

47

as Roberta Devereaux

Felicity

79

TV show · as Professor Annie Sherman

Amnesia

52

as Charlene Hunt

Little Ghost

61

as Mother Ghost

Valley of the Dolls

TV show · as Helen Lawson

Cheatin' Hearts

43

as Jenny

In the Heat of Passion

29

as Lee Adams

Double Threat

35

as Monica Martel

The Haunted

60

as Janet Smurl

Bullseye!

38

as Willie

Heat Wave

68

as Mrs. Canfield

1980s

17 titles · average score 51

Best of the Best

45

as Catherine Wade

Cold Feet

44

as Maureen

High Stakes

38

as Melanie Rose

White Hot

as Harriet

Roseanne

71

TV show

Anna

59

as Anna

Fatal Games

38

as Diane Paine

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Evelyn Colby

Human Highway

55

as Kathryn

Falcon Crest

59

TV show · as Ella

The Georgia Peaches

58

as Vivian Stark

Private Benjamin

66

as Helga

1970s

37 titles · average score 62

Supertrain

50

TV show · as Katherine Sully

Three's Company

75

TV show · as Sally

The Incredible Hulk

73

TV show · as Margaret Hollinger

Lou Grant

73

TV show

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as Laurie Archer / Lonnie

The Noah

58

as Friday-Anne

Starsky & Hutch

78

TV show · as Greta Wren / Dora Pruitt

Baretta

44

TV show

Kojak

72

TV show · as Shirley / Clara

The Sting

82

as Crystal

The Rookies

46

TV show

as Patient / President's Wife

1960s

7 titles · average score 56

Coming Apart

57

as Joann

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Betty Rowan

Futz

as Merry Lee

Blue

54

as Sarah Lambert

as The Nun

Hey, Let's Twist!

as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)

Crack in the Mirror

66

as Bit Part (uncredited)