Sally Kirkland

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Sally Kirkland
Image:Academy Awards afterparty CUN Sally Kirkland.jpg
Born October 31 1944 (1944-10-31) (age 65)
New York City, New York, U.S.

Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1944) is an American actress.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Born in New York City, she is the goddaughter of the late actress Shelley Winters. She was named after her mother, fashion editor Sally Kirkland, who was a fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazines.[1] Her father worked in the scrap metal business.[2] Kirkland was a student of Lee Strasberg and a member of the Andy Warhol coterie.

[edit] Career

Kirkland began acting Off-Broadway in 1962, and has been said to have been the first actress to appear nude in legitimate theater, in a 1968 production of Sweet Eros. After several small roles in such films as The Sting, The Way We Were, A Star Is Born, JFK, and Private Benjamin, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1987 for Anna and won the Golden Globe that year for Best Actress.

Kirkland has had a highly successful and varied career, having appeared in nearly 150 films. She has also had frequent television roles, including Valley of the Dolls and the soap opera Days of Our Lives. She played Ed's mother in Edtv and acted in the romantic comedy The Last Guy on Earth, (2006) and with Nick Nolte in Off The Black, and several other films, including Adam and Steve (2006) Coffee Date (2007) and was also a special guest on The Simple Life 5: Goes to Camp (2007).

[edit] Personal life

Kirkland is a minister in the Church of The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, an artist, and teaches yoga and meditation and drama. She 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. In October, 2006, Kirkland joined Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, in marching for Peace in Los Angeles.[3] In January 2006, on the deathbed of her Godmother, Shelley Winters, she performed a spiritual marriage as a last wish of Winters.

[edit] Filmography

Awards
Preceded by
Marlee Matlin
for Children of a Lesser God 		Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1988
for Anna 		Succeeded by
Jodie Foster, Sigourney Weaver, and Shirley MacLaine
tied for The Accused, Gorillas in the Mist, and Madame Sousatzka

[edit] References

  1. ^ Straight to the Heart of Hollywood Moxie: A Candid Interview with Sally Kirkland Moxie Magazine. 2000.
  2. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Sally-Kirkland.html
  3. ^ Gandhi Grandson to Lead Peace Parade in Hollywood

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