Actress Sally Kirkland dies at age 84…
Legendary actress Sally Kirkland has died. She was 84.
Kirkland handed away Tuesday at 1:50 a.m. PT, her rep, Michael Greene, confirmed to GWN.
Greene said Kirkland “will be deeply missed.”
Sally Kirkland. Getty Images for AFI
Sally Kirkland at the 1999 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Jane Caine/ZUMA Press Wire / Shutterstock
The Post has reached out to Kirkland’s rep for remark.
Kirkland entered hospice care in Palm Springs, Calif., amid her battle with dementia shortly before her death.
Greene said that the actress had her close buddy and former scholar, Cody Galloway, by her facet.
A GoFundMe web page for Kirkland was created in November 2024 to help the Oscar nominee deal with her “significant health crisis” by protecting her medical prices.
“Sally is on hospice now and is resting comfortably. Please hold and send the light for Sally,” a Nov. 7 message on the web page reads.
Sally Kirkland, Paulina Porizkova in “Anna.” ©Vestron Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Sally Kirkland attends the 18th Annual International Beverly Hills Film Festival Opening Night Gala in 2018. Getty Images
Sally Kirkland attends the DPA Golden Globes Gift Suite on January 16, 2010. Getty Images
The organizers of the web page gave insight into Kirkland’s health struggles.
“This past year Sally fractured her four bones in her neck, right wrist and her left hip,” the organizers wrote on the GoFundMe. “While recovering she developed two separate life-threatening infections.”
Sally Kirkland in the ABC TV film “The Kansas City Massacre.” ABC
Sally Kirkland during the Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
“The combination of these injuries and infections have required extensive hospitalizations and rehab beyond the 100 days insurance will cover,” the message added.
On Oct. 2, the organizers said Kirkland had “a challenging few months as her health continues to struggle.”
“She had a fall in the shower, when she was left unattended; injuring her ribs, foot, along with cuts and bruises,” the message read, including that Kirkland was “receiving 24/7 care in a specialized facility, that is providing wonderful safety and care.”
Sally Kirkland seen in Los Angeles on January 4, 2020. GC Images
New York native Kirkland appeared in over 250 movie and tv initiatives in her 60-year profession.
She initially skilled with Lee Strasberg and labored in off-Broadway productions, which led to her becoming a member of Andy Warhol’s Factory. She appeared in Warhol’s “The 13 Most Beautiful Women” in 1964, and went on to star in the Western “Blue” and in “Coming Apart.”
She was maybe best recognized for enjoying the titular character in the 1987 comedy drama “Anna.” The movie tells the story of an aspiring actress and Czech immigrant (Paulina Porizkova) who travels to NYC to meet her hero, Anna, a once-famous actor from her homeland.
Paulina Porizkova, Sally Kirkland in “Anna.” ©Vestron Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Robert Fields, Sally Kirkland, Paulina Porizkova in “Anna.” ©Vestron Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Sally Kirkland, Paulina Porizkova in “Anna.” ©Vestron Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Kirkland’s efficiency earned her an Academy Award nomination and received her a Golden Globe and an Independent Spirit Award.
In a 2012 interview with the Huffington Post, Kirkland, who ran a grassroots Oscar marketing campaign, mirrored on being nominated against Cher, Glenn Close, Holly Hunter and Meryl Streep.
“At the Oscars, there were all these movie stars emerging from their limos, and then there was me. I felt like Cinderella,” she said. “The greatest part was the feeling to be in the same Oscar category of these women that I was a huge fan of — Meryl, Glenn, Holly Hunter and Cher, who I used to rollerskate with in the ’70s.”
“If you’re in independent films, and worked hard for years, and you don’t happen to be part of the mega-billion dollar system, and you’ve got the chutzpah to stand up and say this is who I am, it takes all the humanity out of Hollywood not to appreciate that,” she added.
Sally Kirkland and Paulina Porizkova in “Anna.” ©Vestron Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Sally Kirkland seen in Los Angeles on March 19, 2022. GC Images
Sally Kirkland showing in the ABC TV film “Willow B: Women in Prison.” ABC
Kirkland also appeared in the movies “Bruce Almighty,” “Cold Feet,” “Best of the Best” and “JFK,” and the TV reveals “Charlie’s Angels,” “Roseanne,” “unlawful killing, She Wrote,” “The Nanny,” “Felicity” and “Days of Our Lives.”
Kirkland was married twice, first to Michael R. Jarrett, and then to actor Mark Hebert. Both relationships ended in divorce.
“It’s hard to find a man who can handle my intensity,” she told (*84*) in 1988.
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